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What are chair glides? And why are they so important in hospitality environments? From furniture gliders for soft floors to how often to replace them, learn more.

Choosing upholstery fabric for contract use can feel like a daunting task. Not only is there an extensive variety of colours, patterns, textures and prices to choose from, but there are also fabric compositions, rub tests and fire safety regulations to consider too.

As hotel operators and their guests are becoming ever more environmentally conscious, many hospitality establishments are turning their focus to sustainable hotel furniture design. But what is sustainable furniture? And how can you improve the green credentials of your hotel, bar or restaurant?

Hotel booth seating offers a practical solution to unusual niches, while also adding character and quirkiness to your establishment.

Hospitality table tops are available in many shapes and sizes. Whether it’s a custom size table top or a bespoke option, it’s important to consider how many covers are required and what the table is being used for.

After choosing the perfect hospitality seating, you will want to ensure that your luxury furniture is cared for and maintained properly over time, we have compiled this guide on best practice for maintaining cushion upholstery.

Luxury hotel and restaurant tables can make a stylish addition to any interior design, but it’s important to ensure they withstand the rigour of a busy hospitality environment.

After redesigning your hotel, bar or restaurant, you’ll want to ensure that your new furniture is cleaned and maintained properly. As experts in the hospitality furniture industry, we’ve provided our advice on the care and maintenance of furniture, including cleaning fabrics, wood and velvet materials.

Taking care of the new leather or faux leather furniture in your hotel, bar or restaurant is imperative to making it last over time. We’ve compiled a guide to leather furniture care so that you can ensure that each piece of your luxury furniture is...

As the focal point of any hotel bedroom, the headboard is a crucially important piece of furniture to get right for any hotelier as it can make all the difference to a guest’s perception of the character and style to your guest bedrooms. Read the...

Did you know that the layout of a restaurant can influence whether your guests enter, how long they stay and even how much money they might be likely to spend? Discover our restaurant design tips and understand how you can use the psychology of restaurant...

Whether you are furnishing a historic hotel with oversized rooms that don’t suit standard hotel guest beds or your restaurant bay window requires a piece of banquette seating of very specific dimensions, this never presents a problem for contract interior designers or experienced manufacturers of hotel furniture.

When you think of bar stools what do you think? A place to perch while you wait to be seated for a meal? Somewhere you sit when the comfy chairs have been taken? You wouldn’t be alone. Bar stools have a reputation of being uncomfortable.

As we are all aware, it’s imperative to keep a hotel, bar or restaurant looking its best in order to keep the drinks flowing, customers consuming, praising, recommending and returning.

Contract furniture is defined as furniture that is intended for commercial use. It is purposely manufactured with added strengthening features for use in public environments such as hotels, restaurants, bars and even public transport – environments that are subject to heavy traffic day in day...

There is plenty of choices when it comes to contract quality seating. From very simple timber dining chairs to large accent chairs and sofas and banquettes of all shapes and sizes, it can be hard to make a choice with so many options available. Our...

The layout of your seating for conference and events may seem like an obvious consideration but it’s an important part of your conference planning. Lugo supplies the hotel sector with both folding meeting tables and flip top meeting tables in a variety of sizes and...

Fixed seating, or to use its correct name, banquette seating, within a hotel bar or restaurant environment continues to be a popular choice for the hotel operator and professional hotel designer.

The function of a hotel reception area has changed considerably in recent years, moving away from the sole purpose of checking in and out guests. It’s now a multifunctional space used for meetings, catch ups, relaxation and even the odd taxi driver waiting for their...

Here at Lugo, we pride ourselves on delivering not only high-quality contract furniture for the hospitality environment but the highest level of customer service. That is why we are committed to ensuring you received your goods, whatever the weather.