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Custom Bed & Mattress Sizes available

Posted by andypragnell on February 27, 2013 at 12:55 PM Comments comments (0)

http://www.hugsthailand.com/contact-us

 

คุณสามารถกำหนดขนาดของที่นอนได้ตามที่ต้องการ (สั่งทำได้)

Hugs Mattresses are made in Thailand

Posted by andypragnell on February 19, 2013 at 2:50 AM Comments comments (0)

http://www.hugsthailand.com/products-thai

 

ที่นอนของเราผลิตในประเทศโดยผู้ผลิตที่มีชื่อเสียง ที่นอนส่วนใหญ่นิยมใช้สำหรับโรงแรมระดับชั้นนำ

โรงแรมที่ใช้ที่นอนของเรา เช่น ดุสิตธานี แลนด์มาร์คกรุงเทพฯ แมริออท รีสอร์ทแอนด์สปา ทั้งในกรุงเทพฯ และหัวหิน JW Marriott, Club Med & Millennium ภูเก็ต รวมถึง รีสอร์ทหรูหราอื่นๆ อีกหลายแห่งทั่วทุกภูมิภาค

Mattress Marketing Tricks Pt 1

Posted by andypragnell on February 12, 2013 at 11:30 PM Comments comments (0)

One way that bed manufacturers have reduced the production costs of their beds is to stop making bases with springs in them (known as 'box spring' bases) and to replace them with what is basically just a plywood box. Here in Thailand virtually all mattress manufacturers make them this way and have tried to sell this to customers as some sort of benefit, saying that they have stopped 'motion transfer'. This is complete nonsense as box spring bases act as a form of shock absorber for the mattress and this foundation substantially increases how long the mattress will last.

The only 'benefit' is to the mattress manufacturer, who reduces his costs.

Here at Hugs Mattress Thailand we have now found a manufacturer of proper box spring bed bases here in Thailand and can supply them to customers throughout the Kingdom. We will shortly add them to our website but of course you can contact us for details by email or phone anytime.

 

Sleep tight, don't let the bugs bite :)

 

Customize Your New Mattress from Hugs

Posted by andypragnell on February 4, 2013 at 8:55 PM Comments comments (0)

Add an extra touch of luxury to your new mattress with a single or double sided pillow top. Foam, Latex & Memory Foam are all available at a small extra cost. As you can see below I am not a big fan of memory foam in mattresses, however if you want it we'll supply it! We are based in Phuket but deliver mattresses free throughout Thailand. Please contact us for details.

Memory Foam Issues

Posted by andypragnell on January 22, 2013 at 11:05 PM Comments comments (0)

On behalf of Hugs Mattresses I have been researching Memory Foam and must say, I am a little disappointed.

It seems that memory foam mattresses, whilst very comfortable, do have issues.

The main problem is that they don't seem to last very long, well at least not without having dents & body impressions.

In fact the warranty offered by most manufacturers EXCLUDES body impressions in the mattress deeper than 1.5 inches (38 mm) as that is not considered to be a defect, even the most recognized brand excludes indentations of more than 0.75 inches (19 mm).

 

I think any customer will consider an indentation of this size to be a defect and I agree with them

The other problem with polyurethane (memory) foam mattresses is that over time they can soften quite markedly, again a point confirmed in their warranties which exclude what they refer to as 'normal' softening. The only thing normal about it is that it is a problem that plastic foam inherently has.

Needless to say customers are not told about this!

For these reasons Hugs Thailand has decided not to stock memory foam mattresses at the moment.

 

Latex mattresses seem to have similar advantages and properties as memory foam, without these problems and we are now looking at them as an alternative. It is something that we can get locally in Phuket and is natural too.

I'll post more news when I can.

Sleep well.

Hugs

A brief history of the mattress

Posted by andypragnell on January 11, 2013 at 4:20 AM Comments comments (0)

The word 'mattress' comes from Arabic. In Arabic 'matrah' means 'mat, cushion' or to 'throw down’. In the crusading wars of the 11th & 12th centuries European soldiers began copying their Arab counterparts by sleeping on cushions on the floor.

On their return home the use of the word 'materas' became widespread and entered the English language.

