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behind the design
Hospitality Design Exposition &
Conference (HD Expo)
May 3-5, 2017
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas
www.hdexpo.com
Contact us:
1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 355
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
770.291.5400

Will Meyer and Gray Davis

Jesse MacDougall

Founders, Meyer Davis

Director of Strategy and Brand
Development, ICRAVE

Founded in 1999 by Will Meyer and
Gray Davis, the New York-based
firm specializes in everything from
retail and residential to high-end
hospitality projects, including fêted
properties such as 1 Hotel South
Beach, Le Méridien New Orleans,
and the Four Seasons Hotel Houston
featured on page 079. The designers
have worked with renowned chefs
including Daniel Boulud; designed
Oscar de la Renta's worldwide
boutiques; and received many
awards, including a number from
Hospitality Design magazine.

MacDougall's post-college life took
him from Syracuse University,
where he graduated with a degree
in architecture, to an internship
at Rockwell Group and stints at
Interbrand, David Yurman, and
Puccini Group. In his seven years
with ICRAVE, he's been involved
with the strategic positioning of
various projects from building fast
casual restaurant brands like the
Little Beet to leading the design
team on global hotel projects,
including Amsterdam's Sir Adam
on page 088.

LIZ SOMMERVILLE < Group Show Director
elizabeth.sommerville@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5456
KEELI SCHMIDT < Sales Manager
keeli.schmidt@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5433
JANA ROESCH < Account Executive
jana.roesch@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5604
KARI NYLUND < Account Executive
kari.nylund@emeraldexpo.com
770-291-5513
LAURA CASKEY < Conference Manager
laura.caskey@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5590
JENNIFER YARBER < Marketing Director
jennifer.yarber@emeraldexpo.com
770-291-5459
AYESHA SHAKOOR < Marketing Coordinator
ayesha.shakoor@emeraldexpo.com
770-291-5476
DERRICK NELLOMS < Senior Operations Manager
derrick.nelloms@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5452
JOE RANDALL < Executive Vice President
joe.randall@emeraldexpo.com
770.291.5454

Olga Polizzi

Li Xiang

Director of Design, Rocco Forte
Hotels

Principal, X+Living

The younger sister of Sir Rocco,
Polizzi has been working with her
brother to build his eponymous
luxury hotel brand since 2006,
notably the recent Assila Hotel Rocco
Forte in Jeddah, highlighted in our
development section on page 092.
Polizzi has two of her own hotels
in the UK, the Hotel Tresanton in
Cornwall and Hotel Endsleigh in
Devon, and she is a director of Millers
Bespoke Bakery, which she and her
daughter Alex established in 1997.

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Li launched X+Living in 2011 soon
after she received her architecture
degree from Birmingham City
University in England. Since then,
she's received several prestigious
awards, including being named
to Forbes' list of China's 30 Most
Promising Designers in 2015. That
same year, she started her own
furniture brand, which emphasizes
environmentally friendly designs.
Her recent work includes the
minimalist and whimsical Wheat
Youth Arts Hotel on page 100.

DAVID LOECHNER
CEO and President
PHILIP EVANS
CFO and Treasurer
BILL CHARLES
CIO
DAVID GOSLING
Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
LORI JENKS
Senior Vice President,
Operations

TERESA REILLY
Senior Vice President,
Digital
JOANNE WHEATLEY
Senior Vice President,
Marketing Services
EILEEN DEADY
Vice President, Human
Resources
DENISE BASHEM
Vice President, Corporate
Operations

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