A design trend continuing its rise into 2025: bathrooms taking centre stage as well-curated design spaces and pivotal elements of the guest experience. Here, Hotel Designs explores how the TOTO WASHLET is contributing to this evolution…
Hotel guests want their stay to be comfortable, relaxing and luxurious, as those staying at top tier establishments understandably have high expectations for their hotel experience. Hotel designers and specifiers are thus focussing increasingly on the variable areas that guests will interact with, and the bathroom and its design is currently having a moment as a provenly effective way of setting one property apart from the next. Therefore, the addition of a TOTO WASHLET— the bidet/shower toilets from leading Japanese producer of bathroom fixtures and furnishings TOTO — can provide hotel guests with an entirely new luxury experience, whether travelling for business or relaxation.
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The TOTO WASHLET has the potential to captivate guests and elevate a hotel’s reputation. According to Ray Goertz, who stepped down as General Manager of The Prince Akatoki London in November 2024, said of the TOTO WASHLETs installation within the Akatoki guest rooms: “We only ever looked at creating touch points that surprise and delight our guests. The TOTO WASHLETs formed part of our design and aesthetics and we couldn’t have been happier with the layout of the rooms and the functionality of the TOTO toilets. We have heard that guests enjoy their uniqueness and are a refreshing addition to the design.”
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The Prince Akatoki is the first 5-star Akatoki hotel worldwide as part of the Prince Hotel brand expansion into key global gateway cities. Located in the heart of London’s West End, it is in walking distance of some of the most historical monuments and parks in the world. Akatoki is the ancient word for sunrise in Japanese and this is detailed throughout the hotel. It is reflected in its understated design – from the lobby, dining area and suites.
Many hotel guests discover the benefits of WASHLET for the first time when visiting hotels – and appreciate this product in the context of the growing interest in health and wellbeing. TOTO has been developing the WASHLET for more than 40 years and has sold more than 60 million units world-wide. The Japanese company developed the comfort and hygiene technologies for this product, which are still considered unmatched around the globe.
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