24 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY
SLEEP & EAT
Sleep & Eat 2019
Discover the most Innovative Products and
Pioneering Ideas in Hospitality Today
Food & Drink
Sleep & Eat returns to London Olympia on hospitality topics. In a session provocatively
19th – 20th November with an ambitious entitled Bedrooms are Boring, directors of
programme promising to live up to the event’s F&B for leading hotel brands, including Gustaf
reputation as Europe’s leading hospitality design Pilebjer of Marriott International and Lydia
and innovation show. The event comprises an Forte of Rocco Forte Hotels, will debate whether
international exhibition showcasing the latest hotel restaurant and bars are finally catching up
design-led products from over 160 suppliers, with the high street competition.
a complimentary Conference, Development
Roundtables where visitors can talk one-on-one Amar Lalvani, CEO of Standard International,
with industry leaders and a number of uniquely will open the Conference, fresh from the
designed pop-ups created by leading design completion of his much-anticipated Standard
firms. Hotel in London, and a panel discussion Guilt
Free Experiences will bring proceedings to
Every year, Sleep & Eat has a new theme, an end. James Dilley of Jestico + Whiles and
selected to amplify the zeitgeist of the age and Sigurdur Thorsteinsson of Design Group Italia
for 2019 the subject is “Social FlexAbility”. This will be among the speakers considering what will
will challenge Set designers to create concept define the best of eco hotels in the in the future.
rooms that play with the potential of hospitality The Development Roundtables will round off
spaces to stimulate human interaction; it will also day one with table hosts including Maria Adamo
bring industry influencers to the Conference of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Irene Hoek
stage to share their thoughts on the implications from Rosewood Hotels and Richard Fewings
for design, operations and service of the new of Highgate, sharing their insights on how the
trends in working, socialising and travelling. sector is changing and the role of design within
The Conference will also explore other hot this.