The team from Crypton, a Party by the Pool sponsor: Kelly Ponder, Elise Gabrielson, Dana Kelman, and Shelley Pawlus

The team from Bostik, a Party by the Pool sponsor: Lenel Brown, Jaime Jiménez Dávila, and Patrick Harrington

Hall Toledano, Frank Toledano, and Schuyler Holt, Tiger Leather; and David Davis, Rottet Studio

European Imports panelist Joe Sencen, Yotel

Ted Brumleve, Wyndham Worldwide, one of 35 table hosts at the HD/ISHP Owners’ Roundtable

Speakers Brad Wilson, Ace Hotel Group, and Michelle Behr, Highgate

Lori Patten, Patten Purchasing, and Mitch Parker, the Parker Company, two of the moderators for the Durkan-sponsored HD/ISHP Owners’ Roundtable

Dana Matassa and Ray Ferri, Symmons, the VIP party sponsor

Deborah Forrest, ForrestPerkins; Andrew Katz, Prospect Hotels/the Blackstone Group; and Jonathan Nehmer, Jonathan Nehmer + Associates and HVS Design, at the VIP party at Clique

The crowded HD Expo floor where 868 exhibitors showed off their wares

Four luminaries onstage for the opening session, Those Were the Days, Veterans Weigh In, sponsored by WALTERS: Adam D. Tihany, Tihany Design; Michael Bedner, formerly HBA, now Aperion; David Beer, BBG-BBGM (now HOK); and Tony Chi, tonychi

The Hospitality Effect panelist Shawn R. Bouley, the Rollick Hotel

Bashar Wali, Provenance Hotels, presented at the Hyper Local talk

Ken Gibson and Jenina Garcia Dolce, Aceray; Walter Lowe Jr., WEL International; and Susan Liptak, Emily Doherty, and Nick Christensen, Aceray, a sponsor of the Opening Night party at Omnia

Lora Spran, Walt Disney Imagineering-Interiors, a table host at the HD/ISHP Owners’ Roundtable

Leo Eskenazi, Hilton Worldwide, discussed design in Central and South America on the Due South panel

The team from OW Hospitality, a Party by the Pool sponsor: Amy Jaekel, Dallas Chapman, Michael Riley, Gavin McDowell, and Walt Hartsfield

NEWH’s Annual Expo Breakfast: the Young Entrepreneurs panel: Brendan McNamara, Dream Hotel Group; Kellie Sirna, Studio 11 Design; Josh Held, Josh Held Design; and Daniel Scovill, Arcsine

Keynote speaker Niki Leondakis, Commune Hotels + Resorts

The Creating Extravagance panel: Kristie Goshow, Viceroy Hotel Group; Jay Newman, the Athens Group; and Anne Wilkinson, BAMO

John Bush, Three Kings Restaurant Group; Joshua Smith, Next Step Design; and chef Dale Talde, Three Kings Restaurant Group

The team from DLR Group, a Party by the Pool sponsor: Staci Patton, Melissa Knock, Stephanie Boettcher, and Brian Murch

Laura Romanoff, Maya Romanoff; Lorraine Francis, Gensler; and Hillary Kent, Maya Romanoff

Verena Haller, Equinox Hotels and Mark Boekenheide, Related Companies, discussed New York’s Hudson Yards development

Social Hub speakers Paul Vega, VLDG; Mike Suomi, Stonehill & Taylor; and Gary Dollens, Hyatt Hotels during an HD Conversation at the Social Hub about Hyatt brand creation and recreation

George Scammell, formerly of Wyndham Worldwide and speaker at the Valley Forge Fabrics-sponsored New Design Professionals luncheon; Jason E. Goldberg, Benjamin West; and Michael Adams, Hospitality Design magazine

Joshua Katz, Proper Hospitality, spoke on the Brand Identity panel

Alexandra Champalimaud, Champalimaud, talked about luxury and her firm’s recent projects during an HD Conversation at the Social Hub

Designer of HD’s Social Hub, Andrew Alford, AJ Capital Partners; Sabine Vessnow, Sydell Group; and Vanessa Waldner and Chief O’Hara, the Ness Group