NOVA Acoustics designs and delivers acoustic panel solutions for hotels and hospitality environments. Our consultant-led approach helps hotels improve guest comfort, reduce noise complaints, and create acoustically balanced spaces across bedrooms, public areas, and event facilities.
In individual guest rooms, excessive noise from adjacent rooms, hallways, or outside traffic can disrupt a guest’s experience, negatively affecting rest and relaxation. Acoustic wall panels help absorb sound waves, reducing noise transmission between rooms and creating a peaceful environment where guests can sleep or work undisturbed. These panels can also be integrated into room designs to enhance aesthetics while ensuring privacy and quietude, key factors in guest satisfaction. In communal spaces like lobbies, conference rooms, and hallways, acoustic panels, baffles, and rafts are particularly beneficial. Lobbies often serve as high-traffic areas with overlapping conversations, ringing phones, and movement, creating a noisy atmosphere that can overwhelm guests.
Acoustic baffles and rafts, suspended from high ceilings, absorb sound from above and diffuse it evenly, minimizing echoes and keeping noise levels under control. In conference rooms, where clear communication is critical, wall panels and rafts ensure that speech is intelligible and distractions from outside noise are minimized, supporting productive meetings and presentations. Hallways, often conduits for sound that leaks into guest rooms, benefit from acoustic treatments to absorb and contain noise, further preserving a quiet ambiance. Modern acoustic solutions come in various styles and finishes, allowing them to complement the luxurious and welcoming atmosphere hotels strive to create. By incorporating acoustic panels, baffles, and rafts across different spaces, hotels can enhance the guest experience, promote restful stays, and ensure their spaces are functional for both leisure and business purposes. This investment in acoustics not only improves guest satisfaction but also elevates the property’s reputation for comfort and quality.
Products
Sustainable 40mm Polyester Fibre Acoustic Panel with Class A Sound Absorption made with >60% Recycled Material. Suitable for walls, ceilings, rafts or baffles.
40mm Fabric Wrapped Acoustic Panel with Class A Sound Absorption. Available in a huge range of colours and sizes. Bespoke to order. Suitable for walls, ceilings, rafts and baffles.
40mm Fabric Wrapped Acoustic Panel with Class A Sound Absorption. Self-adhesive for easy DIY Installation. Suitable for surface mounting to walls or ceilings.
40mm Impact-Resistant Acoustic Wall Panels with Class A Sound Absorption. Available in a huge range of colours and sizes. Suitable for surface mounting to walls.
12mm or 24mm Polyester Acoustic Panel with Class A Sound Absorption. Available in a huge range of colours and sizes. Bespoke to order. Suitable for walls, ceilings, rafts and baffles.
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Benefits of acoustic panelling solutions in Hotels
Improved Guest Room Privacy
Acoustic panels reduce noise transfer between rooms, ensuring guests can relax, sleep, or work undisturbed by neighboring activities.
Quieter Hallways
Reduced background noise helps students focus on the material being presented, promoting better understanding and retention.
Enhanced Lobby Experience
By controlling echoes and ambient noise, acoustic panels create a welcoming, tranquil space where guests can comfortably check in, socialize, or unwind.
Improved Meeting and Event Spaces
In conference rooms or banquet halls, panels ensure clear communication and optimal sound for meetings, presentations, or celebrations.
Peaceful Wellness Areas
In spas, fitness centres, or relaxation zones, acoustic panels help create a serene environment by minimizing external disturbances.
Comfort in Dining Areas
Panels reduce clatter and echoes in restaurants and cafes, ensuring a pleasant dining experience with clear conversations.
Frequency Asked Questions
Why are acoustic panels important in hotels?
Hotels must balance comfort, privacy, and ambience. Poor acoustics can lead to noisy lobbies, echo-filled restaurants, and guest rooms where sound travels between spaces. Acoustic panels help control noise, improving guest satisfaction and overall experience.
Which areas of a hotel most benefit from acoustic treatment?
Common areas include reception and lobby spaces, restaurants, bars, corridors, meeting rooms, gyms, spas, guestrooms, and conference suites. Each area presents unique acoustic challenges that panels can effectively address.
Can acoustic panels help reduce noise between hotel rooms?
Yes. While structural sound insulation plays a major role, acoustic panels can significantly improve internal sound absorption, reducing reflections and helping minimise sound transmission, creating a more private, restful environment.
Do acoustic treatments improve guest comfort?
Absolutely. Reduced noise levels help guests relax, sleep better, and enjoy communal spaces without stress. This often leads to better reviews and higher return rates—key metrics in the hospitality sector.
Will acoustic panels disrupt the hotel's interior design?
No. Modern acoustic products are available in luxury fabrics, colours, and shapes, making them suitable for premium interiors. They can be discreet, themed to match brand identity, or incorporated as part of the hotel’s design aesthetic.
Are acoustic panels only needed in conference or event spaces?
Not at all. While meeting and event rooms require clarity for presentations, everyday hotel spaces such as dining areas, breakfast rooms, lounges, and corridors benefit just as much from reduced noise and better ambience.
Do acoustic panels help with restaurant and bar noise inside hotels?
Yes. These spaces are often bustling and filled with hard surfaces, leading to echo and elevated noise levels. Acoustic panels create a more enjoyable dining atmosphere, improving both guest experience and staff communication.
Will installing acoustic panels interrupt hotel operations?
Installation can be planned around peak operating hours and is typically non-intrusive. Many installations are completed with minimal disruption, ensuring business continues as normal.
Are acoustic panels a worthwhile investment for hotels?
Yes. Improved acoustics lead directly to happier guests, better sleep quality, superior dining experiences, and more professional meeting environments—all of which translate into stronger ratings, repeat bookings, and improved revenue.
Do acoustic solutions work for heritage or boutique-style hotels?
Absolutely. Panels can be custom-designed to complement period features or modern boutique aesthetics while subtly enhancing comfort without altering the building’s character.
