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Chic Color, Modern Moods: Art in the Hotel</h2>
Fine <strong>Hotel art</strong> reflects sophistication, intelligence
 and creative expression; art galleries and museums attract those who 
seek beauty, creativity, and inspiration. Art surrounds us in public 
installations, corner galleries and even on coffeehouse walls. Hotels 
find their success by selling an environment of comfort, relaxation, and
 warm elegance; setting a mood with original artwork will surround hotel
 guests with fine art to admire, explore and contemplate. The art that 
is chosen for a hotel lobby reflects the quality of the hotel, and it 
sets the mood for positive first impressions as guests enter the hotel’s
 lobby. <br />

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Not Just Taking Up Space: Inspire the Imagination</h2>
Hotels have historically added artwork to their walls, but not always
 with a great deal of thought or care. Many hotels may place identical 
art pieces in each room for a unified look. Though a framed photo or 
poster can fill blank space on a wall, it doesn’t make an impression or 
set a mood. Thoughtless art decorations allow visitors to the hotel to 
be unimpressed and uninspired. The hotel becomes just another stop in a 
trail of hotels, with no personality or remarkable attributes that are 
memorable in any way.<br />

The hotel lobby potentially offers an ideal space for displaying 
contemporary canvas art. A lobby interior with high ceilings, soft 
lighting, beautiful furnishings and upscale designs may already have the
 feel of a fine art gallery. Adding art that will complement the setting
 and also inspires the hotel guests will add a lot of dramatic impacts 
to the guest experience – making it special and uniquely memorable. 
Original abstract artwork will engage guests and they will <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/travel/03heads.html" target="_blank">remember both the hotel and its beautiful, imaginative artwork</a>. <br />

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Tips for Creating an Art Experience</h2>
<a href="http://aremorch.com/2015/08/25/welcoming-hotel-lobby-designs/" target="_blank">Designing the hotel lobby</a>
 for art that is thoughtful and inspired will take some time and skill. 
Choosing guidance from artists and designers will help hotel management 
know <a href="http://blackcrowart.com.au/blogs/news/35776769-how-to-choose-the-right-original-hand-painted-canvas-art" target="_blank">how to choose canvas artwork</a>
 to personalize the entrance lobby design. Taking a close look at the 
architecture and lighting to determine how it might enhance – or detract
 – from the art is necessary as well. Here are a few tips for getting 
started with choosing art for the hotel lobby: <br />

<ul>
<li> Analyze the lighting: Determine where it works, and where it might need improvement to display art.</li>
<li> Hire an art consultant; if on a budget, choose an art student who has experience with gallery shows.</li>
<li> Consider commissioning an artist, or several artists, to create and install new work.</li>
<li> Partner with an art gallery to display a collection.</li>
<li> Install art correctly: Choose gallery-quality hanging of canvases and other installations.</li>
</ul>
There are many factors that can come together for a beautiful, 
gallery-quality display of art. Lighting, location and the quality of 
the art are all factors in the first impression guests will have and the
 experience they will remember when viewing the art and staying as a 
guest in the hotel.<br />

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Create a Memorable Guest Experience</h2>
Adding original contemporary art to the lobby interior of hotels 
creates an atmosphere that guests will seek out and enjoy. Creating a 
memorable environment that guests will remember, discuss and recommend 
to their friends and colleagues will provide benefits in terms of 
marketing and promotion as well. Art sets the foundation for attracting 
new guests, retaining repeat guests and adds an ongoing touch of 
sophistication and elegance that will enhance the hotel in a meaningful 
way.<br />

<h2>
 Art is Universal</h2>
Hospitality is Art. It is like the painter that uses a combination of
 colors to create a picture. And we all will have a different 
perspective of how we view the finished product. The key is to bring out
 the commonalities that tell us that this is an experience we want to 
share with others.<br />

The Hospitality Experience is no longer just about the Hotel 
Experience and Reviews. Though both is important components of the Total
 Experience. Today it is about how your Social Community interpret your 
experience, and how much this will impact their decision.<br />

The Hotel Industry is not first in line to adapt to change. No doubt 
we have some Hotels that is doing an awesome job in today’s real-time 
consumer driven market. But we still have too many that is sitting on 
the sideline and believes all this Social Media is a lot of hype that 
eventually will die out.<br />

