Acoustics in Hospitality

Hospitality environments such Restaurants, Bars, Wineries and Cafes usually suffer from various forms of noise, with resulting noise leading to customer dissatisfaction and customers not returning. This noise can also be a problem for Staff health, causing hearing problems and vocal chord strain. Hospitality spaces are often designed with hard durable surfaces for practicality and cleaning ability, which adds to the noise problem. Noise sources in Hospitality typically include, talking, laughing, pones ringing, music, kitchen dishware noise, glassware clinking, cutlery noise and so on. All this combined noise can reach 85 decibels or over; virtually the same as the noise from a vacuum cleaner; loud enough to put you off eating, drinking and enjoying your meal and seriously affects the social aspect of your outing if you can't hear the company conversation. Ceiling treatments are possibly more suitable for these types of environments, where wall space is often unavailable to acoustically treat. Ceiling solutions prove very effective in absorbing the noise in the space and keeping reverberation to a minimum. If done well acoustic wall and ceiling treatments can dramatically improve the design and overall visual impact, improving the aesthetics in the space. QuietArt can offer various solutions that will aesthetically complement your space. Pictured are a small selection of our completed projects.