BOND Diseñotel 2025
Networking with Latin America's Leading Hotel Designers
May 29-June 1, 2025
Nayarit, Mexico
1-on-1 meetings and networking with Latin America's leading hotel designers
BOND Diseñotel is the exclusive annual business retreat that connects Latin America’s most in-demand hotel designers with the suppliers they need.
It is 3 whole days and nights of 1-on-1 meetings and relaxed, natural networking with the hotel designers who are driving the hospitality projects you’re eager to be involved in.
The quality of attendees and the access you get are guaranteed.
BOND Diseñotel sells out quicker every year. If you want to know exactly who’s coming, what they’re working on and how to get you and your products in front of them, get in touch right now:
Latin America's Leading Hotel Designers. Guaranteed.
Every hotel designer you’ll meet at BOND Diseñotel has a portfolio of confirmed hospitality projects throughout Latin America and the authority to influence who gets specified and who doesn’t.
If you’re chasing high value hospitality projects, these are the people you need in your life and you will not meet them in one place anywhere else.
Diseñotel regular attendees include:
Carlos Ponce de Leon
Founder / Principal
Ponce de Leon Architects
Michell Vargas
Founder / Ceo
IDEA
Jacobo Zyman
CEO
Zyman & Zyman
Fernanda Bertolini
Senior Director
Marriot International
Hector de la Peña
Director / Principal
TAHR
Ave Bradley
VP of Design & Creative
IHG InterContinental
Anne Lefferson
Director of Interior Design
Belmond
Rafael Amuchástegui
Principal
RAD Architecture
Hospitality Projects Throughout Latin America
Scroll down for a tiny sample of the 100s of hospitality projects our hotel designers are bringing to the table in June.
BOND Diseñotel is not like any other hotel design event: it’s how we qualify our ‘Buyers’ that sets us apart. Every single designer you’ll meet must:
- Be a Principal or above
- Work nationally in scope
- Evidence a portfolio of live, confirmed hospitality projects throughout Latin America.
That’s how we deliver an unmatched event experience and the best possible longterm ROI.
This is NOT a trade show
You know exactly who’s going to be here before you arrive and you will have a guaranteed number of 1-on-1 meetings with the hotel designers of your choice. And that’s just the start:
You are all together for 3 whole days and nights at a luxury resort, so you have time and space to get to know people and this is the game-changer.
Because there is a genuine community feel here so everyone’s more relaxed, open and helpful and any conversation can light up the hospitality project trail right in front of you.
> 18 pre-arranged 1:1 meetings
+ 72 hours of networking in a luxury resort
= a proven formula for success
We will deliver Latin America’s true hospitality project influencers with time and space to get to know each other properly.
What happens from there is your story.
Save your place
It’s certainly very productive that in just 3 days we’re able to meet with clients from more than 20-25 countries. It’s very important for us to meet the key people that make the decisions when it comes to projects within the hotel industry.
Juan José Lara
Program
Seminar timings and/or content may vary at our discretion.
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- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
Thursday, May 29
Friday, May 30
Seminar - Sustainable Narratives in Hospitality Design: Trends in Ecology & Heritage in Latin America
Fabian Dejtiar | Architect, Communicator, Professor, Fabian Dejtiar, Estudio Temporal, University of Moron
Synopsis
This talk explores the intersection of sustainability, cultural heritage, and hospitality design in Latin America. Drawing from personal experiences staying in eco-friendly and heritage-preserving hotels across the region, Fabián Dejtiar highlights how architecture can celebrate local geography, remote landscapes, and cultural traditions while fostering environmental and social sustainability.
The presentation emphasizes innovative strategies for incorporating ecological principles and preserving architectural heritage into hospitality projects. It also reflects on how digital media and storytelling can amplify the impact of these projects, inspiring a global audience to reimagine luxury hospitality with a focus on interconnectedness and sustainability.
Biography
Fabián Dejtiar es arquitecto con amplia experiencia en comunicación y medios digitales. Sus principales áreas de interés se centran en la promoción de la tecnología y la sostenibilidad en la arquitectura y la construcción. Se desempeñó como Editor Jefe para Latinoamérica en ArchDaily, la plataforma de arquitectura más visitada del mundo, donde lideró proyectos editoriales, curaduría y creación de contenido para arquitectura y diseño en la región.
Es arquitecto por la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), con estudios en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (FA-UNAM) y actualmente imparte clases de Teoría de la Comunicación en la Universidad de Morón (ESAD-UM). Su formación incluye Gestión de Productos Digitales y Ciencia de Datos, así como Economía Circular y Modelos de Negocio Sostenibles.
Residente en el Cono Sur, entre Chile y Argentina, Fabián trabaja de forma independiente, ofreciendo servicios de marketing digital, estrategias de contenido e inteligencia de negocios para estudios de arquitectura, organizaciones, empresas y medios de comunicación, con el objetivo de potenciar la visibilidad y el impacto de la arquitectura y el diseño sostenibles en Latinoamérica. También dirige Estudio Temporal, un estudio centrado en la ecología y las experiencias patrimoniales en entornos construidos y naturales.
