Trade file · Furnishing
Hospitality Radar follows 5,780 hotel projects in planning, construction and renovation. For loose and fixed furniture, about 1,190 of them are being specified right now, while the products are still being chosen, and about 560 are buying. A product that is already in the spec goes into the tender with the best odds.
Hotel projects entering specification for loose and fixed furniture, by quarter.
Hotel projects entering the purchasing window for loose and fixed furniture, 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 loose and fixed furniture, specification typically runs from 20 to 10 months before opening and purchasing from 15 to 6 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.
Interior designers specify furniture, materials and model rooms, while a separate FF&E purchasing agent or buyer handles supplier selection, ordering and delivery on the owner's behalf, acting either as agent or as principal depending on the contract. International brands maintain approved vendor lists and design standards that both designer and buyer must work within for flagged properties.
Furniture decisions lock in long before an opening date, and brand standards narrow the field of approved vendors early. Europe currently holds the largest share of projects entering their window in the next 12 months, with 58% tied to international brand programmes.
US tariffs of up to 145 percent on some Chinese goods and up to 46 percent on Vietnamese goods are pushing hotel furniture buyers toward Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Colombia and Indonesia, plus nearshoring to Mexico and Canada under USMCA. Procurement teams are rebuilding supplier shortlists rather than absorbing the cost on existing ones.
Source: hospitalitydesign.com
Trade coverage of hotel development reframes the planning question from when to buy furniture to which decisions must be locked before construction starts. That pushes specification work earlier relative to the construction tender rather than running it afterward.
Source: tophotel.news
A documented hotel renovation reused 100 percent of its furniture instead of ordering new, recovering more than 2,500 items and avoiding an estimated 88 tonnes of CO2. Refurbishment and reupholstery are becoming a real alternative to full replacement where ESG reporting matters to the owner.
Source: covivio.eu
LODGING, the official publication of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, lists unpolished wood, mixed stone and metal surfaces, bold colour accents and dark moody tones among the material trends shaping hospitality furniture. Polished concrete surfaces also feature in the same set of trends.
Source: lodgingmagazine.com
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As of November 2026. Figures are estimates, rounded, and recalculated with every update of the radar.