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The hotel industry is changing faster than ever to keep pace with rapidly evolving traveler expectations. Hoteliers must provide more diverse and unique guest experiences with new designs, amenities and digital experiences. Smart rooms, unique furnishings and lighting, distinctive artwork, catered fitness options and new mixed-use spaces are driving more complex furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) packages, which require higher levels of product knowledge, inventory control, warehousing performance and installation expertise than the past.
FF&E supply chain disruption and capacity constraints are also introducing increased complexity and cost volatility throughout the hotel FF&E industry, pressuring project budgets and timelines in new ways.
To meet these growing challenges, you need more integrated, invested and capable FF&E hospitality logistics providers who can truly control as much of the process as possible. With a unique asset- based ownership structure and menu of integrated services, Suddath® is setting a new standard in hospitality logistics.
Suddath works with some of the largest, most well-known hotel and resort brands in the industry to deliver comprehensive solutions around the nation. When you partner with Suddath, you get:
- Strategic solutions bundling transportation with warehousing and installation
- 35+ owned locations for better responsiveness, consistency and control
- No middle-man markups in Suddath owned markets, saving 30% to 40%
- A century of stability and financial strength with scalability for unique challenges
- 100+ years’ experience and proven best practices from our industry-leading hospitality team
Complete Solutions for Transportation, Warehousing and Installation
With today’s more complex FF&E packages and challenges with domestic and international transportation, the pace of change in a project is overwhelming. This is driving a need for more integrated solutions that enable fast, effective communication across all aspects of a project. Reducing the number of providers involved in your projects directly improves communication and accountability.
Suddath’s recent acquisitions and internal consolidation of our moving and logistics businesses means you get completely integrated transportation, warehousing and installation solutions bringing you:
- Simpler solutions with fewer vendors to manage
- Faster, more effective communication
- Alignment and clear accountability across your entire project
Transportation
Reduce risk and accurately budget your project with Suddath as your transportation manager. We take the responsibility and risk for all your transportation needs, protecting you from swings in the market by locking in your price and protecting your budget.
We service all modes of international and domestic transportation.
Warehousing
Achieve new levels of performance with tightly controlled warehousing, including inventory management, storage, kitting and delivery through 3.5 million square feet of Suddath-owned and operated warehousing across over 35 locations.
Plus, get more visibility of your product inventory with industry-leading logistics technology
Installation
Work with a provider who knows how to navigate today’s more complex FF&E packages with the product knowledge and installation expertise you need to get things right the first time, avoiding frustrating delays and expensive re-work.
We have the best project managers in the business and provide local installation teams in over 35 locations to eliminate unnecessary travel and lodging costs.
Why Choose Suddath
Owned Facility Advantage: Speed, Savings and Consistency
Most of our competitors do not own and operate national warehouses. Instead, they rely on outside third-party vendors leading to communication challenges, inconsistent quality and unnecessary “middle-man” layered costs.
At Suddath, we directly own and operate over 35 locations, bringing you direct assistance without delay and the kind of consistency that only comes from teams who are trained and held accountable to standards through a unified quality management and technology platform. This tight control means fewer problems for you and is also a powerful way to save money. In our facilities, we eliminate unnecessary “middle-man” layered costs and with our local project management and installation teams, so you don’t have to pay unnecessary lodging and per diem costs.
Extended Reach
Beyond our 35 owned national locations, we bring you robust extended reach through our Suddath partner network. As a very well-known and respected industry leader, we have long-standing trading relationships and buying power with many of the very best hospitality logistics providers around the world. Our unlimited reach gives you unique options to deploy catered, repeatable approaches globally, driving higher levels of consistency while streamlining your business and maximizing your buying power.
100+ Years of Stability, Financial Strength and Scalability
When you experience unforeseen construction and product delays but still need to hold your opening date, Suddath is the company you want in your corner. We know how to scale up and have the financial strength and resources to compress timelines and get you back on schedule. Our corporate executives are also very engaged in the business and accessible to help with extraordinary challenges.
- 100+ years of experience
- $ 700 million annual revenue
- 3.5 million square feet storage space
- 4.9/5 average customer review
Experts with Over a Century of Combined Experience
We are very well resourced and have wonderful capabilities, but it’s our people who make the difference. Our hospitality logistics team is the best of the best with combined experience of more than 100 years. Each member of this team built a career in hospitality logistics because they are passionate about the industry and following through on their commitments. In a close-knit industry this team has stood the test of time with incredible knowledge and very strong customer and partner relationships.
Meet Your Hospitality Team
Brad Jones
Director of Hospitality Sales
Brad is a hospitality logistics industry veteran who works with ownership groups, general contractors, property management firms, and procurement companies to create strategic solutions on a national scale enables to realize maximum value and repeatable results that lead to real cost savings.
Tony Little
Director of Hospitality Operations
With 35 years of hands-on management experience, Tony has overseen the warehousing, transportation, and installation of more than 45,000 guest rooms. He is experienced in new build and renovation FF&E, and OSE sectors, and built award-winning customer advocate teams to meet the needs of hotel ownership, purchasing agents and general contractors.
David Evans
Sales Executive, Hospitality Solutions
Based in Orlando, Fla., David has 20 years of experience in hospitality and is passionate about offering customized FF&E solutions for hotel and resort openings, closings, rebrands and relocations. His projects highlights include Margaritaville Beach Resort, Candler Hotel, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club and Hilton Grand Vacation Club Parc Soleil.
Evangela Robinson
Hospitality Project Coordinator
Evangela is a dedicated project coordination specialist focused on the hospitality industry for the past decade. Evangela’s direct hospitality industry experience coordinating professional teams on high profile FF&E projects make her an essential asset to the success of any project.
Doug Thompson
Project Manager
Based in Virginia, Doug is a dedicated project manager with 25 years of experience in the logistics industry. His expertise lies in commercial installation, operations, and warehousing. Doug has worked with inventory systems unique to the hospitality industry to meet the demanding scheduling of sequences to bring jobs in on time and on budget. Project highlights include Hampton Key West, Hyatt Place National Harbor and AC Marriott Greenville.
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