More than 3,500 attendees traveled to South Beach for this year’s Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition & Conference (HD Boutique) which took place September 14-15. The show featured 440 exhibitors (111 of which were new), 13 accredited conference sessions with top industry figures, four site visits to the newest and greatest properties, and the packed Party by the Palms poolside at the W South Beach.
Couldn’t make it down or missed the conference sessions? Here are some highlights:
Check out great finds from the show floor courtesy of Pam Parsons and Karin Harrington of Studio Elements.
Listen to part of Bob Puccini’s discussion on global trends in restaurant design.
Hear part of the collaborative effort in reinventing the Fontainebleau.
Meet this year’s Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award winner.
Take a look at the Best of Boutique winners.
And get insight from four of this year’s six Wave of the Future honorees.
Can’t get enough? See the full writeup of the Wave of the Future in the September issue of HD, and look out for full coverage of the Radical Innovation in Hospitality Awards and photos from this year’s show in the October issue of HD.
Pictured above: Hotel Triton in San Francisco, designed by Andrew Alford, Wave of the Future honoree