Hotel Experience Advisory

We tell you
what your guests
wish you knew.

SENSIS is a specialist advisory service that evaluates every dimension of your hotel's guest experience — and translates those findings into precise, actionable improvements. Not a public rating. A private roadmap.

Explore our method
SENSIS HOTEL EXPERIENCE ADVISORY
Sample evaluation snapshot — Boutique Hotel, Vienna
Arrival & First Impression
88
Room Comfort & Details
72
Food & Beverage Experience
65
Staff Interaction Quality
91
Sensory Atmosphere
79
Room Comfort
Staff Attitude
Scent & Atmosphere
Breakfast Quality
Sleep Experience
Arrival Impression
Wellness & Spa
Digital Touchpoints
Noise & Privacy
Cleanliness Standards
Room Comfort
Staff Attitude
Scent & Atmosphere
Breakfast Quality
Sleep Experience
Arrival Impression
Wellness & Spa
Digital Touchpoints
Noise & Privacy
Cleanliness Standards
"Most hotel managers receive opinions. We deliver intelligence."
73% of guests who have a poor experience never complain — they simply don't return and leave a damaging online review.
12+ distinct experience dimensions are evaluated in every SENSIS audit, giving managers a complete picture instead of a single score.
B2B Our reports are exclusively for you — the hotel manager. Confidential, precise, and never published.
Our Evaluation Framework

Nine dimensions of comfort intelligence

Each area is assessed independently with its own specialist criteria, benchmarks, and improvement recommendations.

01 🚪
Arrival & First Impression

The critical 90-second window when a guest forms their lasting perception. We evaluate driveway approach, signage, doorman interaction, check-in desk flow, waiting time, and the warmth of the welcome.

Check-in FlowVisual WelcomeStaff ToneScent on Entry
02 🛏
Room Comfort & Sleep Quality

The core of any hotel stay. We assess mattress quality, pillow variety, linen texture, blackout effectiveness, temperature control, noise isolation, and the subtle details that turn a room into a sanctuary.

Mattress & BeddingLight ControlNoise LevelsAir Quality
03 🛁
Bathroom & Personal Care

Bathrooms signal quality more than almost any other space. We evaluate water pressure, temperature stability, fixture quality, amenity presentation, lighting for grooming, and cleanliness to a hospitality standard.

Water PressureAmenity QualityGrooming LightHygiene Detail
04 🍳
Breakfast & Food Experience

Often the most remembered daily moment. We assess buffet variety and freshness, à la carte responsiveness, local ingredient use, dietary accommodation, presentation, and the ambiance of the dining space itself.

Freshness & VarietyDietary OptionsService SpeedPresentation
05 🤝
Staff Interaction & Service Attitude

Memorable hospitality is human. We evaluate staff availability, proactivity, language competency, emotional warmth, problem-resolution speed, and the consistency of service across different shifts and departments.

ProactivityTone & WarmthMulti-Shift ConsistencyIssue Resolution
06
Cleanliness & Hygiene Standards

Not just surface cleanliness — we look behind and beneath. Corner dusting, AC filter condition, mattress protectors, remote controls, menus, and every touchpoint a guest interacts with but rarely mentions.

High-Touch SurfacesHidden AreasTurndown QualityOdour Control
07 🌿
Sensory Atmosphere & Design

Comfort is experienced with all five senses. We evaluate lighting warmth, background music appropriateness, signature scent consistency, material quality in common areas, and the coherence of the visual identity throughout the property.

Lighting DesignScent IdentitySound AmbianceMaterial Feel
08 📱
Digital & Communication Experience

The modern guest expects seamless digital comfort. We test WiFi reliability across the property, TV interface usability, in-room tablet responsiveness, pre-arrival communication quality, and digital checkout ease.

WiFi CoveragePre-Arrival CommsIn-Room TechDigital Checkout
09 🧖
Wellness, Leisure & Ancillary Services

For hotels offering spa, fitness, pool, or concierge services — we evaluate booking ease, equipment condition, staff expertise, treatment quality, and whether ancillary offerings genuinely elevate the overall stay.

Spa QualityFitness FacilitiesConcierge ValuePool Standards
Our Process

From invisible friction to clear next steps

Every SENSIS evaluation follows a rigorous four-stage process designed to surface what standard feedback mechanisms miss.

Step 01
Incognito Stay

Our trained evaluators experience your hotel as genuine guests — no advance notice, no special treatment. We observe exactly what a real guest encounters at every touchpoint.

Step 02
Multi-Dimension Audit

Using our proprietary 9-dimension framework, each evaluator scores 120+ individual criteria with written observations, photos, and contextual benchmarks from comparable properties.

Step 03
Advisory Report

Within 10 business days you receive a confidential, beautifully formatted report: dimension scores, key findings, root-cause analysis, and prioritised recommendations with estimated impact.

