Home > Media > News > Industry News > DOMOTEX Asia Empowers: Two-Way Upgrade of Full-Link Efficiency and Experience for Hotel FlooringAmid the increasingly fierce competition in the hotel industry, flooring, as a core element throughout the entire life cycle of hotel renovation, operation, and iteration, its "full-link performance" directly affects the hotel’s return on investment, operational costs, and guest reputation.
Traditional hotel flooring procurement often falls into the misunderstanding of "valuing products over links," leading to a chain of problems such as long procurement cycles, low installation efficiency, uneven user experience, and high maintenance costs. As Asia-Pacific’s leading international B2B flooring trade show, DOMOTEX Asia/CHINAFLOOR (referred to as D
OMOTEX Asia) aggregates more than 1,500 top global flooring brands, builds a precise supply-demand matching platform, and leads cutting-edge technological trends.
It promotes the continuous innovation of "procurement-installation-use-maintenance" solutions for hotel flooring in the global market and the two-way upgrade of guest experience, further consolidating China and Asia’s position as leaders in global flooring innovation, manufacturing, and industry trade shows.
The "full link" of hotel flooring covers the entire process from procurement decision-making, on-site installation, to daily use and long-term maintenance. The pain points in each link are interrelated, forming "constraints" that restrict industry development:
Hotel flooring procurement involves collaboration among multiple departments (procurement, design, operations) and complex needs (balancing style, function, budget, and environmental protection). However, the traditional procurement model has obvious shortcomings: first, information asymmetry—hotels struggle to quickly find suppliers that meet "scenario needs, budget control, and environmental standards," often taking 3-6 months to compare more than 20 brands;
second, lack of intuitive experience—it is difficult to judge product performance in actual scenarios based solely on samples, leading to procurement risks such as "discrepancies between samples and actual products"; third, difficulty in connecting with international resources—high-end hotels have a growing demand for international brand flooring, but high cross-border communication costs and unclear certification standards significantly extend the procurement cycle.
In hotel renovation or refurbishment projects, flooring installation is a key link affecting the construction period. Traditional flooring installation requires complex processes such as floor leveling, adhesive fixing, waiting for drying, and gap filling.
The installation cycle for every 100 square meters is as long as 3-5 days, and the dust and odors generated during installation can affect the operation of surrounding areas. For hotel chains or high-occupancy hotels, each additional day of closure means hundreds of thousands of yuan in revenue losses. The traditional installation model often leads to project delays, further expanding operational losses. In addition, the professionalism of installation teams varies, which may lead to subsequent problems such as floor warping and abnormal noise due to improper installation.
Different areas of hotels have vastly different flooring usage needs: lobbies require "high-end texture + high-frequency wear resistance," guest rooms need "warm comfort + sound insulation and slip resistance," and restaurants demand "stain resistance, oil resistance, safety, and easy cleaning." However, traditional flooring often struggles to meet multi-scenario needs.
For example, some hotels use the same type of flooring to unify the style, resulting in excessive wear of lobby flooring, cold touch of guest room flooring, and difficulty in cleaning stains on restaurant flooring, directly affecting the guest stay experience. An industry survey shows that 42% of hotel guest complaints are related to flooring, including issues such as "abnormal floor noise," "uncomfortable touch," and "obvious stains."
The long-term maintenance cost of hotel flooring is an important part of operational expenses. Traditional flooring has insufficient wear resistance and stain resistance, often requiring partial replacement after 2-3 years of use, with a replacement cost of up to 200-500 yuan per square meter; at the same time, cleaning and maintenance require a lot of manpower, and only guest room flooring cleaning accounts for 30% of the hotel’s daily cleaning workload. In addition, under the global "dual carbon" goals, hotels face strict environmental assessments.
Problems such as high carbon emissions, difficulty in recycling, and excessive formaldehyde in traditional flooring not only fail to meet green building standards but may also affect brand image and market competitiveness.These full-link pain points make the hotel industry urgently need a professional platform that can integrate resources and break bottlenecks. Based on this demand, DOMOTEX Asia has built a comprehensive empowerment system of "product display + technical exchange + business matching + trend leadership."
Exhibitors at DOMOTEX Asia showcase their hotel solutions to global professional buyers during the exhibition, solving the information asymmetry problem in hotel flooring procurement, shortening the procurement cycle from the traditional 3-6 months to 1-2 months, and improving decision-making efficiency by more than 60%.
