- What should a resort lobby display board show?
- Work backwards from the questions your front desk answers most. In a resort that is usually check-in and check-out times, breakfast and restaurant hours, spa and activity bookings, pool and beach timings, wifi access, and the day ahead weather. Give each of those its own slide rather than crowding one. Keep the loop short enough that a guest standing at the desk sees all of it: roughly six to eight slides at eight to ten seconds each repeats about once a minute. Leave the fire exit map, evacuation instructions and emergency numbers on printed signage, because a screen goes dark in a power cut and that is exactly when they are needed.
- How much does a resort lobby display board cost?
- Price it as three separate lines, not one. First the screen: a consumer TV is the cheapest way in and is fine for a lobby that runs office hours, while a commercial signage panel is sold with a duty rating (commonly 16 hours a day, or 24/7) and a longer commercial warranty, which is what the premium buys. Second the player: a streaming stick, an Android TV box or a mini PC, or nothing at all if the TV already has a browser. Third the software, normally a monthly fee per screen. Ask for the three quoted separately, because one installed-board price hides which part you are actually paying for.
- What size screen and text does a resort lobby need?
- Size the text first, then the screen. The sign trade rule of thumb is 25mm (about one inch) of capital letter height for every 3 metres (10 feet) of viewing distance. Measure from the display to where guests actually stand, usually the check-in queue and the seating area, take the further of the two, and that gives you the smallest letter height that still reads. Then pick a panel large enough to hold your longest line at that height. A lobby read from 6 to 8 metres needs headline type set very large and no more than about six lines on a slide. If a line only reads when you walk up to it, cut words instead of shrinking the type.
- Can I make a resort lobby display board myself?
- Yes, and for a single reception screen it is usually the faster route. You need three things: a screen on the wall, something to drive it (on most smart TVs the built-in browser is enough), and a board designed at the screen's own shape, which for a wall-mounted lobby TV is 16:9 landscape at 1920 by 1080. Build it in landscape and keep a separate portrait version if you also run a standing totem, because rotating a landscape layout re-wraps every line. Starting from a finished board beats a blank canvas: this Azure Bay template is free to open, remix with your own rooms, rates and photography, and put on a screen with ChannelOS.
