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TOTAL IMMERSION
Step out of your office and into the future of hospitality design at Boutique Design New
York (BDNY). Connect with more than 8,000 of your colleagues as they explore the
newest design directions and FF&E elements that make the hotel interiors of now; wow.

Need desigN iNsPo? Info? Insider intel? Boutique Design New York

(BDNY) has you covered. This interactive trade fair and conference, set for Nov.
11-12 at New York's Jacob K. Javits Center, offers hospitality design professionals
a customizable, two-day intensive on the creative strategies, business trends
and new products aimed at making their projects stand out from the crowd
and stand up to the competition.
Ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing trade fairs in the United States, BDNY
gives attendees face-to-face access to thought-leading designers, hoteliers, investors and purchasing professionals. This year's event will feature over 35 panels
with more than 100 high-profile speakers from all sectors of the industry.
Listen in as these experts share best practices and best guesses for leveraging the
opportunities ahead. This year's conference programming offers a 360-degree
immersion in amping up designers' conceptual, technical and business skills. If your
vision board needs a new focus, find out about the new projects that are making the
Big Apple's hotel scene shine, how to infuse wellness into far-flung retreats and urban
high-rises, what to do to turn nightmare renovations into dream destinations and
what's on the FF&E and creative menus for dining options from grab'n'gos to
Michelin-starred restaurants. Stretch your thinking at a special session on megatrends or cultivate some seeds of change in NEWH's Green Voice discussions.
Broader scope for design concepts also means more demands for the range of
the tools designers need to master. Ten CEU sessions will give attendees masterclass tuition in ways to expand their expertise. This year's Smart-Spec Interiors™
panels are musts for learning how to write the perfect specification, with an eye
toward maximum quality control and minimal cost overruns. Also in focus are
discussions on how to work better, faster, smarter within brand platforms,
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explore the design implications of modular hotels, tap into the wave of PIPs
flowing through the industry and use science to improve the art of crafting a
commission-winning narrative. And, if you're not up on the latest design-driving
tech, check out the exclusive roundtable and the indepth Q+A interview being
sponsored by AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Digital Experiences Assn.
BDNY is also about helping designers meet their business goals. Hear from
clients about what they want from their collaborators and what kinds of projects
they'll be doing-from investors behind 5-star projects to a select service summit
being sponsored by AAHOA, whose members currently own roughly half of all
the hotels in the United States. Indulge in some food for thought in the dynamic
conversation among hoteliers participating in the International Society of Hospitality Purchasers (ISHP)/Boutique Design Owners Grill. Get mentored. 2018's
Boutique Design Power Players: Women Leaders in Hospitality breakfast and
panel discussion, co-sponsored by NEWH, puts attendees in the room with
industry executives who'll share the success strategies that earned them the keys
to design, ownership, operations and manufacturers' C-suites.
This holistic design experience continues on the trade fair floor. More than
750 displays covering a net 135,000 sq. ft. will showcase the elements that
elevate the look and feel of hospitality projects. The design-led, boutiquescaled exhibits personalize the sourcing conversation. Seven Designed Spaces
make inspiration 3D, offering attendees blue-sky ideas or just a spot to
network or chill. There are also fun and games-from the Industry Feud,
which tests hospitality professionals' insider knowledge to the opportunity to
create new products onsite to the chance to be a selfie star on the BD Black
Carpet Live! To register for this can't-miss event, visit bdny.com.

H a r r i e t L e w i s Pa L L e t t e

BY marY scoviak

http://www.bdny.com http://www.boutiquedesign.com

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