Criterion
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Acoustics
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Comfort & warmth
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Traffic & castors
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Cleaning & stains
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Phased refurbishment
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Wet areas
Zones, Acoustics & Ranges
Hotel & Hospitality Flooring
Hotel flooring is a zone-by-zone specification: carpet for corridors and guest rooms where acoustics and comfort sell the stay, Class 33 LVT and wood for lobbies, restaurants and bars, barefoot-rated wet-area systems for spa and pool, and R11–R12 safety vinyl behind the kitchen doors — one property, four or five floor systems working together.
This guide walks through the zones, the acoustic and fire classes that decide a hospitality spec, where woven carpet still beats everything else — and the Tarkett and DESSO ranges Trivaro supplies across the EU.
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Heavy-commercial use class
19 dB
Impact sound reduction
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B2B supply + documentation
Class 33ΔLw up to 19 dBBfl-s1
Quiet floors, full house.
Open 24/7, Judged Daily
What a Hotel Floor Must Survive
A hotel floor works around the clock and is judged by every guest who walks in. Six stresses shape the specification — and each zone weighs them differently.
Sleep next door
Impact sound is the number-one comfort complaint in hotels. Corridor and guest-floor coverings are chosen for acoustics first — carpet inherently, resilient floors via acoustic backings rated in ΔLw.
Wheeled traffic, always
Luggage, housekeeping and room-service trolleys roll the same corridor lines thousands of times a year — castor-chair and rolling-load ratings stop tracking and wear paths.
First-impression design
The lobby floor is part of the brand. Materials must deliver the design intent — woven pattern, wood, stone — at heavy-commercial durability, not showroom durability.
Daily housekeeping economics
Floors are cleaned every day for decades. Soil-hiding pattern, stain resistance and maintenance cost per m² decide the real lifetime price — not the purchase price.
Fire classification
Escape routes and public areas carry reaction-to-fire requirements under EN 13501-1 — the floor’s classification and DoP are part of the building’s fire file.
Refurbishment while trading
Hotels renew floors floor-by-floor with rooms back on sale the next night. Formats and lead times that support phasing carry direct revenue value.
Hospitality Ranges We Supply
Tarkett and DESSO contract ranges matched to hotel zones — supplied with use-class, acoustic and fire documentation for the specification file. Tell us the zones — we match the ranges.
DESSO Axminster — the Corridor Classic
- Where: premium corridors, guest floors, function rooms
- Type: Axminster in-Stock — woven 80/20 wool-nylon broadloom, stocked designs
- Earns: the classic hospitality look with in-stock lead times instead of mill programmes
Carpet Tiles & Planks — Corridors That Phase
- Where: corridors, meeting rooms, co-working and lounge zones
- Type: carpet tiles incl. AirMaster fine-dust-capture ranges
- Earns: individual-tile replacement on wear lines and fast phased refurbishment
iD Inspiration LVT — Lobbies, Bars, Guest Rooms
- Where: reception, restaurant and bar fronts, design-led guest rooms
- Type: luxury vinyl tiles — wood and stone designs at Class 33; see the iD Inspiration range guide
- Earns: the design floor that takes lobby traffic and cleans like vinyl
Acoustic Vinyl — Quiet Above Occupied Rooms
- Where: guest floors and corridors over occupied space, hard-floor concepts
- Type: Tapiflex Excellence 19 dB, iQ Granit Acoustic and the wider acoustic floors family
- Earns: up to ΔLw 19 dB impact sound reduction from the covering itself
Spa, Pool & Bathrooms — Barefoot Safety
- Where: spa circulation, pool surrounds, shower and changing areas
- Type: barefoot-class wet-area systems — Granit Multisafe and the welded systems in our wet room guide
- Earns: DIN 51097 barefoot ratings where an R-class alone is the wrong test
Back-of-House — Kitchens, Laundry, Service
- Where: hotel kitchens, laundry, waste and service corridors
- Type: R11–R12 welded safety vinyl per our commercial kitchen guide; iQ homogeneous vinyl for service circulation
- Earns: the hygiene and slip specification the F&B operation is audited against
Woven Carpet vs Carpet Tiles vs LVT in Hotels
Rule of thumb: woven broadloom where the brand lives (premium corridors, function rooms), tiles and planks where phasing and wear-line replacement rule, LVT where spills, moisture and design continuity decide. Most properties run all three.
