Saying, "Go home we're closed" with parasols...

Discover how to find the parasol that increases turnover on your hospitallity terrace. 

There are several types of parasols:

 

1.   The small free beverage supplier parasols: too small, not windproof, They only cost you space and bring you nothing.

2.   The medium size and medium quality parasols. For starters or small businesses.

3.   The proffesional parasols: affordable, top quality, last for years + a return on investment.

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Realize your terrace is branding your business

There are also two types of customers: regular customers and potential customers. Your parasols can function branding for your business which can attract potential clients. By printing your name and or logo on the parasol you make free advertisement all year round.

 

When the parasols are open, that’s the first thing people see. From far far away.

This is how you attract new customers. An open parasol means: “this place is open, you are welcome here”.

 

A closed parasol means: “we are closed, go to bed …”.

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How to choose your awning?

Okay, the sun is out, now we need some shade

But what awning to choose ?

 

Awnings come in roughly 3 qualities

1. Hardware store quality

2. Economic range quality

3. Pemium high end quality

1.     What do we call the hardware store quality? (Leroy Merlin, Bricomart, Amazon, Bauhaus etc) These awnings come in standard colours with vinyl fabric. They are suitable for small areas. Colours will fade after 1 or 2 years. Vinyl fabric started as the only available awning fabric but is now considered to be outdated. Pro-shade will not maintain or install these types of awnings.

2.       Economic range awnings. These are the most popular awnings. Installed by professionals. These awnings come in a standard range of colours with acrylic fabric. They are suitable for all areas. Colours will not fade and have a lifespan of more than 8 years. These fabrics are often supplied by Dickson, Sunbrella or Sauleda.

3.       Premium high end awnings. These are high end awnings designed by the best engineers. Often manufactured in Germany. Pro-shade works amongst others with Weinor-Griesser and Caravita .  You will find these awnings at Villas, hospitality and office buildings. The most recent development  is that they use  high-tech polyester  composition fabrics.

 

 

Make sure you buy the right fabric

Awning fabrics are technical textiles. They are made of either acrylic or polyester fibre. Both materials have their qualities.. Acrylic is more colour intensive, polyester is said to have higher dimensional stability. The larger the awning, the more important its stability of form.

 

1^st rule of thumb; polyester for large awnings.  The wider the awning, te faster the fabric sags. Therefore wide awnings should be made of polyester or polyester compositions.

 

2^nd rule of thumb; Acrylic is the safer choice if the awning is going to be frequently used. This material has excellent light fastness. For this reason, acrylic is used for sun protection in hospitality, boats and cabriolet roofs on cars.

 

 

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