Hospitality Design - July 2017 - 26

from the editor

Photo by JEFFREY MOSIER

celebrating talent
For each issue of Hospitality Design, we have a gameplan, a wish list if
you will of the people and projects we would love to feature. Each month it's a give and
take, what will fit and who is available, but every once in a while, all of our hopes and
dreams come true. This, our annual People issue, is one such time.
These pages are chockfull of inspiring, fearless, and pioneering people who are
disrupting and shaping our industry. From visionaries such as hotelier Liz Lambert of
Bunkhouse Group (who I have been hoping to profile for years) or chef Jean-Georges
Vongerichten, to trendsetters like designer Kelly Wearstler and newcomers like Peter
Mack of Collective Retreats, it is a powerhouse
mix of people who are creating brands, redefining
others, innovating, and raising the bar on what
experience means for hospitality. It's what one
person we profiled called "next-level shit."
As we were gathering people to feature, we
noticed a lot of the firms were led by a duo-many
times people with different talents and strengths.
So we decided to find out if two minds are better
than one (the answer: definitely), how they ended
up partnering together, and the keys to effectively
working as a team.
One of the biggest announcements last year
was the merger of Starwood and Marriott into the
largest hotel company in the world-more than
6,000 hotels for 1.2 million rooms. As the dust begins to settle, we decided it would be a
good time to check in and see what was happening post-marriage in terms of how they
are delineating all 30 brands, and reexamining and expanding a few. While compiling
the text and choosing photos from the various hotels (all done by different designers), it
was an interesting and global look at the breadth of talent in this industry.
With so many different people included in the magazine-innovation comes in
various shapes and sizes-it was hard to pick just one cover subject. Which is why
we have two: Tina Edmundson, global brand officer for Marriott, and Andrew Zobler,
founder of the Sydell Group. One represents the bigger, more mainstream company
that continues to evolve, while the other is known for his burgeoning collection of
lifestyle brands-the Line, Freehand, and NoMad-that all speak to that hyper local
and authentic experience. Together, they showcase the depth of our industry.

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hd editorial advisory board
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EoA Mark Boekenheide Related Companies Glen Coben Glen & Co. Meghann Day HBA Gary Dollens Hyatt Hotels
Deborah Lloyd Forrest ForrestPerkins William Harris AvroKO Kemper Hyers Starwood Capital Amy Hulbert Best
Western International Tom Ito Gensler Ted Jacobs formerly of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Gulla Jónsdóttir Gulla
Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design Helen Jorgensen Host Hotels & Resorts Jon Kastl Champalimaud Aliya Khan Marriott
International Raul Leal Virgin Hotels Scott Lee SB Architects Tony Machado Morgans Hotel Group Lisa McClung
INT LLC Margaret McMahon Wimberly Interiors Will Meyer Meyer Davis Studio Julia Monk HOK Alessandro Munge
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