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A well-run terrace can make a major contribution to the profits of a cafe or hotel. Shorter daylight hours and falling temperatures are no reason to panic. With care and thought it’s perfectly possible to extend the terrace season. Put in the effort and you’ll see your terrace performing well right through the winter. And…

Winter is here, the days are shorter, the sun is low in the sky and temperatures are falling. But that doesn’t mean you have to close down your terrace for months on end. People still enjoy a cup of coffee outside during the winter. But of course they have to be comfortable. While many terraces…

In November, Symo Parasols will be looking forward to meeting you at Horeca Expo. From 17 – 21 November 2019, we’ll be on stand 3147 in Room 3, waiting to tell you about recent developments in parasol land. Premiere of the Trevo floating parasol We’re taking the opportunity of Horeca Expo to launch our new…

While many catering businesses invest primarily in their terrace furniture, it is, in fact, the parasols that bring in extra revenue for your terrace. Nice tables and chairs are important for the comfort of your customers, but it isn’t the tables that allow them to sit comfortably on the terrace in the blazing sunshine, and…

You’ve invested in high-quality parasols because of the returns they bring, now you want to keep them in top condition. If you bring them indoors during the winter, you’ll need space to store them safely. Space you would probably prefer to use to serve your customers. Sound familiar? Then the Symo Winter Service may be…

The emergence of the pop-up bar Pop-up winter and summer bars are everywhere now, appearing suddenly in our cities and disappearing just as quickly when the season is over. Their temporary nature makes them particularly attractive to customers, who are always looking for novelty. An interesting test environment Pop-ups can also provide an ideal test…

You’ll never believe how easy our Cape Wood parasols opens and closes. Do you think opening and closing your terrace parasol is a hassle? Check this short movie and convince yourself that opening and closing your parasol with our autolift system is a piece of cake! Our Cape Wood parasol is made from Eucalytpus wood…

Archi-living, a global web magazine created by architects and designers visited our stand at the Salon del Mobile 2017 in Milan. Our popular and unique Frou Frou parasol caught their attention. Archi-Living was so impressed with the daring design of this remarkable parasol that they wrote a wonderful article about it. Read an excerpt: ……

Our Gulliver Parasol stars in this French TV interview! Our Gulliver parasols stars on French TV! Thanks to our Belgian friends at the Château Castigno in Assignan.

Sywawa has secured a ticket to take part in the Il Salone del Mobile exhibition in Milan from 4 to 9 April. Because this privilege is only granted to the very best in the world, this is already a tremendous achievement. “But that’s no reason for us to be complacent,” says managing director Pierre Christiaens.…

Sywawa’s surprising inside Sywawa is expanding its collection of design parasols for the summer of 2017 with the refined Cache-Cache Wood model. “It has a surprising inside” says Pierre Christiaens, CEO. Wake up! Sywawa is a collection of design parasols that is shaking up the slumbering world of parasols with surprising designs. The slogan “Sunbelievable…

Sywawa is expanding its collection of designer parasols for 2017 with the colourful Tahiti. Designer Mark Gabbertas: ”The Tahiti parasol is a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional straw beach parasol that is strikingly reminiscent of distant and exotic beaches”. Iconic and contemporary Mark Gabbertas likes to see how far he can go in re-inventing an…

We just love parasols, or umbrella’s, or sunshades, or whatever you may call them. We do have a lot of books on parasols, but we would be glad to hear if you have more of them. Will you let us know? Parasols come in all kinds of dimensions and colours and shapes. We have many…

Why do you need to heat your restaurant or café terrace? Nowadays, people are always keen to sit outside, whenever possible. Even on cold days during autumn and winter. Smokers also need to sit outside all year round. So make sure you give your customers a warm and cosy terrace: it’s what they expect from…