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Fabián Dejtiar is an architect with extensive experience in communication and digital media. His main areas of interest focus on promoting technology and sustainability in architecture and construction. He served as the Managing Editor for Latin America at ArchDaily, the world's most visited architecture platform, leading editorial projects, curating, and content creation for architecture and design in the region.
He holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), with studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (FA-UNAM), and currently teaches “Communication Theory” at the University of Morón (ESAD-UM). His training includes Digital Product Management and Data Science, as well as Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models.
Based in the Southern Cone, between Chile and Argentina, Fabián works independently, offering digital marketing, content strategies, and business intelligence for architecture studios, organizations, companies, and media outlets aiming to enhance the visibility and impact of sustainable architecture and design in Latin America. He also leads Estudio Temporal, a practice focused on ecology and heritage experiences in built and natural environments.
Seminar - Listening to Space: Exploring Sound Epistemologies in the City
Maria Luiza de Barros | Urban Architect & Curator, University of São Paulo (USP)
Synopsis
As an architect and urbanist, Maria Luiza de Barros explores sound as a social, cultural, political, and geographical phenomenon – an element that operates across multiple scales and dimensions. From an integrative perspective, Maria investigates how Afrodiasporic communities construct senses of space through sonic practices, with Brazil as a point of departure. She invites architects, interior designers, and artists to consider sound as an intrinsic part of spatial projects. Guided by the question of how we can read, interpret, and practice architecture and urbanism through diverse systems of communication, the conference proposes to discuss sound as a fundamental and multifaceted language, weaving connections between the material and immaterial histories of space. Spatial production, understood as a heterogeneous and counter-hegemonic process, is approached through critical, practical, and theoretical perspectives that link cultures, epistemologies, and sonic agencies within the fields of architecture and urbanism.
Biography
Nacida en Espírito Santo y residente en São Paulo, Maria Luiza es arquitecta urbana, investigadora y curadora. En constante búsqueda de enfoques interdisciplinarios para la ciudad, trabaja en los campos del urbanismo, la teoría y la crítica, y la cultura arquitectónica, en interrelación con los estudios afroamericanos y los estudios del sonido. Tiene una maestría en Geografía por la Universidad Federal de Espírito Santo y es candidata a doctorado en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de São Paulo (FAUUSP), donde realiza la investigación "vi.bra.tion: formas de ser y hacer la ciudad a través de sonoridades afrodiaspóricas". En 2024, recibió una beca brasileña como investigadora visitante en el Laboratorio de Innovación Afrosónica de la Universidad de Toronto Scarborough. Es la fundadora y curadora de vi.bra.tion, una plataforma dedicada a perspectivas críticas sobre la ciudad, la arquitectura y las prácticas culturales. También fue cofundadora de Coletiva Terra Preta, un colectivo de mujeres negras centrado en narrativas multilingües y procesos curatoriales para desblancear la ciudad. En su práctica, también trabaja como profesora en la Escola da Cidade (São Paulo, Brasil), como consultora para proyectos especiales y explora su investigación a través de la docencia, conferencias, publicaciones y colaboraciones creativas interdisciplinarias.
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Born in Espírito Santo and currently based in São Paulo, Maria Luiza is an urban architect, researcher, and curator. Continuously seeking interdisciplinary approaches to the city, she works across the fields of Urbanism, Theory and Criticism, and Architectural Culture, intersecting with Black Studies and Sound Studies. She holds a master's degree in Geography from the Federal University of Espírito Santo and is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (FAUUSP), where she conducts the research "vi.bra.tion: ways of being and ways of doing the city through Afrodiasporic sonorities." In 2024, she was awarded a Brazilian scholarship as a visiting researcher at the Afrosonic Innovation Lab at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She is the founder and curator of vi.bra.tion, a platform dedicated to critical perspectives on the city, architecture and cultural practices. She was also a cofounder of Coletiva Terra Preta, a collective of Black women focused on multilingual narratives and curatorial processes aimed at de-whitening the city. In her practice, she also works as a professor at Escola da Cidade (São Paulo, Brazil), as a consultant for special projects, and explores her research through teaching, lectures, publications, and creative collaborations across disciplines.
Saturday, May 31
Seminar - Foresight & Decolonial Perspectives: Inspiring Bio-Integrated Design From Latin America
Maria Beatriz Gonçalves | Founder & Director of Partnerships, ALAF - Asociación Latina de Futuros
Synopsis
This presentation will explore how a decolonial lens, rooted in Latin American perspectives, can inspire innovative approaches to bio-integrated design, reshaping our understanding of hospitality and community spaces. We will examine the importance of foresight in anticipating future challenges, emphasizing how embracing diverse cultural narratives can lead to more resilient and sustainable design solutions.
Decolonial perspectives and community resilience can drive meaningful change in design, challenging conventional paradigms and helping to create spaces that honor local heritage while addressing contemporary needs.
This keynote also discusses challenges in LATAM and how futures initiatives like ALAF are essential to reclaim foresight-focused ancestral wisdoms and practices from native, Indigenous and Afrodiasporic peoples, and combining them with Global North foresight frameworks.
