How to Throw a Summer Soiree

The Right Commercial Pool Furniture Your pool is a major attraction for your hotel or resort. Furnishing your poolside and patio with attractive and comfortable commercial pool furniture draws guests to your pool to relax. A summer soiree can be the social event that has them returning to your business year after year. An outdoor bar and bar stools can be tied into themes with other commercial pool furniture, or they can stand alone as a unique and individual grouping. Fancy metal, metal and fabric combinations, and plastics in mid- or high-back styles are popular commercial pool furniture options. Strap pool chairs, sling pool chairs, rockers, and swimming pool lounge chairs will make your guests linger to enjoy the good times. Whatever the Weather May Bring Once a summer soiree is planned, you are at the mercy of Mother Nature. Commercial outdoor umbrellas atop your outdoor tables will protect guests from sun and even a quick-passing shower. When selecting your commercial umbrellas, choose a sturdy construction in crank-lift or pulley-rope styles. These commercial umbrellas come in 7.5- to 11-foot diameters, and some have wind vents.

Commercial patio heaters allow you to enjoy the profits of your pool when the warm days turn to cool evenings. Commercial patio heater choices include freestanding, mobile, and wall/ceiling-mounted styles. You can choose patio heaters fueled with gas or propane, or electric commercial patio heaters.

Let the Party Begin

Placement of commercial pool furniture is important. You want your guests to socialize in comfort. With that established, think color: incorporate plate, glass, and napkin colors with the colors in your commercial umbrellas. Think green for your soiree -hanging ferns and large potted plants work well. Floating candles and flowers around the pool are mood-setters.

Finger foods allow for mobility while socializing. If your hotel pool is equipped with a bar, guests can pull up a stool and enjoy a gin or vodka martini, or one of dozens of flavored martinis. Intimate groups relaxing at tables under commercial umbrellas might enjoy shrimp cocktails along with festive beverages. Even a outdoor grill can be a hit at your hotel's summer soiree, as guests relax in pool lounge chairs with thick juicy burgers and beer brats.