Live roundtable: discussing the new era of luxury in hotel design

In an exclusive roundtable with Hotel Designs, in association with Gabriel Scott, leading interior designers and architects gathered to discuss materials, lighting and sustainability when exploring luxury hotel design in 2022 and beyond (scroll down for video)…

Like all things in hotel design and hospitality, luxury and what is considered high-end is a subjective matter. Arguably, making the topic and discussion around it more compelling, the boundaries between luxury and lifestyle have no-doubt been blurred in recent years, as hotels adapt to new demands from modern travellers.

With the aim to explore luxury deeper than surface level, Hotel Designs and Gabriel Scott joined forces recently to bring together leading designers and architects inside the luxury brand’s showroom in Mayfair to explore luxe design and hospitality in 2022 and beyond.

On the panel:

• James Dilley, Director, Jestico + Whiles
• Sam Hall, Global Head of FF&E, GA Group
• Constantina Tsoutsikou, Founder, Studio LOST
• Rachel Hoolahan, Sustainability Co-Ordinator, Orms
• Martin Hulburt, Founder, Martin Hulbert Design
• Margarita Boulaki, Associate, Squire & Partners
• Rose Murray, Director, These White Walls
• Scott Richler, CEO, Gabriel Scott

The exclusive discussion, which marked the brand’s 10th anniversary, started with the question (05:50 in the video above): what materials, colours and trends are dominating interior design at the moment? The response from James Dilley, Director, Jestico + While, set the scene. “There are two things focusing us at the moment,” he said. “One is the natural quality of materials, and the other being craftsmanship.”