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TOP DESIGNERS 2018
DEXTER MOREN – DIRECTOR, DEXTER MOREN ASSOCIATES
Dexter Moren is the founding director of Dexter Moren Associates (DMA) and is recognised as an
industry leader in the international hotel design sector. DMA is an award-winning
hotel, hospitality and residential architecture & interior design firm based in
London.
DMA’s most recent projects include The Curtain and Dorsett City Hotel in
Aldgate. In addition to these, the firm is also working on The Westin, City of
London, as well as a hotel development in Southwark.
EMMA KING – HEAD OF INTERIOR DESIGN EUROPE, IHG
Emma King leads the InterContinental Hotels Group’s (IHG) interior design team in Europe and is
responsible for the design, development and product quality of all new openings and refurbishments.
King is currently leading the design of IHG’s big capital investments including InterContinental London
Park Lane, InterContinental Paris Le Grand and InterContinental Berlin, but also the launch of the
hotel group’s new brand voco. She is also tasked with the integration of the innovation
program at IHG, and has worked on the repositioning strategy and implementation
of the new generation Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn and the Crowne
Plaza Brands.
King and her team have been instrumental in positioning the Hotel Indigo
brand with a ‘neighbourhood story’ led design for each site. No brand has
been left untouched, with IHG’s long stay offering, Staybridge Suites, also
being redesigned with investment potential in mind. An interior architect
by training at Cardiff University and despite over 20 years’ hotel design
experience, she believes that there is always more to learn.
FIONA THOMPSON – PRINCIPAL, RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL
Richmond International has designed some of the world’s most prestigious
hotel designs in locations from London to Barbados. Fiona Thompson, as
the Principal of the studio, is involved in all aspects of the company, and
is responsible for both the projects and the day-to-day running of the
company. As the recent headline speaker at Hotel Designs Meet Up North,
Thompson continues to be an influencer as the landscape of international
hotel designs continues to evolve.
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