hospitality design
Radical Innovation Competition, Produced by The Hardy Group Announces the 2023 Finalists – Vote Now
Radical Innovation | October 6, 2023
ATLANTA, GA, October 6, 2023 – Radical Innovation, conceptualized in 2006 by The Hardy Group, is an annual award competition that has been shifting the norm in the global hospitality industry, by recognizing excellence in design, architecture, travel, and products. The initiative challenges creative thinkers and design visionaries at the professional and student level to pioneer compelling innovations that fuel the future of hospitality. Radical Innovation is pleased to announce that voting is officially open for the 17th annual competition. Radical Innovation collected over 100 entries split amongst the four categories: Professional Pro...
Radical Innovation Awards Opens Call for Entries
Radical Innovation | December 10, 2019
New York, NY -- December 10, 2019 -- Radical Innovation, an initiative that challenges creative thinkers at the professional and student level to pioneer compelling ideas in travel and hospitality, is accepting entries to its annual competition. New in 2020, the competition is adding a Hospitality Product category. Radical Innovation is asking participants to submit their most innovative hospitality product(s) capable of transforming the industry standard and offering new strategic career and investment growth opportunities. This year, the submission categories include: Professional and/or Student: Radical Hospitality Design, Conc...
Radical Innovation Announces 2019 Finalists
Radical Innovation | June 13, 2019
Cooper Carry, Danny Forster & Architecture, and SB Architects competing for the Grand Prize in New York City in October Radical Innovation, a competition and year-round community that challenges designers, hoteliers, and students to pioneer compelling ideas in travel and hospitality, is pleased to announce the finalists for its 13th annual edition. The three finalists are: Infinite Explorer by SB Architects, San Francisco, Volumetric High-Rise Modular Hotel by Danny Forster & Architecture, New York, Connectic by Cooper Carry, New York. These three firms will compete in a live pitch presentation at the New Museum in New York City...
HD Awards Honors Hospitality’s Best and Brightest
June 14, 2018
New York, NY (June 14, 2018)—The winners of the 14th annual HD Awards were celebrated on Wednesday, June 6, at Cipriani, 25 Broadway, New York, NY. Hosted by Hospitality Design magazine, HD Awards honor the owners, designers, architects and manufacturers behind hospitality's most impressive projects and products. This year's awards generated the largest number of submissions and finalists to date, with more than 1,000 submissions received and nearly 200 finalists selected. "The record-breaking number of entries, inspirational finalists, and attendance at the event is a testament to the strength of the hospitality design community ...
Lefteris Tsikandilakis – Hospitality Design Trendsetter
Phil Butler | June 8, 2018
By Phil Butler Lefteris Tsikandilakis has risen to be one of the most respected architects in Greece. His work is recognized for both the scope of projects he's undertaken, and for the vision, elegance, and functionality of his designs. He and his growing team have managed to distinguish themselves even in the harshest of economic crises. And the functionality of the firm's aesthetic designs are a differentiator in the industry, identify the Tsikandilakis brand in a highly competitive field. I managed to catch up with Tsikandilakis some days ago to get his take on the current state of hospitality design. I approached the archite...
Authentic Design a Key Component to Middle East Hospitality
OBM International | April 19, 2018
By: Magd Fahmy, Managing Director Riyadh, OBM International It is an exciting time in the Middle East for the hospitality industry. It's booming. According to recent data, the region has 580 hotel projects under contract with specific hotspots being the UAE and Saudi Arabia. With large budgets, these projects offer unique opportunities to reflect the region's rich cultural history and natural riches. However, it seems that many times although the projects technically fit the location, they don't fit the design aesthetic and region, lacking authenticity and doing a disserve to the culture of the region in which they live. One...
Hospitality Design Group and Hilton Partner on Design Challenge
HD Expo | April 11, 2018
Winner of the Box, a Hospitality Design event, to be brought to life at HD Expo New York, NY (April 11, 2018) – Hospitality Design Group has partnered with Hilton on the Box, a one-of-a-kind design competition that in January, challenged 12 top design firms to create the ultimate luxury guestroom in 24 hours. The winning concept, from Toronto-based Chapi Chapo Design in collaboration with the two dozen sponsoring manufacturers, will make its debut on the show floor at booth #1883 during HD Expo, May 2-4 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. "When Hilton came to us with the idea, I jumped on the chance. It was amazing...
Eclipse Hospitality Matches Coloring Contest Prize Money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Eclipse Hospitality | March 27, 2018
PHOENIX, March 28, 2018 - Casegoods manufacturer Eclipse Hospitality has matched the prize money in a Coloring for Kids contest, awarding a private donation to further the work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Organized by multi-line manufacturer's representative Louise Ross, president of Louise Ross & Associates, the Coloring for Kids contest challenged designers in the hospitality industry to feature their artistic talent by coloring any of the four alternating designs included in a pad of coloring book-style sticky notes. Eclipse Hospitality distributed the custom-designed sticky notes together with a set of mini col...
