Trends in Hospitality Design • 20/01/2026 Mastering the renovation timeline for hotels: strategies for seamless project delivery
Trends in Hospitality Design • 07/05/2026 Hotel interior design trends in 2026: authenticity, resonance and resilience in plain language
Trends in Hospitality Design • 27/01/2026 Transforming coastal hospitality: in-depth beach hotel renovation case studies for industry leaders
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 19/02/2026 Who owns Staybridge Suites and how ownership shapes architecture, design and FF&E strategies
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 13/07/2026 A 1914 cinema in San Sebastian becomes Hilton's most culturally embedded Curio opening How Hotel Palacio Bellas Artes San Sebastian, a 1914 cinema reborn as a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel, turns Basque heritage into a high performing asset.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 09/07/2026 How La Mare Wine Estate’s independent model reshapes hospitality design strategy beyond hotel chains Explore how La Mare Wine Estate in St. Mary, Jersey, approaches hospitality design without a hotel chain, from FF&E and visitor flows to events, brand storytelling, and future-ready wine estate infrastructure.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 09/07/2026 From community hall to hospitality benchmark: what the Townhead Village Hall hotel chain affiliation debate teaches about brand and guest experience design Townhead Village Hall is not a hotel, but its community-first model offers powerful lessons for urban hotel design, mixed-use hospitality, civic lobby concepts, and guest experience strategy.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 07/07/2026 How HVD Hotels shapes brand and guest experience design along the Black Sea coast In-depth look at HVD Hotels, the company behind hvdhotels.com, exploring how its coastal brand, data strategy and ultra inclusive model shape architecture, FF&E and guest experience design along the Bulgarian Black Sea and in Germany.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 06/07/2026 Strategic brand and guest experience design for an independent conference hotel at Sørmarka Discover how Sørmarka Conference Hotel near Oslo uses architecture, guest room design, and advanced meeting technology to build an independent conference brand without hotel chain affiliation.
New Builds vs Renovations • 24/06/2026 Three summer 2026 openings and the design decisions that define them Analysis of three new hotel openings for summer 2026—La Reserve Firenze, Kitirua Plains Lodge and 1 Hotel Tokyo Akasaka—showing how a single design intent drives architecture, FF&E, operations and revenue strategy.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 22/06/2026 Lobby check-in is dead, long live the arrival experience: designing the first 90 seconds Learn how to design the first 90 seconds of the hotel lobby arrival experience, from mobile check in and lobby-as-living-room concepts to sensory design, wayfinding, and measurable KPIs that drive dwell time, revenue, and guest loyalty.
New Builds vs Renovations • 19/06/2026 The mixed-use hotel is not a compromise: why flexible programming is the 2026 development model How mixed-use hospitality is reshaping hotel development in 2026: from programme mix and adaptive reuse to governance, data and ROI, with concrete figures from CBRE, JLL and resort case studies.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 17/06/2026 Summer wellness check: the three spa design details guests expect in June that most properties still miss How to run a summer wellness check on your hotel spa design, fix three critical details guests notice in June, and turn seasonal demand into repeat revenue.
Design Concepts & Positioning • 12/06/2026 Hotel design for the midscale segment: where budget constraints produce sharper creative decisions How a disciplined midscale hotel interior design budget sharpens creative decisions, from FF&E and room modules to lobbies, corridors and renovation ROI.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 12/06/2026 Hotel bar design as brand signal: how the F&B interior anchors the property's identity How hotel bar interior design anchors brand identity, drives non-room revenue, and shapes guest perception through materials, lighting, seating and acoustics.
Trends in Hospitality Design • 01/06/2026 HITEC 2026 preview: the technology conversations that actually matter to hotel design teams Discover why HITEC 2026 matters for architects, interior designers and FF&E specifiers, with concrete examples of HVAC, lighting, access control and acoustic tech that reshape hotel room and public space design.
Brand & Guest Experience Design • 30/05/2026 Designing for the camera or designing for the guest: the Instagram-first hotel and its long-term cost How Instagram-first hotel design impacts maintenance costs, FF&E lifecycles and guest satisfaction, and how to balance instagrammable spaces with durable, guest-centric hospitality interiors.
Trends in Hospitality Design • 19/05/2026 What the 22nd HD Awards winners reveal about the next hospitality design cycle Hotel design awards now function as a real-time barometer for hospitality investment, sustainability, and wellness ROI. See how HD Awards and LIV Hospitality Design Awards winners use adaptive reuse, locality, and FF&E strategy to drive RevPAR, ADR, and long-term asset performance.
Design ROI & Asset Value • 15/05/2026 Embodied carbon on the hotel balance sheet: the 50-75 percent waste argument that CFOs finally hear How hotel embodied carbon adaptive reuse moved from CSR to core finance, reshaping capex, Passive House conversions, FF&E strategy and CSRD-driven portfolio value.
Design ROI & Asset Value • 14/05/2026 The lobby as profit center: the co-working, F&B and retail tenants hotels now actively court How revenue leaders can turn hotel lobby design into a leasing and non-room revenue engine, aligning co-working, F&B and retail with brand and guest experience.
New Builds vs Renovations • 13/05/2026 Hotel room design in 2026: the specifier's working list for openings and refurbishments Evidence-based hotel room design guide covering acoustics, blackout, HVAC, circadian lighting, soft goods, biophilic cues and FF&E planning to improve sleep quality, guest satisfaction and long-term ROI.
Design ROI & Asset Value • 07/05/2026 The 18 percent ADR premium for a view of nature is real. The pro forma work behind it is not automatic Learn how biophilic hotel design, from masterplanning to FF&E and pricing logic, converts nature views into a reliable 12–18% ADR premium while protecting long-term asset value.
Design ROI & Asset Value • 03/05/2026 Your lobby is a revenue center or a liability: the 42 percent non-room uplift case How multifunctional hotel lobbies turn underused space into 42% more non-room revenue, with concrete models, design briefs and ROI tactics for hospitality leaders.
Design ROI & Asset Value • 29/04/2026 The biophilic dwell-time premium: the 36 percent number, and what it costs to earn it Biophilic hotel design can move the P&L when treated as a measurable system, not a styling exercise. Explore evidence, CAPEX–OPEX trade-offs, lobby dwell time, and ROI scenarios for nature-led hospitality interiors.
