Profiles | Hospitality Interiors

General Manager appointed for two hotels in Florence, Italy

Florence Mackmin — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:38:44 +0000

Milu Holding has named Angela Focareta as the General Manager of two Florence properties. Broadening her current role as General Manager of Hotel Calimala Florence her role will now include the management of Hotel Milu Florence. This designation highlights Angela’s career growth at Milu Holdings, showcasing her impact on guest experiences and operational excellence. Angela [...]

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RAK Ceramics – affordable aspiration

Sophie Harper — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 23:00:00 +0000

One of the largest ceramics brands in the world, RAK Ceramics specialises in ceramic and gres porcelain wall and floor tiles, tableware, sanitaryware and faucets. Headquartered in the UAE, RAK Ceramics serves clients in more than 150 countries through its network of operational hubs in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, North and [...]

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Tom Dixon at TWENTY

Sophie Harper — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 23:00:00 +0000

In celebration of two decades of the Tom Dixon brand, Sophie Harper visited the TWENTY exhibition in London to find out more about the brand’s achievements, with her tour guide, Tom Dixon. An accidental designer and reluctant self-promoter, it would seem Tom Dixon’s accomplishments in furniture and lighting design were unexpected by the man himself. [...]

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A lifetime in lighting – Chelsom celebrates 75th anniversary

Sophie Harper — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Taking a look back at the last 75 years, Sophie Harper finds out about Chelsom’s success as a family business from father-son leadership duo Robert and Will Chelsom. Robert’s parents, Reg and Kay Chelsom, became unexpected business owners in 1947 after an American friend, who owned an antiques shop in Blackpool called The Golden Age, [...]

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Astro: lighting the way for 25 years

Sophie Harper — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Celebrating 25 years in the lighting design business, Astro co-founder James Bassant tells Hospitality Interiors how he would sum up the company’s success – What is Astro’s USP? Astro is about creating decorative modern lighting, which we often describe as ‘timeless simplicity’. A contemporary British aesthetic that is elegant, refined, and has enduring quality. Internally [...]

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10 years of Wimberly Interiors

Katie Sherry — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

As Wimberly Interiors reaches its landmark tenth anniversary, members of its award-winning team share their reflections and hopes for the future. Margaret McMahon – Senior VP and global MD When we launched Wimberly Interiors 10 years ago, we intentionally differentiated the studio to underscore the fresh perspective of our interior designers in developing immersive and aspirational [...]

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30 years of COMO Hotels and Resorts

Katie Sherry — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The COMO Group was founded by Singaporean entrepreneur, Mrs Christina Ong. In 1972, Christina started a fashion retail company called Club 21 in Singapore. This expanded into multi-label stores in Asia, Europe, the US and Australia. 1991 marked the opening of the first hotel, COMO The Halkin, in London’s chic Belgravia neighbourhood. From there, the [...]

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Optimal fabric solutions for the hospitality market

John Legg — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Printing on coated fabrics is not difficult but real expertise is required to achieve high resolution printing capable of withstanding high seating traffic, rigorous cleaning and all-weather environments. Morbern has perfected the durability of printed vinyl by adding proprietary wear layers over the digitally applied ink. This enables the Martindale abrasion to meet 300,000 cycles [...]

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Inhabit Hotels – the new hotel brand shaking up the wellness scene

Katie Sherry — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Regarded as the fastest growing travel sector, and estimated to be worth a staggering $639b, wellness tourism is perceivably changing the face of hospitality. Tapping into this market is relatively straightforward, but delivering an authentic and memorable wellness experience amidst the noise is less so. This is why the launch of new hotel brand, Inhabit [...]

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From college dream to industry titan – celebrating 30 years of The Gettys Group

Katie Sherry — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

When Andrew Fay and Roger Hill met in the 1980s whilst registering for their freshman classes at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, they were oblivious to the wonderful professional and personal journey their future friendship would lead them on. “It was a great coincidence and a stroke of fate,” says Roger. “It was [...]

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