Devere Village Hotels

For any hotel, the quality of the surroundings is paramount to ensure guests have a comfortable and pleasant stay, which is why the Village Hotel Manchester Ashton looked to Forbo Flooring Systems to satisfy its flooring brief. Flotex Sottsass Wool was specified for the hotel’s state-of-the-art gymnasium area, due to the product’s hard wearing, hygienic and easy to maintain properties.

The Village Hotel boasts impressive leisure facilities for those staying for business or visiting the City, which include a state-of-the-art club with the latest technology equipment, a full-length 25m swimming pool, whirlpool spa and sauna.

“The appearance of our service areas are of paramount importance to ensure they look and perform excellently for our guests. We therefore needed a flooring design that reflects the friendly and relaxed environment associated with

Village Hotels,” explains Emma Waite, Senior Team Leader at the Village Hotel.

Selecting the right flooring in key areas such as gyms is an important decision and with many considerations. Forbo’s Flotex, which is fitted in all Village gyms, provided the ideal solution because of the product’s performance and extensive design options that fitted in with the overall look of the hotels.

The unique composition of Flotex, which has over 70 million electrostatically flocked fibres per square metre, offers the hard wearing and washable characteristics of a resilient floor, yet also the warmth, comfort and acoustic properties of carpet.

Being completely waterproof, Flotex is also the only truly washable textile floor covering. The structure of Flotex means that with standard cleaning methods, body sweat, machine oils and general soiling can be effectively removed to leave a fresh smelling and hygienic floor. Flotex features Sanitized®, an effective antimicrobial treatment that migrates from the adhesive into the backing and onto the flock, maintaining a consistent layer over the product even after multiple cleaning cycles. Sanitized® prevents the growth of bacteria including MRSA and E.coli, mouls and stale odour development which makes it the ideal flooring solution for gyms and leisure spaces.