Project Management
HLI provides comprehensive FF&E project management services for hotel renovation and new construction projects for the world’s premier hotel brands. Our comprehensive portfolio of transportation services is tailored to suit each client’s budget and supply chain requirements.
HLI’s signature service includes an experienced, trusted logistics liaison who works directly with your team to ensure smooth execution and on-time delivery.
Freight & Warehousing
As a fully licensed provider of freight forwarding services, HLI offers a full range of multimodal cargo transportation options. Experienced logistics representatives leverage our comprehensive portfolio of shipping partnerships to tailor solutions that meet the requirements, budget and timeline of each project.
HLI offers direct and consolidated door-to-door air freight services around the world. Global partnerships with key air carriers ensure flexible options and competitive pricing for urgent shipments that need to be expedited to meet critical hospitality project installation deadlines.
HLI is a licensed NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier). Our partnerships with leading global and regional ocean carriers guarantee fast, flexible, cost effective shipments of FF&E materials to hospitality industry projects anywhere in the world.
HLI is a licensed FMCSA Freight Forwarder providing a full range of road, rail and air cargo transportation services, including:
- FTL (Full Truck Load)
- LTL (Less than Truck Load)
- Domestic air
- Intermodal
- Blanket wrap
- Cross border
- Consolidation
- Transloading
When a hospitality shipment arrives at its destination, an experienced team of professionals ensures the FF&E materials are unloaded and appropriately staged. This facilitates timely on-site delivery and supports efficient installation.
For hospitality project managers who prefer the convenience of working with one provider for transportation, warehousing and installation, HLI is a single source solution.
Installation
Most hospitality project managers prefer the convenience of working with one provider for FF&E projects. HLI maintains a network of reliable global partners that allows us to provide our clients with a single source solution for transportation, warehousing and installation.
HLI contracts with trusted installation partners around the world to secure the experienced crews necessary to meet an installation project’s requirements. An HLI employee is stationed on site to serve as foreman, and collaborate with the client’s contractor to keep the project running smoothly.
Customs Clearance
The hospitality industry’s global scope means that varying international requirements for customs entry make clearing FF&E shipments at their destinations a routine challenge. HLI has strategic partnerships with a worldwide network of offices, agents and service providers who assist our customers with understanding local import and export documentation requirements.
HLI also collaborates with local customs brokers on behalf of our clients. This mitigates the challenges associated with customs, preventing entry delays and additional storage costs by ensuring project cargo arrives at the warehouse on schedule.
Cargo Insurance
Cargo insurance details are not always considered a priority in the complex world of global scale hospitality projects. The assumption is that the minimum standard coverage required by regulation is sufficient. But adequate coverage plays a crucial role in the transportation of high value FF&E shipments, and how a logistics firm insures your cargo should be a key decision factor when choosing a provider.
Many logistics providers suggest cargo insurance is an either/or question. They offer one or the other, based on subjective analysis of which model offers the best potential value. While both methods have real benefits, HLI recognizes that the standard practice of offering a single type of coverage may not deliver desired results.