With an ultra-large scale of 210,000 square meters, the exhibition gathers more than 1,500 flooring brands from 117 countries and regions, covering full-category products such as quick-installation flooring, sustainable flooring, solid wood flooring, composite flooring, and carpets, forming a world-leading flooring resource pool. It can meet the diverse procurement needs of hotels from economy to high-end five-star levels.The "Hotel Flooring Zone" set up at the exhibition precisely focuses on industry needs, concentrating the display of flooring products with different functions and scenarios:
Quick Installation Zone, Sustainable Environmental Protection Zone, Sound Insulation and Slip Resistance Zone, Stain and Wear Resistance Zone, etc. This allows hotel purchasers to "find products according to needs" without blindly searching in the large exhibition hall. For example, the procurement team of a hotel chain needed to purchase "quick-installation, low-carbon and environmentally friendly" flooring for new stores, and completed the preliminary screening of 8 suppliers in just half a day in the zone, with efficiency far exceeding the traditional procurement model.
For core purchasers such as hotel groups and large construction engineering companies, DOMOTEX Asia has launched an exclusive "Buyer Club" service, realizing efficient connection between supply and demand through the model of "pre-demand personalized matching." Purchasers only need to submit procurement needs (including hotel type, budget range, functional requirements, scenario adaptation, environmental standards, etc.) through the exhibition’s official website in advance.
The exhibition organizing committee will screen 3-5 qualified suppliers based on big data, arrange "one-on-one" negotiations, and provide exclusive support such as VIP lounges and translation services.At the 2025 exhibition, an international high-end hotel group accurately connected with 4 suppliers meeting the requirements of "LEED certification, quick installation, and customized textures" through the Buyer Club service, completed sample confirmation and cooperation intention signing on-site, and shortened the procurement cycle from 4 months to 1.5 months.
The procurement director of the group said: "The precise matching service of DOMOTEX Asia allows us to avoid ineffective work of massive screening, directly communicate face-to-face with high-quality suppliers, and significantly reduce procurement costs and risks."
To solve the procurement pain point of "discrepancies between samples and actual products," DOMOTEX Asia has set up multiple real-scene simulation areas at the exhibition site, restoring real scenarios such as hotel lobbies, guest rooms, restaurants, and corridors, allowing purchasers to intuitively feel the texture, wear resistance, slip resistance, sound insulation and other performances of the flooring.
For example, in the wear resistance demonstration area, suppliers show the wear resistance of quick-installation flooring through on-site tests such as "luggage dragging + cleaning equipment rolling"; in the stain resistance demonstration area, purchasers can witness the easy-to-clean characteristics of the products through on-site operations such as "beverage spilling + immediate cleaning."In addition, supporting activities such as the "2025 Flooring Innovation Summit" and "
Hotel Renovation Innovation Forum" invite hotel owner representatives and industry experts to share flooring procurement and application cases. For example, a hotel chain group shared practical experience of "purchasing sustainable flooring through the exhibition to achieve LEED certification and reduce operational costs," providing decision-making references for other purchasers and further reducing procurement risks.
Quick installation is the core demand of the hotel flooring installation link. At DOMOTEX Asia, many exhibitors have showcased their quick-installation flooring suppliers, which have completely subverted the traditional installation model through technological innovation, achieving an "efficient, convenient, and low-loss" installation experience.
The core advantages of quick-installation flooring lie in two major technological innovations: first, the seamless click-lock system, which adopts a "snap-on splicing" design, no glue or floor leveling required. During installation, only align and snap the floor panels together, with tight and seamless joints, avoiding the waiting time for drying in traditional glue installation; second, lightweight base material, which is 30% lighter than traditional 4mm thick SPC flooring under the same area.
It not only reduces transportation and handling costs but also reduces the load-bearing pressure on the building floor, no need for additional floor reinforcement, especially suitable for renovation projects of old hotels.On-site demonstrations of quick-installation flooring show that 2 professional installers can complete the installation of 100 square meters of flooring in one day, with efficiency more than 3 times that of traditional flooring. Taking a hotel with 200 guest rooms (each about 25 square meters) as an example, using this type of flooring only takes 10 days to complete the installation of all guest room flooring, while traditional flooring installation takes 30 days, significantly shortening the shutdown period.
The dust and glue odors generated during traditional flooring installation not only affect the health of construction workers but also require a period of ventilation to disperse odors before use, further extending the hotel’s shutdown time. However, the quick-installation flooring at DOMOTEX Asia, which requires no glue and uses environmentally friendly base materials, has no dust or odors during installation and can be put into use immediately after installation, realizing "ready for use immediately after installation.