The first mattress would have probably been a stone, perhaps covered with an animal skin to insulate the sleeper and keep them warm. Later beds were raised in an attempt to avoid dirt and pests and the animal skin would have covered leaves grass or straw.

The Romans used hay, wool and even feathers, in addition to pine needles, reeds and leaves; again with animal skins as insulation. This sort of mattress would have been considered the height of luxury right through until renaissance times when the first 'ticking' using silk and velvet was produced. This innovation made for some sumptuous and extravagant bedrooms - for those with the wealth to afford them. Despite their luxurious appearance however, the mattress would still have been home to many unwelcome friends - in the form of different types of bugs, spiders etc.

In the 16th & 17th centuries mattresses were stuffed with straw or down and rested on timber frame supports of rope and leather. By the middle of the 18th century covers began to use cotton or linen and the mattress itself was filled with such natural fibres as horsehair, coconut fibre and more cotton and linen. The filling was attached to the cover by buttoning or tufting and has stitched edges.

Towards the end of the 19th century 'box spring' mattresses were invented which spread the weight more effectively, curiously, though the patent was filed in 1865, history doesn't record the name of the inventor. At around this time iron and steel replaced timber as the preferred material for the bed frame.

Box sprung mattresses were not widely used until the 1930's and 'pocket springs' (which are basically individual springs sewn into bags which are, in turn, sewn together) were introduced around this time too. A little earlier the Dunlop Company found a way to produce rubber latex, vulcanized, foam; the mattresses it manufactured with this foam were initially reserved exclusively for British royalty. They still use similar foams today though now they are a little more freely available!

In the 1940's air mattresses were introduced and in the 1960's waterbeds became fairly popular, particularly in the USA.

So called 'memory foam' was invented by NASA in the 1970's as something light weight for astronauts to use on the long space flights they then planned, it was introduced to the mass market in the 1990's.

I wonder what will be the next 'big thing'? 

Discounted mattresses for hotels in Thailand

Posted by andypragnell on January 6, 2013 at 12:20 PM Comments comments (0)

เทอร์เรน คอนราด ฮิลตัน(เจ้าของโรงแรม Hilton) ได้กล่าวไว้ว่า “สูตรลับแห่งความสำเร็จของโรงแรม คือ น้ำร้อน ห้องสะอาด และ ความนุ่มสบายของที่นอน”

บริษัท Hugs Thailand ไม่สามารถช่วยคุณเรื่องน้ำร้อนหรือทำความสะอาดห้องพักของคุณได้ แต่เราสามารถช่วยให้คุณมั่นใจได้เลยว่าแขกของคุณจะมีความรู้สึกผ่อนคลาย นุ่มสบาย หากคุณเลือกใช้ที่นอนของเรา

เราเป็นตัวแทนจำหน่ายที่นอน และ ขายออนไลน์ สำหรับโรงแรมและ เกสต์เฮาส์ ในภูเก็ต ที่นอนของเราทั้งหมดเป็นที่นอนกันไฟ(ไม่ลามไฟ) ขายในราคาส่ง สั่งตรงจากโรงงาน

ที่นอนของเราโดยส่วนใหญ่เป็นที่นิยมใช้กันสำหรับโรงแรมระดับ 4-5 ดาวในประเทศไทย และมั่นใจได้เลยว่าหากเลือกใช้ที่นอนของเรา แขกของคุณจะหลับสบายตลอดทั้งคืน

เรามีส่วนลดพิเศษ (up to 40% +) จากราคาปรกติ สำหรับโรงแรม & เกสต์เฮาส์ และบริการจัดส่งฟรี นอกจากนี้หากคุณต้องการสั่งเป็นกรณีพิเศษ สามารถสั่งทำได้ ตามต้องการของคุณ เช่น ขนาดของที่นอนที่คุณกำหนดเอง สนใจสอบถามข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมหรือขอใบเสนอราคาได้ที่ [email protected], [email protected] หรือดูรายละเอียดเพิ่มเติมได้ที่ http//www.hugsthailand.com

รายชื่อโรงแรมที่ใช้ที่นอน เช่น Amari, Dusit Thani, Landmark & Marriott.

http//www.hugsthailand.com/products-thai

Queen, KIng size mattress or...

