Hotel Renovation. No Rooms Offline.
Guest-room doors, corridors, elevator cabs, and landings. Floor by floor, nights if you need them. Guests keep checking in.
Guest Room Renovation Without Downtime
Hospitality is all about making guests feel welcome, beginning with the facility’s appearance. Resurface Architectural Wraps updates the look of lobbies, corridors, public spaces and private rooms. Swiftly upgrade and renovate entire hotels at a fraction of the cost and with minimal impact to daily operations.
Quick Installation
Installation is fast and flexible, allowing upgrades to be completed around guest occupancy with minimal disruption.
Consistent Finish
Architectural wraps provide a uniform, high-quality look across all areas of the property.
Easy Section Replacement
Damaged sections can be replaced individually without removing the entire surface.
Traditional Hotel Renovation Is Broken
Hotels usually buy doors first, then corridors, cabs, and landings. Replacement blows budgets, disrupts guests, and takes rooms out of inventory. Here is how that math looks across a property.
The Resurface Wraps Difference
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A hotel program we actually delivered
The Best Western property in Spokane, Washington had 150 guest room doors, room interiors and an elevator cab all reading older than the building was. Resurface Wraps resurfaced every door in place, in a light oak finish, working floor by floor around an operating hotel. No door was unhung, no floor was shut down, and the property traded normally throughout.
| Scope | 150 guest room doors, room interiors, elevator cab |
| Saved against replacement | $200,000 |
| Time saved | 6 to 7 months |
| Property closure | None |
The hard part was not the installation. It was sequencing around occupancy so the property never had to sell fewer rooms than it wanted to, holding a single finish consistent across 150 doors that a guest sees ten at a time in raking light, and resolving the fire door listing question on rated openings before anyone touched a door.
Read the full Best Western Spokane case study, which covers what the code actually requires of a hotel corridor door and where architectural film can and cannot go. For the technical side, see hotel door wraps and elevator cab interiors.
Frequently asked questions
Can a hotel be renovated with architectural film without closing rooms or floors?
A hotel renovation using architectural film runs floor by floor around occupancy rather than shutting the property down. Resurface Wraps refinished 150 guest room doors, room interiors and the elevator cab at the Best Western in Spokane, Washington with no property closure, blocking a small number of rooms at a time and returning each to inventory the same day it was worked.
What parts of a hotel can be resurfaced instead of replaced?
Hotel surfaces that are commonly resurfaced rather than replaced include guest room doors, corridor and lobby walls, ceilings, casework and millwork such as vanities and closets, elevator cab interiors, elevator landings, and storefront and building entries. The test in every case is the same: the substrate has to be structurally sound and the finish has to be the only thing that is wrong.
How much does a hotel save by resurfacing surfaces instead of replacing them?
Savings depend on scope, door count and the condition of the existing substrate, so no single figure applies to every property. As one documented data point, the Best Western in Spokane saved $200,000 and 6 to 7 months across 150 guest room doors, room interiors and an elevator cab. Most of that saving is not material cost. It is the fabrication lead time and the room nights that replacement takes out of inventory.
Does architectural film meet hotel brand standards and PIP requirements?
Brand standards and PIP requirements are set by the hotel brand, and Resurface Wraps does not speak for any flag about what it accepts. Confirm the specification with your franchise services contact before committing to an approach. Where a PIP calls for a specific door construction rather than a specific appearance, replacement may be the only route for those openings even when the rest of the property can be resurfaced.
Can film be applied to fire rated hotel corridor doors?
Film on a labeled fire door is a field modification, not a finish choice, and it is only acceptable where a listing covers that specific door construction with that specific product under stated conditions. UL Solutions states that fire door certifications cover the door panel and its construction but not aftermarket additions including vinyl wraps or non-metallic cladding, and that the complete assembly needs retesting to UL 10B. Confirm the specific assembly with the door manufacturer, the listing agency and the authority having jurisdiction before any film is applied.