"A hotel renovation project case shows that after adopting the quick-installation flooring of the exhibition’s participating brands, the guest room area from the demolition of old flooring to the completion of new flooring installation and commissioning only took 3 days, which was 7 days shorter than the traditional model, directly reducing revenue losses by more than 500,000 yuan. In addition, the detachable feature of click-lock installation facilitates subsequent partial maintenance and replacement without large-scale demolition, further reducing maintenance costs.
DOMOTEX Asia has always adhered to the product display logic of "scenario adaptation," promoting the transformation of hotel flooring from "single function" to "scenario-based experience," allowing flooring in different areas to accurately match usage needs and comprehensively improve the guest stay experience.
As the "facade" of the hotel, the lobby flooring must not only highlight high-end texture but also withstand high-frequency foot traffic of thousands of people every day. The lobby-specific flooring at DOMOTEX Asia achieves a balance between texture and practicality through a combination of "high-end materials + wear-resistant technology." For example, the "engineered wood wear-resistant flooring"
launched at the Shengxiang booth adopts a composite of natural wood veneer surface and high-density base material, restoring the texture and touch of rare wood, paired with an aluminum oxide wear-resistant layer, with a commercial wear resistance of over 12,000 revolutions. Even under long-term high-frequency human traffic, it can maintain flatness, smoothness, and a like-new color.Some brands have also launched "customized lobby flooring,"
which can customize colors and patterns according to the hotel’s brand VI, and even embed the hotel logo into the flooring design to enhance brand recognition. After a high-end hotel adopted this type of customized flooring, the guest satisfaction in the lobby area increased by 35%, becoming a "check-in spot" on social media, indirectly driving brand communication.
Guest rooms are where guests stay the longest, and the comfort and sound insulation effect of the flooring directly affect sleep quality. The guest room-specific flooring at DOMOTEX Asia has core advantages of "warm touch + sound insulation and slip resistance," solving the pain points of traditional flooring.
For example, the "carbon-wood sound-insulating flooring" on display adds a natural rubber sound insulation layer to the base material, which can effectively absorb noises such as footsteps and furniture movement, with a sound insulation effect of more than 25 decibels, creating a quiet sleeping environment; at the same time, the floor surface adopts a matte non-slip treatment, with a warm and not cold touch, paired with wood grain texture, making the guest room more "homelike.
"After a resort hotel purchased this type of flooring, the complaint rate of guests about "guest room noise" decreased by 60%, sleep satisfaction increased by 45%, and the score on OTA platforms rose from 4.2 to 4.7, directly driving the growth of repurchase rate.
Special areas such as hotel restaurants, bathrooms, and fitness areas have extremely high requirements for flooring safety performance. The special area-specific flooring at DOMOTEX Asia has been precisely optimized for risk points in different scenarios:
Restaurant areas: "Stain-resistant and oil-resistant flooring" is launched, with a stain-resistant coating on the surface that can resist heavy stains such as soy sauce, edible oil, and red wine. It can be cleaned with water and ordinary detergents, and the friction coefficient reaches 0.65, effectively preventing guests from slipping;
Fitness areas: Armstrong’s "non-slip and shock-absorbing flooring" has a non-slip texture design on the surface and a certain degree of elasticity, which can buffer the impact force during exercise and reduce the risk of injury.
The launch of these scenario-based products allows hotels to accurately select models according to the needs of different areas, completely solving the experience shortcomings caused by "one material for multiple uses."
DOMOTEX Asia takes "sustainable development" as a core trend, providing a platform for global practitioners to communicate. Through on-site participating exhibitors showcasing sustainable flooring products, promoting environmental protection technologies, and building green communication platforms, it helps hotels reduce maintenance costs while practicing green operation concepts.
The innovative flooring products at the exhibition have achieved qualitative breakthroughs in wear resistance, stain resistance, moisture resistance, and other performances, significantly extending the service life and reducing replacement costs.
For example, the "super wear-resistant sustainable flooring" of an exhibitor has a commercial wear resistance of over 15,000 revolutions and a service life of more than 10 years, which is 2-3 times that of traditional flooring; at the same time, its excellent stain resistance and moisture resistance reduce the frequency of daily cleaning and maintenance, and the annual maintenance cost per square meter is only 1/3 of that of traditional flooring.After a hotel chain group adopted this type of flooring, the floor replacement cycle was extended from 3 years to 10 years, and the annual floor maintenance cost per store was reduced from 800,000 yuan to 250,000 yuan. The entire group’s 50 stores can save 27.5 million yuan in costs every year, with significant economic benefits.
