Design for co-working and social spaces will be under the spotlight
when Harry Harris, developer of the Curtain Hotel and Members
Club, chairs a conversation between hospitality design leaders,
while Social FlexAbility will be tackled from a management point
of view in a debate moderated by Robin Sheppard, Chairman of
Bespoke Hotels.
The Conference will also explore other hot hospitality topics. Day
two is set to offer fascinating ‘Above and Below’ sessions with
pioneers from Virgin Galactic talking about the absolute imperative
of putting a personal approach to service front and centre of their
delivery. By contrast, Richard Coutts of Baca Architects and Ben
Fitzgerald of Core Marine, the engineers behind Under restaurant
off the Norwegian coast, will share what’s involved in creating
extraordinary guest experiences on, alongside and beneath our
seas.
Amar Lalvani, CEO of Standard International, will open the
Conference, fresh from the completion of his much-anticipated
Standard Hotel in London, and a panel discussion Guilt Free
Experiences will bring proceedings to an end. James Dilley of
Jestico + Whiles and Sigurdur Thorsteinsson of Design Group Italia
will be among the speakers considering what will define the best
of eco hotels in the future. The Development Roundtables will
round off day one with table hosts including Laura Brinkman of
Brookfield, Richard Fewings from Highgate and Elena Sainz De La
Pena of CBRE Spain, sharing their insights on how the sector is
evolving.
Reflecting Sleep & Eat’s unparalleled position as Europe’s leading
hospitality design and innovation event, the show will feature
nine pop-ups. The Sleep & Eat Sets will include four concept
guestrooms, designed by Hat Design, Miaja Design Group, Marie
Tibblin & Co and twenty2 degrees, as well as a restaurant by NAME
Architecture and a bar created by SpaceInvader. In addition, the VIP
Lounge will be designed by Moscow-based MEGRE INTERIORS, The
Sleeper Bar by London and New York based Michaelis Boyd and
The Hub, a coworking space new to the show, by the London studio
of Wilson Associates.
EVERY YEAR, SLEEP & EAT HAS A NEW
THEME, SELECTED TO AMPLIFY THE
ZEITGEIST OF THE AGE AND FOR 2019 THE
SUBJECT IS “SOCIAL FLEXABILITY”.