Hospitality Design - July 2013 - 26

from the editor

from a distance
“The past is prologue,” Shakespeare writes in The Tempest, and the phrase
has particularly rich meaning for this edition of HD, our annual People Issue. We
decided to ask industry leaders from all facets of hospitality—chef/owners and
hoteliers to purchasers and architects—to reflect on a time in their past when their
lives or careers took a turn that led them inevitably to hospitality, or perhaps can
now be seen as a milestone. The results are intriguing and touching—as are the
photos—as we catch glimpses of creativity and leadership in the making. But who’d
have thought that little David Beer in the “gangsta cap” (his words) would grow up to
co-found a major force in hospitality; or the winsome child standing with sister and
goat in a field in a French farm would become one of the world’s great chefs? (There
definitely is a future leader in the 21-year-old Michael Bedner’s intense gaze and
strong jaw.) We hope you enjoy these strolls down memory lane as much as we did
gathering them.
As many of you know, the industry lost a wonderful designer and HD a great
friend in June with the death of Eric Engstrom. His obituary appears on page
58, and look for my personal tribute on our blog in the near future. Eric was
irreplaceable in our lives, and we’ll miss him a great deal.
Save the date: At HD Americas (formerly HD Boutique) on September 24th, I’ll have
the pleasure of doing an onstage interview with Carlos Couturier and Moises Micha,
two of the powerhouses behind the dazzling Mexico City-based hotel company
Grupo Habita. You’ll want to hear how they’ve transformed Latin American
hospitality—and what they have their sights set on next. Hope to see you there!
P.S. Since we asked our industry folk for photos of their earlier selves, we thought it
only fair to offer our own. C’mon. How cute were we?

Michael Adams

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