The experience which inspires hotel designers

It’s at the Business Design Centre in London this year for two full days (26-27 November) where the global design community will meet.

This is the annual meeting place for the global design community:

• designers
• architects
• hotel owners
• developers
• operators and
• investors

come together to share their knowledge about design and creation of breathtaking hotel environments.

The latest news on products and suppliers will be available but it is really industry trends which designers and architects look forward to grasping and understanding.

Hostels, as the latest trend in the world of hospitality, are found to be the fastest growing players in this area and they are certainly a good opportunity for designers to have fun creating light, ever-changing and novel themes.

Also restaurateurs turned hoteliers are bringing new ways to transform guests’ stay into success stories by adding unforgetable experiences at the dinner table and making sure there is a definite yes to come back for more.

The state of the market will be discussed by not only by hotel developers but also have a great input from investors and operators – these have pointers which are essential to be had by architects to create stunning and spectacular interiors.

The exhibition will have the room sets with their designers presenting their ideas for this year’s hotel design competition – the winners will have the opportunity to work for a room design for a new hotel brand.

The 2014 brief is to be called “simplexity” – the new and emerging theory of a relationship between simplicity and complexity – and candidates will explore how hotel interior designs can be more harmonious and intuitive experiences for its visitors.

The European Hotel Design Awards will honour the work of industry leading architects and designers and many of their finalists will be talking at the conference.

Really a must – and if you did not make it this time, make sure you pencil in the event for next year!

Image Source: http://www.thesleepevent.com/

 

By Silvia Pelham

Global meetings and events industry connection

EIBTM 2014 is in Barcelona again – 18th – 20th November – this time the 27th edition.

And what does EIBTM mean?  It is the Exhibition for the Incentive Business Travel and Meetings in Spain.

It is an ideal place to meet people who specialise in making events and conferences feel more engaging and be more productive.

This industry is no longer interested in keeping delegates confined to their event physical space and coming to these exhibitions help organizers build relations which will develop their business by expanding and focusing their networking onto new topics.

New meeting formats with technology and innovations at their fingertips will give planners inspiration to create more engaging participation and interaction between attendees and improve their skills and language on numerous multi-faceted sessions.

And the city, well … it is always worth a re-visit!

 

 

Image source: http://www.eibtm.com/

By Silvia Pelham