Is It Time To Hotelify Your Workplace?
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Companies have been exploring new ways to make employees happier and more productive. One effective work incentive is to ‘hotelify’ the workplace. This guide delves more into precisely what this means and the benefits and challenges that come with it.
What is hotelification?
Hotelifying a workplace means designing it to feel more like a hotel. The traditional sterile office feels like a prison and does not inspire or motivate most employees. Introducing some hotel-quality luxuries can make a workplace a more exciting place to be. This can help you not just to attract employees but retain them. And happier employees are more productive!
What are some ways to hotelify a workplace?
There are several hotel features that you can add to a workplace:
Inviting colors: Instead of just using whites and grays, embrace color within your office decor to make each room feel more inviting.
Warm lighting: Hotels typically use warm lighting to create a more relaxing environment. You can embrace this through LED lighting or by maximizing natural light.
A reception lobby: Make your workplace more welcoming with a staffed reception desk and lobby area with cozy seating for guests to wait.
Keycards: Just as hotel guests are assigned keycards to their rooms, you can assign workers keycards to certain areas. This can improve security and create a hotel feel.
Lounge area: This could be an area for employees to relax on their break. You could even add hotel-like amenities here, such as a pool table.
Plush bathrooms: Consider adding luxurious features like automatic hand dryers, touchless flushing, music, and automatic deodorizers to bathrooms. This guide at Reluxa delves more into office bathroom design.
On-site coffee bar: Why settle for a coffee machine when you can add a mini coffee bar with your private barista?
On-site restaurant: Instead of the traditional school-like canteen, consider upgrading to an on-site restaurant with high-quality food and comfortable seating.
On-site gym: Some offices also have on-site gyms for workers to use before, during their lunch break, or after work.
On-site pool: You could even splash out on a pool! This could be included in an on-site gym area, and you could hire someone to maintain it.
What are the challenges of hotelification?
Hotelification is expensive to implement (especially if you’re considering features like on-site coffee bars and swimming pools). Adding these extra amenities could result in much renovation work, and you may need to hire additional staff to maintain these amenities.
This means that only larger companies can afford to invest in it. Even small offices can embrace little luxuries like a more inviting color scheme or lounge area.
It’s possible to outsource companies such as Circles hospitality services to help implement hotel-like features. Some larger workplaces even allow other hospitality companies, like Starbucks, to rent space within their premises.
Another option could be to move your office to a building that already has some of these facilities. A growing number of office buildings shared by many companies contain on-site facilities like restaurants, gyms, and coffee bars. These services are run and maintained by the building owner, taking some pressure off of you.
Conclusion
There are many ways to add some hotel luxury to your workplace. While this luxury will come at an added cost, creating a happy work environment that you and your employees love is worth it.
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