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Thursday December 1, 2022
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HOTEL BUSINESS REVIEW
NOVEMBER FOCUS: Architecture & Design
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Hotel Design Trends: Embracing New Spaces and Designs for Lodging
By Robert O'Halloran, Professor & Director, Hospitality Management, East Carolina University
Hotels have traditionally been designed for guest enjoyment and efficiency and now include new standards for safety and sanitation. Hotel designers are reconfiguring hotel spaces focusing on touchless interactions and high-quality environments for check-in, food and beverage ordering and more. Guest rooms, lobbies, restaurants, meeting rooms, and outdoor spaces are all being examined with consideration of guest service, safety, and sustainability. This article will review current and new trends in hotel design that embrace operations, guest service atmosphere, and marketing.
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DAILY HEADLINES - Thursday Dec 1, 2022
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ARCHIVES
More from our online Library Archives...
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Is Green Design Really Worth the Cost?
By Matt Kavanagh, Senior Project Manager, JN+A
During the height of the "green design" craze, hotel RFPs fairly regularly required their buildings to receive some level of L.E.E.D. accreditation. As the general public became increasingly aware of the climate changes happening around them and their own carbon footprint, they started to consider how their own actions contributed to the environment they inhabited. Hotel owners quickly tried to capitalize on the growing market segment. New hotel brands, such as Element, were created specifically for the environmentally-conscious guest. After approximately 10 years or so, it seems like a reasonable time to step back and ask the question, was all the hype for "green design" worth it?
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Applied Research in Hotel Design
By Lawrence Adams, Principal, ForrestPerkins
Research in the hotel industry takes many forms. Sustainable systems and materials, enhanced security, life safety and marketing are all subjects where research is called for to advance each discipline. Marriott undertook an extensive research project in the process of inventing the Courtyard brand. In this article we review three research projects and the methodologies they employed to arrive at actionable results.
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