Woven Carpet (Axminster)
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Best-in-class impact and in-room sound
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The hospitality comfort benchmark
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Heavy contract; woven pile recovers underfoot
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Pattern hides soiling; needs programme cleaning
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Broadloom — renew by corridor section
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Not a wet-area material
Carpet Tiles / Planks
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Strong acoustic contribution
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Contract comfort, design by plank mixing
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Heavy contract with castor ratings
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Swap stained tiles individually
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Fastest to phase around furniture
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Not a wet-area material
LVT / Acoustic Vinyl
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Up to 19 dB with acoustic backing
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Hard floor — warmer than tile, rugs add comfort
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Class 33 wear layers take lobby traffic
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Wipes clean — spills, sand, pets
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Click/looselay formats reopen rooms next day
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Wet-area capable in the right system
Specify a Hospitality Project with Trivaro
A zone list is enough to start. No public price list — every project is quoted on the zones, phasing and ranges it actually needs.
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Share the zones
Zones and areas (m²), number of guest floors and rooms, refurbishment phasing if the property keeps trading, and any brand-standard or fire requirement. Corridor drawings help but are not required to start.
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We match ranges and classes
A recommended range per zone — carpet constructions, acoustic classes, LVT wear layers, wet-area and back-of-house systems — with samples and the use-class, ΔLw and fire documentation for your specification file.
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Quotation & phased delivery
Quantities per zone and phase, lead times per range and a B2B quotation — delivered across the EU on the schedule the refurbishment plan needs.
Related Reading
The specifications and categories around hospitality floors.
Commercial kitchen flooring↗
R11/R12 slip classes, EU 852/2004 hygiene rules and welded systems for the F&B back-of-house.
Commercial wet room flooring↗
Barefoot ratings, welded systems and zone-by-zone specification for spa and pool areas.
Carpet rolls & broadloom↗
Woven Axminster and broadloom ranges for corridors and public areas.
iD Inspiration range↗
The Class 33 wood- and stone-design LVT family for lobbies, bars and guest rooms.
Hotel Flooring — Frequently Asked Questions
What operators, designers and contractors ask when scoping a hospitality floor.
01 What flooring is used in hotels?
Hotels specify zone by zone: carpet in corridors and guest rooms for acoustics and comfort, Class 33 LVT or wood in lobbies, restaurants and bars, barefoot-rated slip-resistant vinyl in spa and pool areas, and R11–R12 welded safety vinyl in kitchens and back-of-house. One property typically combines four or five floor systems, each matched to its traffic, acoustic and safety requirement.
02 What is the best flooring for hotel corridors?
Carpet remains the hospitality standard: it absorbs footfall and trolley noise next to sleeping guests, hides soiling between cleans and reads as comfort. Woven Axminster (80/20 wool-nylon) is the classic premium answer; heavy-contract planks and tiles deliver a similar effect with individual-tile replacement on wear lines. Where a hard floor is wanted, Class 33 LVT with an acoustic backing keeps impact sound in check.
03 How do hotels reduce noise between floors?
At the covering: carpet is inherently the quietest choice, and resilient floors are specified with an acoustic backing rated in ΔLw (EN ISO 717-2) — commercial acoustic vinyl reaches up to 19 dB of impact sound reduction. Above occupied rooms that rating is the difference between a complaint and a quiet night; it works together with the structural floor’s insulation, not instead of it.
04 Carpet or LVT in guest rooms?
Carpet: warmth, comfort, best acoustics — still the default in mid-scale and luxury rooms. LVT: cleanability, allergy perception, moisture tolerance — strong in aparthotels, resorts and design-led properties, ideally acoustic-backed. Many properties mix: resilient entry and bathroom transition, soft sleeping zone — or wood-look LVT throughout with rugs.
05 What fire class does hotel flooring need?
Escape routes and public areas typically require Cfl-s1 or Bfl-s1 to EN 13501-1, with the exact class set by national building regulation and the property’s fire strategy. Every range we supply carries its classification in the Declaration of Performance — we include DoP and classification reports so the fire file is audit-ready.
06 Can we refurbish floor by floor without closing?
Yes — that is the normal hospitality pattern. Carpet tiles and planks install around furniture with minimal downtime; click and looselay LVT puts rooms back on sale the next night; stocked ranges such as Axminster in-Stock cut lead times from mill-programme months to weeks. We plan quantities and deliveries per phase — each floor closes once, briefly. Professional installation available.
Specifying a Hotel or Resort?
Trivaro supplies hospitality flooring across the EU — woven Axminster and contract carpet, Class 33 LVT, acoustic vinyl, spa and back-of-house systems — with the use-class, ΔLw and fire documentation your specification file needs.
Send your zone list, guest-floor count and phasing plan — we respond with a recommended range per zone, samples and a B2B quotation built around the refurbishment schedule.
