The Guest Is Usually Looking Up
In most commercial buildings people are upright and looking ahead. In a hotel bedroom the guest is lying down, looking at the ceiling, often in the dark.
That single fact makes hotels the toughest glare test in the commercial sector. A fitting that is perfectly comfortable in a shop can be unacceptable over a bed.
Guest Rooms
Specify deep-set heads with gun black or matt black reflectors. Keep the general level modest and let bedside and joinery lighting do the work.
Compact heads matter here too - wardrobes, minibars and bathroom joinery rarely have more than 70 mm of depth, which is where the Diamond Series 60 to 70 mm bodies fit.
Corridors
Corridors show every inconsistency. Uneven spacing produces visible scallops on the walls; mixed beam angles produce bright and dim patches along the run.
Use one model, one beam angle and one spacing for the whole floor. Wider optics of 50° or 60° overlap enough to avoid scalloping.
Lobby And Reception
This is where narrow beams earn their place: the reception desk, the art, the feature wall, the concierge station. A 24° head over the desk and wider heads for circulation gives depth without making the space feel theatrical.
Trimless apertures suit lobbies with designed ceilings; the Round Borderless Series matches the bordered sizes used elsewhere in the building.
Refurbishment Reality
Most hotel lighting work is refurbishment, which means existing holes. Bordered fittings cover a multitude of sins, and a cutout ladder that steps in small increments makes it much more likely an existing opening can be reused.
Send the existing cutout dimensions and we will confirm which catalogue models drop in.