Under the global "dual carbon" goals, sustainable flooring has become the core choice for hotel procurement. The "Sustainable Flooring Zone" set up at DOMOTEX Asia gathers various environmentally friendly products, and its innovation paths mainly include:
Low-carbon production: Reducing product carbon footprint by optimizing production processes and using clean energy. The carbon emissions of flooring from some brands are more than 30% lower than traditional products;
Recyclable: Some flooring products can be disassembled and recycled, and reprocessed into new flooring to achieve resource recycling.
The reason why DOMOTEX Asia can become the "core of empowerment" in the hotel flooring industry lies in its construction of a comprehensive empowerment system of "resource aggregation + business connection + ecological services." The core advantages of this system are reflected in three aspects:
As Asia-Pacific’s leading international B2B flooring trade show, DOMOTEX Asia attracts 17,923 international visitors and overseas suppliers every year, including top brands and purchasers from Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, and other regions. This international perspective allows hotel purchasers to connect with global high-quality resources "without leaving home," and also enables Asian flooring brands to go global, further consolidating China and Asia’s position as global centers for flooring innovation, manufacturing, and outsourcing.
The empowerment of DOMOTEX Asia is not limited to the exhibition period but extends to the entire cycle after procurement. The exhibition organizing committee provides "after-sales connection" services for both supply and demand parties, assisting in solving technical support, logistics and distribution, installation guidance, and other issues during the cooperation process; at the same time, it continuously releases industry dynamics and product information through the online platform, allowing hotels and suppliers to maintain long-term communication, realizing "one exhibition participation, long-term benefits."
In 2026, DOMOTEX Asia will further upgrade its empowerment system: the Shanghai Station (May 27-29) will add a "Hotel Flooring Full-Link Solution Zone," focusing on displaying integrated services for procurement, installation, and maintenance; the Bangkok Station (November 11-13) will focus on the needs of the Southeast Asian hotel market, introducing more quick-installation, moisture-proof, and non-slip flooring products suitable for tropical climates, providing more precise empowerment support for the hotel industry.
From "precise and efficient" procurement to "time-saving and labor-saving" installation, from "comfortable and safe" use to "cost-reducing and environmentally friendly" maintenance, DOMOTEX Asia, through full-link empowerment, provides professionals with an unmissable exhibition service that balances operational efficiency and guest experience.For the hotel industry, DOMOTEX Asia is not only an exhibition but also a "core platform" to solve full-link pain points, grasp industry trends, and connect global resources. By participating in the exhibition, hotels can quickly find flooring solutions that suit their needs, achieving the dual goals of reducing operational costs and upgrading guest experience;
for flooring suppliers, the exhibition is a "golden channel" to showcase innovative achievements, connect with core customers, and expand market share.In the future, with the continuous innovation of technology and the continuous upgrading of industry needs, DOMOTEX Asia will continue to adhere to the core mission of "empowering high-quality industrial development," continuously improve the full-link empowerment system, and promote the hotel flooring industry to move towards a "more efficient, higher quality, and more sustainable" direction, injecting lasting momentum into the development of the Asian and global hotel industries.
Q: Is the service life of quick-installation flooring shorter than that of traditional flooring?
A: No. The quick-installation flooring at the exhibition uses high-density base materials and wear-resistant coatings, with a commercial wear resistance of over 9,000 revolutions. The service life is generally 8-12 years, far exceeding the 3-5 years of traditional flooring, and it also has the advantage of detachable maintenance.
Q: How to verify the environmental certification of sustainable flooring?
A: Participating suppliers will display the product’s environmental certification documents (such as E0 level, LEED, GREENGUARD, etc.) at their booths, and purchasers can verify them on-site.
Q: How can hotels connect with international flooring brands through the exhibition?
A: The exhibition has an "International Brand Zone," gathering well-known brands from Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, and other regions; at the same time, you can submit international procurement needs through the Buyer Club service. The organizing committee will accurately connect with qualified overseas suppliers and provide translation support.
Q: How to ensure the logistics and distribution of flooring products purchased through the exhibition?A: Participating suppliers all cooperate with professional logistics enterprises and can provide logistics and distribution services nationwide and even globally; for large-scale hotel projects, suppliers can also provide customized logistics solutions such as batch distribution and on-site warehousing coordination.
Q: Does the "Hotel Flooring Full-Link Solution" include post-maintenance services?A: Yes. Most participating suppliers will provide post-maintenance guidance, partial repair and replacement, and other services for flooring; at the same time, the exhibition organizing committee has built an "after-sales connection platform" to assist hotels in solving maintenance problems during use.
May 27-29, 2026
National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai)
