Selecting the ideal hotel background music is like to making a cake with a secret ingredient: if you use too much of one, the flavor might blow you away! Imagine dancing your way into a glistening hotel lobby, maybe running through it, or just floating across it. Music transforms everything, doesn’t it? From calming jazz that envelops you like a warm sweater to a contemporary pounding that makes you want to moonwalk up to the front desk. However, how can hotels find the ideal balance? Check this out!

Let’s talk about diversity first. Your guests range in taste from rock ‘n’ roll outlaws to symphonic souls, much like the variety of music Spotify offers. The role of a hotel is to serenade everyone. So, do you play lullabies or disco beats? Perhaps a bit of both? The trick is to combine those tunes in a unique way, much like a DJ. Recall how hotel manager Frank once attempted to play classical music and discovered that a teenage visitor was using headphones the size of his head to jam at breakfast.
Frank soon discovered that variety is what makes life interesting.
In this orchestra as well, cultural sensitivity hits the mark. Imagine a visitor hearing their favorite local song echo through the lobby after traveling halfway around the world. All of a sudden, the globe seems smaller. Adding global music to playlists that delighted listeners worldwide was precisely the mysteriously delectable challenge that was thrown headfirst at the Hôtel Voltaire in Paris.
Naturally, there is technology—the constantly buzzing devices that we carry about in our pockets. Your hassle-free wingmen will be Spotify playlists, AI-driven sound profiles—which sound as futuristic as they sound—and smartphone apps, which can create moods with a simple touch. Susan, the hotel’s resident techie and self-described playlist expert, is devoted to her app, which allows visitors to select the music they want to listen to in their rooms. She winks and hands over the jukebox, saying, “Rock in bed or chill in a sea of synths.”