Hotels can color and feng shui to supercharge their Hotel Marketing. Protection, good luck, wisdom, and fertility are the main feng shui energies brought by the symbol of the elephant into any space, be it home or office.

Many Hotels also combine towel swans in combination with red to symbolize love.

Scientific research has revealed that color has a powerful psychological effect on people’s behavior and decision-making. This knowledge now has hotel designers and resort marketers alike being conscious of the type of shades they use for their branding, advertising, and logo designs.

Color can be the sole reason someone books a reservation or hotel. Also, a survey indicates that 93% of buyers focus on visual appearance and almost 85% claim color to be their primary reason for purchase!

Westin Hotels & Resorts used the power of color as a major component of their rebranding campaign to bring energy and a wellness-focused theme to their brand. By adding lively colors to their marketing images they are now better positioned in the modern hotel industry.

Importance of Color in Hotel Marketing

It takes just 90 seconds for people to make decisions on their first encounter with any product or brand. About 62‐90% of the survey was on colors alone for a buying decision or action. Travel and Leisure media use Color Psychology to succeed in Social Media with the color blue. Their travel-focused readers love the color blue and are twice as likely to click on a link or image when it is blue.

So, efficient utilization of appropriate colors can impact not only differentiating products but also influencing feelings – positively or negatively – and therefore, attitudes towards specific products they purchase. It is on this background that hotels and resort marketers must understand the importance of using the right colors in marketing campaigns.

It is also essential to understand the perception of different colors, especially primary colors. In this post, we look at widely used colors, their understanding, and their impact on your resort marketing campaigns.

Hotel Guest perception of colors?

“Black” – Associated with control, independence, stability, and seriousness. This color is used for contrast which creates a balance in branding.

White: is associated with feelings of purity, cleanliness, and innocence. Can be used to project peace, unity, appeal, and refreshment. White brings creativity, and it is perceived as an immaculate, clean state.

Red: – Creates a sense of passion, which is useful for marketing wedding event spaces and honeymoon hotel suites. Encourages show of love and affection, and has been termed the color of love, this is frequently used by fast-food vendors. It is also utilized a lot as a warning color and to make things noticeable hence it is one of the most widely used colors for branding.

Blue: – is popularly described as the preferred color of men. It’s associated with peace, responsibility, ultimate, and reliability. Blue is known as the color of trust and honesty and it stimulates productivity. Commonly used by conservative brands looking to promote safety and security in their products. Great for use in your hotel’s business center and meeting rooms.

Green: Associated with health, tranquility, power, and nature. Used in resort spas to relax guests and to promote environmental products. Green enhances harmony and balance which is necessary for decision-making.

Purple: Commonly associated with royalty, wisdom, and respect. It stimulates problem-solving as well as creativity. Frequently used to promote beauty and anti-aging products.

Yellow: Yellow is the most associated with emotions, Cheerful color that promotes optimism and confidence, it is Used to trigger a sense of appetite in buyers and can create anxiety that can draw in impulsive decisions from buyers.

Orange: is associated with fun, relaxation, and friendliness. It’s been identified as a color that stimulates a positive attitude in people towards health, it’s the ideal color for health resort fitness clubs and package marketing.

Using the right color mixture

It’s necessary to reduce eyestrain and allow customers to have a clear focus and attention on the product, this can be achieved by using contrast to enable neutrality and Vibrancy which can dictate the emotional response of users to your products. Choosing brighter colors can trigger the impulse of users to feel more lively and energetic toward your products, which can lead to better responses and reactions from consumers.

Effect of Brand Colors on Marketing and Communications

Branding and color can be particularly useful in helping customers recognize communications from you quickly. Your brand color enables customers to understand your product’s logo, and all your communication and marketing materials should match your brand color scheme so that your customers rapidly identify it.

Color psychology in branding

Color psychology in branding

This color psychology listing according to research will enable you to know the right color for your business branding and logo design.

  • Trust: Blue was the color of trust followed by white and green.
  • High quality: Black color came first as the color of the class followed by blue.
  • Reliability: Blue is the most reliable color followed by black.
  • Fun: Orange emerges as the most fun color closely followed by yellow and purple
  • Speed: Red was the undisputable color for speed
  • Courage: Purple is the color that represents courage followed by red and blue

There is a clear connection between colors and branding, and in particular color psychology, plays an important role.

Proponents of color psychology believe you can use the theory to trigger particular behaviors in customers.

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In conclusion, the key to active color use is consistency and the right selection. Make color choices that suit your current reputation and target customer then select an array of colors that give you the flexibility to differentiate your products and services from others thereby making it unique, this makes it easy for your customers to identify your hotel resort locations quickly.

References: Studies about Color for Branding

https://www.towergateinsurance.co.uk/liability-insurance/professional-indemnity-insurance/colour-in-branding

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2235253

http://www.joehallock.com/edu/COM498/preferences.html

http://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/why-we-click-on-blue-things

http://adage.com/article/creativity/westin-hotels-resorts-energizes-brand-global-design-refresh/303042/

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Over to you

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