Step 04
Debrief Session

A 60-minute call with your lead evaluator to walk through findings, answer questions, and help your team build a realistic action plan tailored to your property's context and constraints.

Why Hotels Choose SENSIS

The intelligence your guests can't give you

Online reviews give you sentiment. SENSIS gives you specifics — the ones that drive real improvement.

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Expert eyes, not algorithms

Every evaluation is conducted by trained hospitality professionals who know the difference between a preference and a systemic problem. No crowdsourced noise — only expert signal.

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Actionable, not anecdotal

Our reports don't just describe problems — they identify root causes and rank improvements by impact. You'll know exactly where to invest time and budget first.

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Completely confidential

SENSIS is strictly B2B. Our reports are never published, never shared, never used for any public rating system. Your vulnerabilities belong only to you.

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Track progress over time

Repeat evaluations measure real improvement against your previous scores. Watch your weak areas strengthen and confirm that investments are delivering for guests.

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Built for independent hotels

Unlike large chain audit systems, SENSIS is designed for boutique and independent properties — where every detail matters and the owner-manager relationship drives quality.

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Human debrief included

Every evaluation includes a direct conversation with your evaluator. Ask questions, challenge findings, and leave with genuine clarity — not just a PDF to interpret alone.

Our Philosophy

Six things we believe

The principles that shape every evaluation we conduct.

01 —
Comfort is felt before it is described.

Guests rarely articulate what made a stay exceptional or disappointing. Our evaluators are trained to name what guests only feel — and trace it to its source.

02 —
The gap between good and great is in the details.

Major issues are usually already known. The moments that define loyalty — the scent of a pillow, the weight of a curtain, the timing of a smile — live in the micro-details managers walk past daily.

03 —
Feedback without context is noise.

Every recommendation we make is weighted by your property type, your category, your target guest, and what is realistically achievable. We don't apply five-star criteria to four-star properties.

04 —
The best hotel managers want to be challenged.

Our clients are owners and managers who care deeply and are secure enough to hear honest truth. We work with people who want to improve — not be validated.

05 —
Consistency is the hardest hospitality discipline.

A great Tuesday breakfast means nothing if Saturday is poor. We evaluate consistency across time-of-day and staff shifts — because guests notice even when managers can't be present.

06 —
Your guests are the authority. We are the translator.

We don't impose our own standards of taste. We translate the expectations of your specific guest profile into measurable, improvable criteria — serving your guests, through you.

Engagements

Two paths to genuine clarity

Every engagement begins with an incognito stay and concludes with a personal debrief from the founders. What varies is scope — and the depth of picture you take away.

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Entry Tier
Essential Audit
1,500

A focused evaluation of three guest experience dimensions of your choosing. The ideal first engagement — structured, expert, and actionable — without the commitment of a full assessment.

  • 3 evaluation dimensions of your choice
  • 60+ criteria assessed across those dimensions
  • Full written advisory report
  • Priority improvement list with root-cause notes
  • 30-minute personal debrief with the founders
Optional Enhancement · Available on Full Evaluation
Second Evaluator Visit

A second stay by an evaluator with a different guest profile — a couple versus a solo traveller, for instance — adds a comparative dimension that reveals inconsistencies in service delivery and depth of experience that a single visit cannot capture alone. Two perspectives. One complete picture.

+ €800

For hotel groups or properties with specific requirements, we welcome direct conversation about tailored engagements. All pricing is quoted net of accommodation costs, which vary by property.

Who We Are
Two people.
One shared obsession.
Founders · Lead Evaluators · Lifelong Travellers

Between us, we bring over 30 years of senior management experience in the corporate world — leading teams, navigating complexity, and holding organisations to high standards of performance and people. We know what excellence looks like, and we know how hard it is to sustain.

But beyond the boardroom, we have always been travellers at heart. Hotels have been our second homes — from small family-run inns tucked into mountain villages to grand city properties with decades of history. We have eaten at tables that moved us and slept in rooms we never wanted to leave. We have also experienced the opposite, and understood exactly why it fell short.

SENSIS grew from a simple frustration: the gap between what hotel managers intend for their guests and what guests actually experience. That gap is rarely about investment or ambition — it is about perspective. We built this service to be that perspective.

✈️ Passionate Travellers 🍽️ Food Lovers 🕯️ Atmosphere Seekers 📋 Former Senior Managers
The SENSIS Founders
"We don't evaluate hotels as auditors. We evaluate them as guests who happen to know what they're looking at — and care enough to say so honestly."
— The SENSIS Founders
SENSIS HOTEL EXPERIENCE ADVISORY

Ready to see your hotel through your guests' eyes?

A 20-minute discovery call is the first step. We'll discuss your property, your goals, and what a SENSIS evaluation can realistically deliver for you.