CFAS Spring 2020 Journal

INDUSTRY NEWS
Designs
on Changing
Areas
For so long the forgotten area
of club and hospitality provision,
changing rooms are being
transformed into exciting guest
experiences in their own right
Interior designers are involved earlier in projects, working with
architects and suppliers to co-ordinate fixtures, fittings and
decors that chime with other elements of guest provision.
They are in a prime position to realise the client’s vision, while
introducing innovative elements that are both visually stunning
and eminently practicable, easing operational management.
Cork key fobs on male and female changing room lockers
at the newly opened luxury spa at the AA 4-star boutique
Lincombe Hall Hotel in Torquay is a case in point. The novel
idea elegantly solves one of leisure operators’ perennial
bugbears – key management.
relaxation or `recovery` after regaling in a wealth of experiences
and treatments.
The new complexity of changing areas makes it vital for
suppliers and fit-out teams to work collaboratively and
creatively with clients, interior designers, architects and main
contractors alike to deliver facilities to a higher level of guest
expectation as sport, leisure and hospitality continue to raise
the bar of provision.
While golf clubs may specify premium quality timber changing
rooms that will last a generation, the vibrant health and fitness
sector usually requires a fresh take after less than a decade.
Hotels and hospitality also move to the ever-changing rhythm
of interior design, as robust and resilient, yet tactile and
sensuous surfaces and materials, available in a myriad of
textures and shades, dazzle guests.
In the spa sector, themed changing areas complement wet
and dry areas as interior designers carry through themed
décor into the inner sanctum, while providing reassuringly
secure, private places for people to ready themselves for
Sam Palmer - Project Manager - Crown Sports Lockers
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