Seminar Programme 2010
Friday 5 March
08.30 - 09.20
Shifting Sands – A Regional Report on Performance
and Pipeline with a Special focus on Africa
Trevor J Ward, Managing Director - W Hospitality Group
Trevor will provide an insightful overview of market performance and pipeline within Europe and Middle East with a special focus on Africa and the changes afoot in this undeveloped continent for hospitality. Revealing how each market has measured up over the year as well as the dynamic of hotel demand and supply, important hotel development trends in the whole region will be discussed.
Friday 5 March
13.45 - 14.45
Changing Human Nature in Hospitality
Karim Rashid, KARIM RASHID Inc
Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. In a unique
‘Not to be Missed’ session combining personal presentation and a one to one discussion with seminar host, Guy Dittrich, Karim will discuss his vision, in the context of the hospitality world, of being fully conscious and in tune with the world right now and how ‘design is about the betterment of our lives poetically, aesthetically, experientially, sensorally, and emotionally.'
Saturday 6 March
08.30 - 09.15
Sustainable Design - being part of the solution
Jan Peter Bergkvist, Founder/Senior Advisor, Sleepwell AB
Hotels make a heavy impact on the environment. Operators are increasingly aware of their responsibility to reduce their carbon footprint. So how do you design for carbon neutrality? What is responsible or sustainable design? How is it practically achieved to ensure that design solutions don’t add to the problem?
Saturday 6 March
13.45 - 14.45
Room for Change in Hospitality Design
Panellists Discussion
In a lively debate guided by expert seminar host Guy Dittrich, our panel of leading designers will share and exchange views with the audience on the solutions, innovations and developing design trends being seen in hospitality design across the EMEA region.
