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Product Know How Seating The Jones Communal Table and Scandinavia Barstool from Vaughan Benz. Take a Seat By Kelly Hushin Creating the perfect perch for today’s guest Two Aluminum Banquet Chairs from Shelby Williams. ome seating design can be timeless. ink Le Corbusier or Eames. No matter what the style or where, hotels will undoubtedly continue to deploy the classics for their comfort, utility, and sophistication. But hospitality seating is about more than statement chairs. While still prevalent, and some might argue is even making a comeback (particularly in luxury and boutique properties), it’s still the sofas, lounge chairs, task chairs, stackable banquet seating, dining chairs, and the like that are the lifeblood of hospitality seating. What’s changed about the way they look? Not a whole lot (save a yellow trend here, a polyvinyl trend there, an upholstery texture trend now and again). What is changing is how and when people are using seating as it becomes increasingly important for those prim perches to be also practical—particularly for the guest who’s perpetually plugged in. As one of the originators of hospitality furnishings, Shelby Williams understands how to manufacture a long-lasting seat that meets designers’ needs, and according to Steve Cohen, vice president of sales and marketing, longevity is the company’s standout. He recalled a recent phone call he received from a St. Louis restaurateur who is using the same Shelby Williams wood chairs (reupholstered) in a restaurant 27 years after he had purchased them for a cruise ship. Continued on p. 32 〉〉〉 30 www.newh.org S http://www.newh.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NEWH - Spring 2012

NEWH - Spring 2012
Contents
News
Who’s Who
Sustainability: Point of View
Q&A: Julia Marks
Q&A: Dina Belon
Have You Seen?
Product Know How
On the Scene
On The Cover: ISG
Project: Best Western Plus
Project: Westport Inn
Save the Date
New Members
Partner Profiles
Ad Index

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