Hospitality

Beyond Market Niches: Designing Hotels That Can Flex
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Beyond Market Niches: Designing Hotels That Can Flex

Gensler’s Sleep Set 2016 concept. . This blog outlines some of our views, and our Sleep Event collaborators’ perspectives, on hospitality trends...

The Future of Hotel Design: Human-Centred
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The Future of Hotel Design: Human-Centred

Benjamin Franklin once said there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes. Well, I’d like to add a third one: change. Change is...

Speak Easy: Hospitality in the Retail Environment
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Speak Easy: Hospitality in the Retail Environment

In today’s competitive shopping environment, retailers are taking cues from the Hospitality industry to bring consumers back into stores. This blog...

Taking Cues from Nature: How Biomimicry Can Drive ROI for Hoteliers
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Taking Cues from Nature: How Biomimicry Can Drive ROI for Hoteliers

Costa Rica Convention Center. . Today’s travelers expect a different standard of luxury that caters not only to their modern needs, but also to...

The “Secret Sauce” of Restaurants: 10 Ingredients for Success
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The “Secret Sauce” of Restaurants: 10 Ingredients for Success

Atto Primo, Shanghai. . What makes the dining experience truly memorable? What creates the spark when you walk through the door, the ambiance once...

The Sleep Set 2016
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The Sleep Set 2016

Gensler along with four other design firms will be participating in the Sleep Set design competition. Every year, participants are given a theme...

The Airbnb Effect: The Sharing Economy’s Impact on Hospitality
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The Airbnb Effect: The Sharing Economy’s Impact on Hospitality

Photos by Ryan Gobuty. Much has been written about the growth of peer-to-peer platforms and the impact of the sharing economy on the hospitality...

Speak Easy: Hospitality’s Influences on Education
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Speak Easy: Hospitality’s Influences on Education

Anyone who has ever stepped into a luxury spa or resort knows that hospitality is more than expensive products, materials and furnishings; it’s...

The Dot-Com Generation: How Millennials Are Influencing Hospitality
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The Dot-Com Generation: How Millennials Are Influencing Hospitality

Westin Hotel and Transit Center at Denver International Airport. . Gen Y. Digital natives. The dot-com generation. Every conference that I've...

Speak Easy: Hospitality’s Influence on Workplace
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Speak Easy: Hospitality’s Influence on Workplace

As experienced designers in workplace and hospitality design, we’ve seen industry trends come and go. But hospitality in the workplace is one trend...

Measuring Experience
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Measuring Experience

Gensler researchers take on the challenge: quantifying the value of experiential design.

Roundtable: Living the Transitional Lifestyle
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Roundtable: Living the Transitional Lifestyle

The embrace of iHumanity is transforming leisure’s categories, blending old and new.

Travel Gets Hospitable
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Travel Gets Hospitable

Airlines are taking cues from urban hotels. And airport hotels are going upscale.

Destinations
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Destinations

East and west, north and south, city living means enjoying a vibrant mix of activities.

2016
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2016

Our annual look at what’s ahead for design examines how we’ll live, work and play a decade out – in the cities of 2025.

Climate Change
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Climate Change

The design of the built environment plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change. Gensler signed the landmark Paris Pledge at COP21, to mark our...

Keeping On Track
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Keeping On Track

As the New Year begins, health and fitness sit atop lists of New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately travel has a way of breaking established...

The Integration of Architecture, Art and Public Space Westin Denver International Airport
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The Integration of Architecture, Art and Public Space Westin Denver International Airport

Last year, Denver International Airport unveiled Ned Kahn, Patrick Marold and Yann Kersalé as the artists selected to create three distinctive...

Vertical Hospitality
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Vertical Hospitality

The skybridge at the ITC Colombo One luxury development in Sri Lanka will place a swimming pool and jazz lounge in the vertical plane, creating a...

Biophilic Design: Why Nature Matters
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Biophilic Design: Why Nature Matters

Today’s society is more urban, digital and fast-paced than ever before. The downside of this is the overall loss of our connection to nature and...

From Grand Tour to Wanting More: The Evolution of Experiential Travel
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From Grand Tour to Wanting More: The Evolution of Experiential Travel

Joshua Earle Since the days of the Grand Tour to Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in the 1970s and the gap years of the 1990s, there have been a...

Gensler-Designed Hotel to Bolster Chicago as Top Convention Destination
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Gensler-Designed Hotel to Bolster Chicago as Top Convention Destination

Groundbreaking for the Marriott Marquis Chicago Hotel at McCormick Place took place on July 28, 2015. July 28, 2015 marked the groundbreaking of the...

Eat. Sleep. Refresh. Repeat.
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Eat. Sleep. Refresh. Repeat.

This post originally appeared on HD Network. In the ever-evolving hospitality industry, we’re all constantly wondering what’s coming next...

Designing the DEN Westin Hotel & Transit Center
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Designing the DEN Westin Hotel & Transit Center

On November 19th, 2015, the Denver International Airport (DEN) Westin Hotel and plaza will open to guests. Not only will it embody an entirely new...