
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBHN editor – hospitality Eloise Hanson talks to Darija Aziz, head of interior design at Criterion Hospitality, about designing London’s first underground hotel Zedwell Tottenham Court Road, incorporating technology into brand standards, and expansion plans for Zedwell.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hotel and extended-stay hospitality company AKA has appointed Scott Walsh as its executive vice president of asset, design and development.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUSA: Molly O’Keefe has been promoted to principal at The Gettys Group Companies to drive strategic business initiatives for the design and development firm.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Signet Collection has announced details of its latest property The Retreat at Elcot Park in West Berkshire.Â

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Piero Lissoni of Lissoni New York has been appointed by AKA to lead the design transformation of The Roger New York. Slated for a

Reading Time: 2 minutesBHN spoke with the founders of architect and design firm THDP, Manuela Mannino and Nicholas J Hickson, about transforming corporate hotels into boutiques as well