In Hotel Industry, we have very long traditions, and this is not a 
bad thing. It provides us Connected Hoteliers with new challenges and 
opportunities to make a difference<br />
.<br />
One of the changes I see now is that I experience more request from 
Hotels that are in planning and development stages want to implement 
Social Media from an early stage before the Hotel is up and running. It 
is getting to a process where customers are allowed to take ownership of
 <a href="http://aremorch.com/2016/01/11/no-hotels-should-be-left-behind-with-social-media/" target="_blank">How the future of the Hotels will look like</a>.<br />
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Hospitality champions honored</h1>
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<span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author">Posted by admin</span> <a href="http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/personnel/hospitality-champions-honored/" rel="bookmark" title="12:02 am"><span class="entry-date">1/23/2016</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SB-Na-Poe-Paahana-160114-36.jpg" rel="lightbox[37973]"><img alt="Aaron Robinson, Ambet Lagalo, Irene Vidal, RC Callorina, Makamae Iosua,  Aldrin Ortaleza, Nola Sanchez, John Thompson, Lori Lai, Renee Kiyono-Taniguchi, Carol Ly, Troy Hiura, Maggie Tan and Skye Litsey" class="size-large wp-image-37929" height="426" src="http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SB-Na-Poe-Paahana-160114-36-1024x682.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text">
Aaron
 Robinson, Ambet Lagalo, Irene Vidal, RC Callorina, Makamae Iosua, 
Aldrin Ortaleza, Nola Sanchez, John Thompson, Lori Lai, Renee 
Kiyono-Taniguchi, Carol Ly, Troy Hiura, Maggie Tan and Skye Litsey</div>
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BY DR. RICHARD KELLEY — Travel & Tourism, like so many things in 
the world today, is changing very rapidly. However, no matter what 
segment of this industry you encounter, it is clear that hospitality is 
the vital core concept that makes all the difference in the world. With 
that in mind, you will understand why I am so pleased that 14 members of
 our Outrigger <i>ohana</i> in Hawai‘i were recently recognized for their leadership, service and hospitality at the <i>Na Poe Paahana</i> (in English, The Hard-Working People) Awards ceremony.<span id="more-37973"></span><br />

This ceremony is much smaller in scale than, but similar in spirit 
to, the Academy Awards in Hollywood, where top figures in the film 
industry are recognized for their accomplishments each year. The Hawaii 
Lodging & Tourism Association sponsors the <i>Na Poe Paahana </i>event, which this year was held in the ballroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort. The names of the Outrigger <i>ohana</i> award winners are included in Barry Wallace’s article in this issue of <em>Saturday Briefing</em>.<br />

There were 12 categories, ranging from Outstanding Lodging Employee 
of the Year and Housekeeper of the Year to Security Officer of the Year.
 This year, a new award for Leadership in Sustainability was presented, 
which reflects the fact that for hospitality to be effective and 
memorable, a strong performance by a broad range of individuals is 
required.<br />

If our company’s founders, Roy and Estelle Kelley, could return to 
Hawaii today and walk around the hotels they developed from the 1950s 
through the 1970s, they would be unfamiliar with some of the things they
 encountered, such as guests walking around holding black rectangles to 
their ears and people using terms such as blog, Airbnb, RFID or Wi-Fi. 
However, if Roy and Estelle could see how arriving guests are greeted as
 they step onto an Outrigger property, or, if they could watch a dinner 
guest being served a sizzling slab of perfectly grilled mahimahi at the <i>Kani Ka Pila Grille</i>
 while listening to authentic Hawaiian music played on a nearby stage, 
they would know that true aloha and hospitality are still found 
throughout the properties operated by Outrigger Resorts.<br />

Hospitality still flourishes even though Hawaii now receives nearly 
8.5 million visitors annually, up from barely 100,000 when Roy and 
Estelle opened the Islander Hotel, their first, in 1947. The 26th <i>Na Poe Paahana</i>
 awards recognized the continuity and high quality of Hawaii’s 
hospitality industry and the extraordinary efforts of the hosts who work
 so hard to provide this hospitality day after day.<br />

My warmest congratulations and sincerest thanks to all those who were recognized – and to our entire <i>ohana</i> for the wonderful hospitality I see you all displaying every day of the year.</div>
- See more at: http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/personnel/hospitality-champions-honored/#sthash.yvVOqKjB.dpuf</div>
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Hospitality champions honored</h1>
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<span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author">Posted by admin</span> <a href="http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/personnel/hospitality-champions-honored/" rel="bookmark" title="12:02 am"><span class="entry-date">1/23/2016</span></a></div>
<div class="entry-content">
      <div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_37929" style="width: 650px;">
<a href="http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SB-Na-Poe-Paahana-160114-36.jpg" rel="lightbox[37973]"><img alt="Aaron Robinson, Ambet Lagalo, Irene Vidal, RC Callorina, Makamae Iosua,  Aldrin Ortaleza, Nola Sanchez, John Thompson, Lori Lai, Renee Kiyono-Taniguchi, Carol Ly, Troy Hiura, Maggie Tan and Skye Litsey" class="size-large wp-image-37929" height="426" src="http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SB-Na-Poe-Paahana-160114-36-1024x682.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text">
Aaron
 Robinson, Ambet Lagalo, Irene Vidal, RC Callorina, Makamae Iosua, 
Aldrin Ortaleza, Nola Sanchez, John Thompson, Lori Lai, Renee 
Kiyono-Taniguchi, Carol Ly, Troy Hiura, Maggie Tan and Skye Litsey</div>
</div>
BY DR. RICHARD KELLEY — Travel & Tourism, like so many things in 
the world today, is changing very rapidly. However, no matter what 
segment of this industry you encounter, it is clear that hospitality is 
the vital core concept that makes all the difference in the world. With 
that in mind, you will understand why I am so pleased that 14 members of
 our Outrigger <i>ohana</i> in Hawai‘i were recently recognized for their leadership, service and hospitality at the <i>Na Poe Paahana</i> (in English, The Hard-Working People) Awards ceremony.<span id="more-37973"></span><br />

Chic Color, Modern Moods: Art in the Hotel

Chic Color, Modern Moods: Art in the Hotel Fine Hotel art reflects sophistication, intelligence and creative expression; a...

Chic Color, Modern Moods: Art in the Hotel

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