A hotel corridor and a resort path run longer hours than a house gate, and a failed head stays dark until a spare arrives. If the original mould is gone, the replacement will not match the brochure photograph. We have supplied hospitality projects since 1990. Before we quote, we want the count, the finish, and whether the line is empty housing or glass and LED.
What hospitality projects need from outdoor lighting
A resort fitting out 60 wall lights cannot have 58 of one batch and two of another. Hospitality buyers come to a manufacturer so a repeat order five years later can be the same piece, with no dealer in the middle.
Hotel corridors, resort pathways and poolside areas take more knocks than a house gate. They get cleaned with strong chemicals, and they often run 12 hours a night rather than 4. Cast aluminium is what we put there. Iron and thin sheet fittings are what come back after the first commercial monsoon.
The price on a single catalogue page is a piece price. A project lot is quoted separately.
Repeat orders are the real test
We have supplied entrance fittings that were still the original heads after a decade of nights. That is the standard we hold ourselves to. It is not a client list, and I won't invent property names to make the paragraph sound busier.
Corridors, pathways and pool surrounds are harder than a house gate. Cast aluminium is what we put there because iron stains plaster after wet seasons and thin sheet fittings tire early. The material argument is the same one in aluminium versus iron. Finish is still a wipe over powder coat, and we won't call it marine grade because a coastal resort asked for the words.
What we supply for hospitality
On resort paths we usually see a 4 to 5 foot pole lantern, tall enough to show the walk and short enough to sit with the planting. Wider drives use the taller band. Finishes are antique gold, antique copper and matte black.
Corridor and exterior wall lights need a clean surface mount, with the wiring out of sight, and a finish that survives daily cleaning. We have supplied corridor runs where the same fitting stays on from 6pm to 6am, seven days a week.
Entrance pairs are gate lights on the pillar caps. Measure the cap before you pick the code, the same way you would for a house.
Which category the drawing is asking for
Pathway and drive heads are pole lanterns. We cast poles from about two feet to fifteen. A four-to-five-foot head is the usual resort path, and a wider drive wants the taller band. Don't specify a garden-path height on a porte-cochère and then wonder why the arrival looks timid. Height questions are in garden path or driveway, and spacing along a long resort approach is in driveway pole spacing, which is a measured-run note, not a guess from a render. The range is pole lanterns.
Corridor and elevation fittings are wall lights. Mark the centre, and don't leave the height blank for the site electrician. That mark is covered in where to mark a wall lantern. Covered drop-offs with a soffit may want a pendant instead (see hanging lights and porch drop and clearance). The arrival gate is still a pillar cap problem, so measure the seat and then choose from the gate lights range.
How a project quote differs from a household one
Send the count by category: how many poles, how many wall heads, how many entrance pairs. Samples are how you choose between antique gold, antique copper and matte black before a whole floor is coated, and we can customise pole heights for specific pathway dimensions. Holder is B22 unless the specification asks otherwise. Write empty housing or glass with LED per line so the packing team isn't guessing, and note that bulbs stay out unless the quote includes them.
The quote comes back as a project price. The indicative ex-works figure on a single product page is not a number to copy sixty times. Lot size, the 50 percent advance on a confirmed order, INR billing and freight are on About and shipping. Manufacturing defects within twelve months are covered with a replacement part, not a cash refund (see returns). We have not completed an export crate yet, so if the property is outside India, say so and read the shipping page before you assume a landed price.
WhatsApp +91 70176 62533 with the counts. We aim to reply the same day when the codes are already chosen. The printable set is Padma_Catalogue_2026.pdf.