Trade file · Furnishing
Hospitality Radar follows 5,780 hotel projects in planning, construction and renovation. For decorative and technical lighting, about 1,190 of them are being specified right now, while the products are still being chosen, and about 710 are buying. A product that is already in the spec goes into the tender with the best odds.
Hotel projects entering specification for decorative and technical lighting, by quarter.
Hotel projects entering the purchasing window for decorative and technical lighting, 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 decorative and technical lighting, specification typically runs from 20 to 10 months before opening and purchasing from 12 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.
Decorative and architectural lighting is specified by the interior design studio, and on larger or upscale projects by a dedicated lighting designer, while life-safety and code lighting sits with the MEP engineer. Purchasing runs through the owner's or operator's FF&E procurement process, and international brand standards narrow fixture and light-level choices on branded projects.
Lighting concepts are usually locked in well before the wider FF&E purchase, often alongside the interior design brief. 710 projects are in their buying window right now, with 1,190 more still open for specification.
Resorts are testing tunable-white systems that shift colour temperature through the day to support sleep and mood. Early guest research links this to higher satisfaction scores in lobbies and lounges.
Source: inside.lighting
ANSI/IES RP-9 treats hospitality lighting as layered ambient, task and accent systems rather than uniform illumination. Hotel projects are following this logic room by room, from guestrooms to F&B.
Lobby and bar projects increasingly use large pendant clusters and chandeliers finished in brass or antique bronze instead of chrome. The look pairs decorative scale with warmer, more residential materials.
Source: hoteldesigns.net
Manufacturers now sell guestroom lighting that reads occupancy and access-control events to switch scenes and cut energy use automatically. Integration with the property management system is positioned as standard, not an add-on.
Source: signify.com
New-build hotels in the Gulf region are investing in dynamic, colour-capable facade lighting as a visible marker of scale and ambition. Regional specialists are winning this work alongside global decorative brands.
Source: meconstructionnews.com
A dedicated hospitality category in the IALD awards shows lighting design operating as a discipline separate from interior design on larger projects. Naming a lighting designer alongside the interior studio is becoming part of how upscale projects are presented.
Source: architectmagazine.com
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As of November 2026. Figures are estimates, rounded, and recalculated with every update of the radar.