Tropitone wins design award

Staff -- Casual Living, 6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Tropitone Furniture Co.'s Cabana Club seating collection which features a contemporary stainless steel frame and slender tailored cushions, received top honors in the Outdoor Group Seating category during the Hospitality Design Expo last month.

The stainless steel collection is unique for Tropitone, which for more than 50 years primarily constructed groups with powder-coated aluminum frames, CEO Mike Echolds said.

"Since it can be recycled and does not require a finish, Cabana Club's stainless steel frame is environmentally friendly as well as durable and easy to maintain," Echolds said. "These practical features of the collection are complemented by its simple elegance, which is visually very dramatic. The response the collection is receiving as it debuts in the hospitality market is everything we had hoped it would be."

Cabana Club's geometric shaped pieces can be reconfigured into a variety of seating arrangements.