[fusion_text] Developers Considering Dual Branding for New Projects In recent years, dual-branding has become a popular trend with increased interest among both business and leisure travelers. Dual-branded hotels, also known as “Two-in-One” hotels or “Two-Pack” hotels, are simply single structure hotels housing two separate hotel flags typically under the same brand umbrella.  Our team is […]

[fusion_text] Evaluate Your Construction Options To Reduce Project Costs I received some great feedback from our readers on our recent Rising Lumber Costs newsletter. We had lots of intriguing questions and wanted to continue this dialogue by sharing some similar information about pricing trends for CMU (Block) and Hollow Core Plank construction. I’d like to […]

[fusion_text] Hotel Developers Facing Rising Lumber Prices One area we find ourselves discussing often is the rising cost of hotel construction. Our last newsletter  highlighted hotel construction type trends as well as general increases in material prices across the US. Today we’ll expand on this and look specifically at how the rising cost of lumber has […]

[fusion_text] What Construction Type is Right for your Hotel? Hardly a day goes by where we don’t find ourselves talking to hotel developers about construction types. Whether it be wood, concrete, steel, block & plank, or ICF, construction costs continue to be on the rise and evaluating all your options for construction early on will […]

[fusion_text] Hotel Developers Now Considering Salt Water Pools Love them or loathe them, pools are a brand required amenity for many popular hotel flags. For hotel owner, it’s important to understand your options when it comes to pool technology as it ultimately will affect the overall maintenance, costs, and guest experience at your property. In […]

[fusion_text] A New IHG Brand – avid™ hotels Last week, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) named its new midscale hotel brand – avid™ hotels. Our team is excited to already be working on several avid™ projects across the country. Below you will see a couple of renderings from one of these projects that our team recently created. […]

[fusion_text] Part 3 – Choose the Right HVAC For Guestroom Noise Room noise is the number one complaint of hotel guests. Guestroom HVAC systems can cause high levels of guestroom noise.  So today I present one very important- yet overlooked- product difference between PTACs, VTACs, and VRF– Guestroom  Noise. When looking at guestroom HVAC noise […]

[fusion_text] Peak Inside A Brand New Tru by Hilton! What a pleasure to tour the completed Tru by Hilton project in Cheyenne, Wyoming! Base4 had the opportunity to design this Tru by Hilton for Kinseth Hospitality. The property opened its doors five weeks ago and is only the 4th Tru by Hilton to open in the […]

[fusion_text] Part 2 – How HVAC Systems Work This week, I expand upon our previous newsletter and continue the discussion about HVAC systems (PTAC, VTAC, and VRF). In this newsletter, I will discuss the basics of each HVAC system including their installation and basic operations. PTAC 1. Basics: PTAC stands for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner. […]

[fusion_text] Hotel HVAC Systems – What are my options? – Part 1 Hotel owners estimate that hotel guestroom energy consumption accounts for approximately 40% to 80% of total building energy use. This is a very high percentage of a hotel’s operating budget so guestroom HVAC systems are not something that should be taken lightly. We […]