Trade file · Furnishing
Hospitality Radar follows 5,780 hotel projects in planning, construction and renovation. For art programmes, about 1,080 of them are being specified right now, while the products are still being chosen, and about 1,350 are buying. A product that is already in the spec goes into the tender with the best odds.
Hotel projects entering specification for art programmes, by quarter.
Hotel projects entering the purchasing window for art programmes, by quarter.
Estimate from each project's opening year and typical lead times for this trade. Later quarters fill up as new projects are announced, so a lower bar further out is not a falling market.
Cities with the most hotel projects being specified for this trade right now. The city file opens with your trade on top.
Projects being specified now or entering specification in the next 12 months, by region.
Share of projects with a known class. Our coverage is strongest in upscale and luxury hotels; midscale and select-service projects are being added.
For art programmes, specification typically runs from 30 to 15 months before opening and purchasing from 14 to 5 months before opening. There are two ways into a project: through the specification or through the tender. A product that is already in the spec goes into the tender with the best odds.
Art is specified either by the interior design studio directly or by a dedicated art consultant working alongside it, with purchasing routed through the owner's or operator's FF&E procurement process. International brand standards cover art more loosely than lighting or textiles, which leaves independent, boutique and soft-brand hotels with more freedom and gives art consultants a larger role on those projects.
Acting before a project's specification window closes puts a consultant or supplier ahead of the design brief rather than reacting to it.
Hotel operators increasingly bring in a dedicated art consultant alongside the interior design studio from early in the project rather than after the architecture is fixed. Budget and placement decisions move earlier as a result, with high-traffic zones such as corridor ends and lift lobbies planned from the start.
Source: hoteldesigns.net
Design media increasingly frame hotel interiors, including art, as a deliberate narrative reflecting a property's culture, history or mood rather than a late decorative layer. That framing pulls art decisions into the same early conversation as architecture and materials.
Source: costar.com
Murals, sculpture, textiles and photography sourced from local artists are described as a new baseline for hotel public areas rather than a premium option. The shift favours projects willing to commission work tied to a specific place over standard catalogue art.
Source: costar.com
At least one global luxury hotel group now runs a recurring, museum-partnered art programme with newly commissioned work each edition. It signals that leading luxury brands treat art as an ongoing curatorial programme rather than a one-off installation at opening.
Source: peninsula.com
Furniture1,190 specifying now
Lighting1,190 specifying now
Bathrooms & sanitaryware700 specifying now
Textiles & curtains1,190 specifying now
Beds & mattresses950 specifying now
OS&E & tableware950 specifying now
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As of November 2026. Figures are estimates, rounded, and recalculated with every update of the radar.