back space talking 20 years with jim looney President Looney & Associates Dallas 102,000 Commute time to work 6 minutes max at the wheel of a 2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder 3 miles logged in 2015 I am on an airplane every week. On American Airlines alone I have traveled 4.6 million miles. I was a college cheerleader; I am a total gearhead; and I have an encyclopedic knowledge of Delta blues and '60s soul. things most people don't know about me Memorable project The Chattanoogan Conference Center & Hotel. This project, early in my career, was the keystone for redevelopment of Chattanooga's downtown and sparked a turnaround for the city. It also marked my first experience with sustainable design. Interesting office collection Hotel key cards. Each key represents one hotel stay-whether it was one night or two weeks. These will be relics in the near future. 3 Number of staff members when I started Looney & Associates in 1995 Number of staff now: 48 in three offices 112 January/February 2016 hospitalitydesign.com Greatest and hardest years in business 2008 and 2009 In 2008, we designed a series of transformational renovations, and those of us in business in 2009 know all too well what happened. Longest I have worked on a single project 7 years on the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, Ghana. In fairness, the project was halted for some months when armed soldiers refused to allow construction to continue. 621 projects completed over two decades 47,000 rooms, for a total FF&E and interior construction cost of $6.8 billion 32 projects on the boardshttp://www.hospitalitydesign.com