It’s getting close to that time of year where restaurants and hotels across the country will be organizing arrangements of the best Christmas tableware, glassware and décor to get their customers into the festive spirit. As hospitality trends for Christmas evolve each year, here’s what to look out for this season.
Popular tableware & Décor
Use of popular Christmas tableware in 2018 is going to involve the utilization of lighter and neutrally coloured surfaces to make individually festive pieces stand out in each presentation. For example, a silver tablecloths act as a pure canvas that accentuates the visual impact of dynamically designed crockery, glassware and décor.
Christmas 2018 is the season for operators to showcase varieties of innovatively fashioned crackers that are so eye-catching, each could be displayed as its own centrepiece. Large collections of glittered patterns, embossing and high quality textures each provide a unique offering of festive immersion for each dining establishment this Christmas. Consumers may even be slightly reluctant to pull apart such merry additions to these festively themed table settings with their sleek designs and lustrous qualities.
Popular décor will also be made up of the use of two upcoming trends for the season ahead. On one hand, we have the more rustic and contemporary ranges, made of dark colours, stone and wood materials, influenced by a premium take on urban-grunge. These capture the simplistic yet homey feel for diners that are attracted to the warm and cosy themes of pubs and restaurants during the winter months. On the other hand, there’ll be the practice of providing opulence for diners through an establishment’s tableware and décor. Vibrant colours such as red; silver and white, sleek designs including metallics and high-class settings, such as gold leafing, will immerse consumers into a sense of wealth and added extravagance, enhancing their dining experiences.
Making your Christmas tableware stand out from your Competitors
Updating the entirety of a service set is costly for any operator. Fortunately, replacing all your tableware and décor doesn’t have to be the case to stand out from the competition.
Instead of investing in a full range, utilize new smaller pieces to compliment your-already existing tableware to rejuvenate your current setting arrangements. Exceptionally stylish ranges of side plates, bowls, cutlery and glassware being added to your existing range can be all it takes to conjure up the feeling of decadence for your diners. An example of ranges that add opulence to table settings are those by Villeroy & Boch, including the Stella Vogue crockery range, adding glamorous sophistication with a white-on-white look completed with subtle matt gold around its design.
Incorporating the contemporary, industrial trend into an operator’s tableware is more of a challenge, due to the face that the strength of the trend is driven by the larger pieces of darker, rustic craft effect crockery drawing the attention of consumers. On the other hand, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. The overall effect of the rustic appeal can still be replicated. Using variations of multiple raw stone pots and side dishes, wooden boards and metallic serve & display sets can effectively construct the general theme of rustic charm.
Trending products from last Year
The previous year’s Christmas sales saw traditionally coloured designs to be the most popular with operators. The best-selling products amongst our Christmas 2017 range were based on silver and gold coloured selections including Christmas crackers, textured star Crackers, gold foil star crackers, balloons and party poppers.
Incorporating mostly silver and gold was a well-sought theme in creating of grand luxury into every venue. This has resulted in a rise of diversity of colour towards opulent tableware and décor being a popular trend for this upcoming season. Alliances leading trend for this years Christmas settings is out aptly named “Magic Matallics” and a more subtle clean and elegant “Silver and White”.
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