Biography
Soy periodista especializada en semiótica y psicoanálisis, con una trayectoria versátil en comunicación, explorando diversos sectores y formatos. Fui editora de la revista Casa e Jardim en Brasil, una de las publicaciones de arquitectura y diseño más relevantes del país, donde lideré una transformación editorial para alinear la marca con su eslogan y narrativa, priorizando un enfoque de diseño más auténtico, diverso y autoral. Como reportera y editora, me especialicé en la cobertura de tendencias, con un enfoque en el slow design y la biomimética.
Trabajé en WGSN como investigadora y pronosticadora de tendencias, y como estratega en Purpose, una agencia internacional de comunicación enfocada en explorar escenarios futuros, anticipar el cambio e identificar oportunidades y amenazas potenciales para un impacto socioambiental positivo, desarrollando narrativas y campañas con causa para las marcas.
En 2023, fundé ALAF – Associação Latina de Futuros, un espacio para reflexionar y construir futuros sostenibles e inclusivos, destacando las fortalezas de América Latina en este campo. Actualmente, mi principal enfoque de investigación se centra en los futuros más que humanos y la ecología profunda.
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I am a journalist with a specialization in semiotics and psychoanalysis, with a versatile career in communication, exploring various sectors and formats. I was the editor of Casa e Jardim magazine in Brazil, one of the country’s most relevant architecture and design publications, where I led an editorial transformation to align the brand with its slogan and narrative, emphasizing a more authentic, diverse, and authorial design approach. As a reporter and editor, I specialized in trend coverage with a focus on slow design and biomimicry.
I worked at WGSN as a trends researcher and forecaster and as a strategist at Purpose, an international communications agency focused on exploring future scenarios, anticipating change, and identifying opportunities and potential threats for positive socio-environmental impact, shaping cause-driven narratives and campaigns for brands.
In 2023, I founded ALAF – Associação Latina de Futuros, a space to think about and build sustainable and inclusive futures, highlighting Latin America's strengths in this field. Currently, my main research focus is on More-than-Human Futures and Deep Ecology.
Seminar - Design with Soul: Honoring Latin America, Memory, and Identity
Martina Galarza | Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Lettering Artist, Marte Visual
Synopsis
In this talk, Marte invites the audience to explore how design can become a powerful tool for honoring the places we live and the stories they carry. Drawing from her background in lettering, her creative work in branding and wayfinding, and her emotional journey through displacement and reconnection, she makes a strong case for design that is rooted in place and authenticity rather than imitation that follows other cultural traditions.
She’ll share projects from her studio Charco, which focuses on branding for hospitality spaces in Latin America. Marte’s work celebrates the handmade, the imperfect, and the emotionally resonant as it takes center stage. The talk reflects on how Latin America—particularly Argentina—often erases its own visual culture in the name of modernization or luxury, and why it’s essential to preserve and celebrate our graphic heritage. Marte’s perspective offers a poetic and personal bridge between graphic and spatial design, especially for creatives seeking more meaning and authenticity in their practice.
Biography
Me llamo Martina Galarza, también conocida como Marte (maar-tay).
Soy una diseñadora gráfica y artista de lettering latinoamericana. Me inspiro en los dibujos animados de los 90, el grafiti, la psicodelia de los 60 y los empaques de dulces de mi infancia. Me encanta infundir diversión y dinamismo en mis diseños, creando una mezcla perfecta de nostalgia y modernidad.
Llevo 8 años trabajando como freelance en la industria de la música y el entretenimiento, colaborando con artistas como Paul McCartney y Red Hot Chili Peppers, y marcas como Adobe, Nickelodeon y YouTube.
Nací y crecí en Argentina y ahora vivo en Nueva York, una ciudad que me fascina profundamente. Estudié diseño gráfico en la Universidad de Buenos Aires y aprendí lettering con leyendas como Ken Barber y Jim Parkinson en Cooper Union y Guille Vizzari en Argentina.
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My name is Martina Galarza, aka Marte (maar-tay).
I'm a Latin American Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist, inspired by 90's cartoons, graffiti, 60s psychedelia, and candy packaging from my childhood. I'm all about infusing fun and vibrancy into my designs, creating a perfect blend of nostalgia and contemporary cool.
I’ve been working freelance for 8 years in the music and entertainment industry collaborating with artists like Paul McCartney and Red Hot Chili Peppers and brands like Adobe, Nickelodeon, and YouTube.
Born and raised in Argentina, now based in NYC, a city that I'm deeply fascinated by. I studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires, and learnt Lettering from legends like Ken Barber and Jim Parkinson at Cooper Union and Guille Vizzari in Argentina.
Sunday, June 1
Big shoutout to BOND Events for organizing an outstanding event. The opportunity to meet with suppliers and explore innovative products and solutions was truly invaluable. Looking forward to future collaborations and enriching experiences.
Andres Osorio
Gallery
Venue
Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta
Paseo de los Cocoteros No. 19
Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit 63732, Mexico
+1 817 567 76 62