Hotels emphasize design of outdoor spaces
As today’s design standards continue to evolve, outdoor spaces are being enhanced and seen as value-add offerings at hotels. In fact, many recent hotel-trend reports identified integration...
Decor & Design: Community spirit is at the heart of today’s public spaces
The dramatic changes in the hospitality industry over the past two years have added a new perspective on the design of public spaces. As guests begin to...
Bathroom design is evolving as guest’s ideas of wellness shift
Creating the perfect in-room oasis has increasingly become a balancing act. While working to deliver a sense of luxury and escape in guestroom bathrooms, designers must also...
COVID-19 is re-shaping hotel design and architecture
As the tourism-and-hospitality industry continues to re-build in 2022, keeping up with the latest hotel-design trends is paramount. After many months of cancelled vacations and Zoom meetings,...
Operators Are Reinventing Lobbies as Social Spaces
Lobbies were once designed as functional enclaves where little happened beyond check-ins, checkouts and the occasional ad hoc gathering en route to another destination. “For many years,...
Hotels Within Hotels Are Answering the Call for Modern Luxury
The hotel-within-a-hotel concept has been a long-standing way for upscale properties to distinguish the hotel experience for its most loyal and elite guests. However, the concept...
The Hotel Welcome Experience is Undergoing a Renaissance
Technology has continuously transformed how travellers and hoteliers alike view the welcome experience at hotels, yet through all the ebb and flow of the industry, there has...
Designers are Breathing New Life into Spas and Fitness Facilities
In the past, spas and fitness spaces were often small rooms tucked away in far corners of hotel properties. But today’s spa and fitness amenities are taking...
Meet the Winners of Hotelier’s 2019 Design Awards
OVER 200 ROOMS - RENOVATED SPACE DESIGN
CHIL Interior Design Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Design HighlightsThe guestrooms and guest corridor were the focus of this renovation. With the goal of...
Form Meets Function in Today’s Hotel Kitchens
In the time of the great French food writer Brillat-Savarin, when the modern concept of the restaurant was in its infancy, chefs were using wood-fired ovens and...
