May 2026

Design ROI & Asset Value

Your lobby is a revenue center or a liability: the 42 percent non-room uplift case

Technical Design & Engineering

Circadian lighting specifications, not gadgetry: how to brief the electrical engineer

Trends in Hospitality Design

Hotel interior design trends in 2026: authenticity, resonance and resilience in plain language

Design ROI & Asset Value

The 18 percent ADR premium for a view of nature is real. The pro forma work behind it is not automatic

Renovation Planning

Adaptive reuse playbook: the six conversion decisions that set your P&L in year three

Sustainable Construction

Sustainable hotel design: the specifications that actually earn LEED, Green Key and Verified Net Zero

Materials & Finishes

Warm minimalism after beige: specifying timber, boucle and honed stone without the nostalgia tax

Interior Design Concepts

Muted technology: designing guest rooms where the smart systems disappear

New Builds vs Renovations

Hotel room design in 2026: the specifier's working list for openings and refurbishments

Design ROI & Asset Value

The lobby as profit center: the co-working, F&B and retail tenants hotels now actively court

Design ROI & Asset Value

Embodied carbon on the hotel balance sheet: the 50-75 percent waste argument that CFOs finally hear

Trends in Hospitality Design

What the 22nd HD Awards winners reveal about the next hospitality design cycle

Furniture & Lighting

Modular hospitality furniture: how operators configure, reconfigure and recover the investment

Regulations & Compliance

The CSRD Omnibus delay is not a pass: what hotel design teams should build while regulators reset

Zannier Bendor: 93 rooms, a private Mediterranean island and a design brief that started from the coastline

Brand & Guest Experience Design

Designing for the camera or designing for the guest: the Instagram-first hotel and its long-term cost