Posted by andypragnell on December 20, 2012 at 12:40 PM Comments comments (0)

What in England is called a 'double' mattress is only 4 ft 6 inches wide and, if two people are sleeping on it, it offers about the same amount of personal space as to a baby in a crib. I cannot understand why that is the standard size there as it is more than a little cramped. Here in Thailand mattresses are generally either 'Queen', 60 inches (around 152 cm) wide or 'King', 72 inches (around 183 cm) wide. If you like to sleep in close proximity then 'Queen' size is fine, if you enjoy more personal space then 'King' size is the better option.

If you want maximum personal space then you can buy 2 'Single' beds which are typically 36 inches (91 cm) or 3.5 feet (107 cm) wide in Thailand. Or, of course, have separate rooms…

Sleep tight

Hotels - the secrets of success

Posted by andypragnell on December 11, 2012 at 4:10 AM Comments comments (0)

A famous hotelier wrote:

"the secrets of success for a hotel are:

1. plenty of hot water

2. clean rooms

3. A comfortable mattress"

In Phuket, indeed in Thailand, 'plenty of hot water' isn't so important as even cold water isn't freezing and I'm sorry to say we can't help with cleaning the rooms.

What Hugs Thailand CAN do however is to help you ensure your guests have a comfortable mattress!

Our mattresses are already used by many, even most, of the 5 star hotels in Thailand. Why not join them so that your guests have a great nights sleep?

Sweet Dreams

Greek Philosophy on Dreaming

Posted by andypragnell on December 7, 2012 at 10:50 PM Comments comments (0)

The Greeks didn't begin seriously considering dreams until 8th century BC. Homer, in his Iliad, describes a scene wherein Agamemnon receives instructions from the messenger of Zeus in a dream. Greeks also believed that dreams carried divine messages, but they could only be interpreted with the aid of a priest similar to those of the Babylonians and Egyptians. It was from these two groups the Greeks also inherited many occult techniques. Dreams also aided in their practice of medicine, sending sick people to particular temples in those places where the "gods of the body" had their shrines. The ailing Greeks would visit these temples, perform various religious rites, sleep, and hope to have a dream that assured a return to good health. Night after night they would sleep and sometimes this would go on for weeks or even months until they had the "right" dream. The most famous for dream pilgrimage was the Aesculapius at Epidaurus.

It is uncertain whether or not the first dream interpreters were legend or reality. Pliny the Elder suggests that the earliest interpreter was a man named Amphictyon, son of Deucalion. It was Deucalion, who in Greek mythology, was the son of Prometheus. Yet, Herodotus, an early historian claimed that the people of Telmessus, which was located in southwest Asia Minor, specialized in dream interpretation. In fact, it was even heard that King Croesus, the last king of Lydia, consulted them for an interpretation of an important dream.

 

The first steps into modern dream interpretation were taken in the 5th century BC when the Greek philosopher Heraclitus suggested that a person's dream world was something created in their own mind. This went against the other philosophers who believed dreams were the result of outside forces, such as the gods. Most Greek philosophers, in that time period, pondered dreams and what they might mean. Plato was one of these philosophers, and realized how much dreaming could affect a personality or someone's life. In the Phaedo, he tells how Socrates studied music and the arts because he was instructed to do so in a dream.

 

Aristotle finally put an end to Heraditus' idea that dreams were messages from the gods. He began to study dreams and the dreaming process in a rational way. In his De divinatione per somnum, he states, "most so-called prophetic dreams are to be classed as mere coincidences, especially all such as are extravagant," and later includes that "the most skillful interpreter of dreams is he who has the faculty of absorbing resemblances. I mean that dream presentations are analogous to the forms reflected in water." Aristotle's Parva naturalia suggests that dreams are in fact believed to be a recollection of the days events.

 

Aristotle also helped advance the theory that dreams reflected a person's bodily health. It suggested that a doctor could diagnose a person illness by hearing a dream that they had. Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine supported this theory, and is still practiced by some doctors of today. Galen of Pergamum, a Greco-Roman physician, picked up where Aristotle had left off. A patient of his dreamed that his left thigh was turned into marble and later lost the use of that leg due to palsy. A wrestler, he had treated, dreamed that he was standing in a pool of blood that had risen over his head. From this dream Galen concluded that this man needed a bloodletting for the pleurisy which he labored. By this means of treatment the man was cured.


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