An American hotel answers to a code and to a brand, and they are not the same reader. NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, governs hotel occupancies and is adopted, amended or replaced state by state, which is why the authority having jurisdiction — not the catalogue — decides what is acceptable on that site. Seating for public occupancies is commonly specified to California TB 133, an open-flame test; mattresses answer to 16 CFR 1632 and 1633 federally, and to TB 129 where California rules apply. Accessible guest rooms are not a courtesy: they are ADA, and they are counted.
The trap for anyone importing from Europe is the belief that a European fire report satisfies an American one. EN 1021 and TB 133 use different ignition sources and different pass criteria: a certificate in one system says nothing in the other, and the same holds in reverse. The second trap is the brand standard, which usually asks for more than the code — durability in Martindale or Wyzenbeek cycles, cleaning protocols, a stated replacement programme, sometimes a specific supplier for a component. Read it before pricing the job, not after.
What we add to a bid is evidence. Every collection we put forward comes with the manufacturer's declared and documented conformity and the original reports behind it, so a brand standard can be mapped line by line instead of argued. We show landed cost with duty and freight, so the number compares with a domestic quote, and the package carries the fire certificate for each upholstered component, composite samples, abrasion cycles stated separately for guest rooms and public space, and a mock-up room approved before production runs. Finish samples are charged and credited in full at order confirmation, and delivery dates are put in writing at that same moment.
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