Mr. Michael Bedner

As Chairman and CEO of Hirsch Bedner Associates, Michael Bedner leads the largest, most experienced, professionally diverse and successful hospitality design firm in the world. In 1964, Mr. Bedner and his partner, Howard Hirsch, revolutionized hospitality design by creating a totally new professional discipline.

Throughout his career, Mr. Bedner has expanded the discipline into a functional art form that continues to evolve. His vision and creative energy provide inspiration to the entire industry and his design influence can be seen in hundreds of the finest hotels throughout the world.

Mr. Bedner’s combination of traditional training and over 40 years of international hands-on experience have provided him with a singular understanding of the cultural, programmatic and financial aspects of a variety of projects. This understanding makes him uniquely qualified as a consultant for virtually every aspect of the hospitality business, from conceptual planning to budgeting and installation.

By applying his expertise to the daily direction of the company’s projects, Michael Bedner continues to be a leader in expanding the vision and scope of the hospitality design business to include resorts, boutique hotels, cruise ships, restaurants, casinos, spas and a myriad of other projects. Under his leadership, HBA has raised the bar in every area of hospitality design and developed extraordinarily strong teams for graphic design, art consultation, procurement and management.

Gaining his own formal education at the University of Michigan, UCLA and Stanford University, Mr. Bedner has been active in supporting a number of high profile educational programs in the design field. He has lectured extensively at institutions in Asia and North America, provided space and staffing for hospitality design classes conducted through UCLA’s Extension, and even set up a Design Competition and Awards Program at UCLA to honor his partner and HBA’s co-founder, Howard Hirsch.

Beyond directing eleven offices worldwide with a staff of over 350 professionals, Mr. Bedner has continued to create his own innovative, distinctive designs. Throughout his career, Michael Bedner has remained committed to the three principles on which he and Howard Hirsch based the business: to have fun, learn and grow from every experience and to produce the best design possible for each project.

Mr. Bedner can be contacted at 310-829-9087 or MichaelB@HBAdesign.com