Hotel fitness centers are no different than basic health clubs when it comes to decision making on equipping their facilities. Major prohibiting factors including space and budget limitations require management to make smart choices on equipment procurement. These choices are influential in determining equipment quantities and quality with defined specifications unique to each setting. Taking time to research proper selection early on in the design process will not only save money and reduce liability long-term but will allow hotel operators to develop their fitness center around the guests needs.

Initial fitness center design centers on space allocation. This defines the quantity of equipment your space can safely fit. For many hotels this space is already predetermined as existing retrofitted rooms in which case no additional area calculations are needed. For those more fortunate to develop the fitness center in the hotel design and construction phase general calculations can be used to determine approximate size of the facility needed based on occupancy load. For normal fitness centers this is based on projected membership. In the hotel setting this number is based upon room count although more advanced calculations can be integrated based on hotel demographics and peak usage figures. Generally there should ...