What’s in the spotlight this May on Hotel Designs?

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What’s in the spotlight this May on Hotel Designs?

This May, Hotel Designs is serving up a plethora of stories that will be dedicated to landscape architecture and pools & spas; two pillars of international hotel design that emerge from the Covid-19 crisis with new roles in hospitality…

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Throughout May, Hotel Designs will be putting both landscape architecture and pools & spas under its editorial spotlight in order to continue to define the point on international hotel design.

Landscape architecture

With news changing daily, little is set in stone when it comes to the post-pandemic world. However, what we on the editorial desk are safe to assume is that hospitality brands will further utilise outdoor space in order to continue to open up a relationship with nature. With UK hospitality getting back on its feet – and with the rest of the world following closely behind – we will take a look at how hotels have adapted their outdoor spaces to be suitable for the new demands among modern travellers.

Pools & spas 

As concluded in a number of Hotel Designs LIVE events – and following on the conversations from our bathrooms feature in March – wellness in 2021 and beyond will have a heavier purpose on the international hotel design and hospitality scene. With this in mind, we will research some of the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking pools and spas in order to establish what to expect in this new era of wellness.

If you are a supplier and would like to find out more about how you could feature in Hotel Designs, or know of a product that we should be talking about, please email Katy Phillips. 

Main image credit: Sopwell House/Bill Bensley/RPS Group

Hamish Kilburn / 23.04.2021

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