BOND Five Star EMEA

1-on-1 with EMEA's Top Luxury Hotel Designers

March 27-30, 2025

Cannes, France

About
1-on-1 Meetings and Networking with EMEA's Top Luxury Hotel Designers

BOND Five Star EMEA is not like any other hotel design event because of who you’ll meet here and the exclusive, top-end hospitality projects they are responsible for.

Chris Webb, VP Architecture and Design, HILTON Worldwide summed it up nicely:

Working at the highest end of the luxury market, this has been the only event I’ve found that’s focused on that

BOND Five Star EMEA brings the region’s top-end luxury hotel project leaders together with premium product manufacturers to get to know each other better and to see what collaborative opportunities present themselves.

If top-end, luxury hotel projects throughout Europe and the Middle East are your goal, this is your chance to spend some quality time with the people who can make it happen.

3 days and nights away from deadlines and distractions means time and space get to know each other properly – and that’s where the most meaningful, long-term business happens. Always.

 

 

Reserve Your Spot – Last Year Sold Out!

 

Who Attends
EMEA's Top Luxury Hotel Designers. Guaranteed.

EMEA’s most in-demand, top-end luxury hotel designers are giving us 3 days of their time to come and meet premium manufacturers who have unique products and solutions to show them and ultimately them deliver what their exacting clients want.

This is more than just a chance to come and sell. With EMEA’s true luxury hotel project influencers in one place, relaxed and ready to talk, you could have some of the most insightful and fruitful conversations of your career.

Each event takes on a unique life of its own but if you take a look at who comes and consider that you’ll have time and space to meet every single one of them, you should get an idea of what’s on offer here…

 

Get the attendee list

 

Five Star EMEA regular attendees include:

Anne Becker-Olins

SVP Design & Technical Services - LUXURY Europe

Accor Hotels

Paul Bevis

Vice President, Design Services – Europe

Four Seasons Hotels
& Resorts

Chris Webb

VP Architecture & Design EMEA

Hilton Worldwide

Jaime Nadal

Director of Technical
Services & Design

Six Senses Resorts & Spas

Geraldine Dohogne

Interior Designer

Zannier Hotels

Francis Pereira

Senior Design Architect

Wimberly Interiors (WATG)

Joanne Teoh

Global Head of Interior Design

Millennium Hotels
and Resorts

Thomas Ito, FAIA, LEEP AP

Principal & Global Head of Hospitality

Gensler

The organising team at BOND have successfully managed to evolve and create a new generation of unique networking experiences, setting a new community standard. Thoroughly enjoyable, attentively organised, and the staff wonderfully accommodating. This event is truly unique and I highly recommend it.

Mehmet Aktash

Managing Director

Bishop Design

How it works
This is NOT a trade show

You know who’s going to be here before you arrive and you will have a guaranteed number of 1-to-1 meetings with the ‘buyers’ of your choice. And this is just the start:

You are all together for 3 days and 3 nights at a luxury resort, so there’s time and space to meet everybody and it’s this abundance of natural networking that opens up a whole world of possibilities.

Finding yourself at the very heart of EMEA’s most dynamic and helpful luxury hotel project community means any number of conversations can light up the luxury hotel project trail right in front of you – you’ll see!

> 18 pre-arranged 1:1 meetings
+ 72 hours of networking in a luxury resort
= a proven formula for success.

 

Discover the highlights from last year’s event

We will deliver EMEA’s true top-end luxury hotel project influencers with time and space to get to know each other properly.

The rest is up to you!

Save your place

It was my first BOND Five Star, and I loved the format, seminars were excellent, and all happening in the perfect location. Great organization! Well done BOND Team!

 

Olga Mitrovic-Mihajlovic

Design Director

M Atelier

Program

Seminar timings and/or content may vary at our discretion.

Thursday, March 27

6:00 pm Garden

Welcome Reception Dinner & Registration

7:30 pm Garden

Welcome Speech by Oliver Needs, Owner

Friday, March 28

7:00 am In-App & E-Mail from Russell Ford

Final Meeting Schedule Release

7:30 am Riviera Restaurant

Breakfast

8:15 am Croisette 2

Seminar - The Future of Luxury: Experience in Place

Robin Torres-Gouzerh | Senior Futures Advisor, Soon Futures

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Synopsis

This presentation explores the transformative trends reshaping the luxury sector, with a particular focus on how design plays a pivotal role in the evolving landscapes of hospitality, travel, and experiential industries. As discerning travellers shift their expectations, the essence of luxury is being redefined—not by opulence and materiality, but by intentionality, emotional resonance, and curated moments that create lasting meaning. For architects, interior designers, and hotel visionaries, this evolution represents both a challenge and an opportunity to craft environments that capture the heart of this new luxury ethos. The design elements explored in this presentation will emphasize how spaces can evoke a sense of place, connection, and meaning, laying the foundation for experiences that resonate deeply with guests and users.

Biography

Robin is a cultural researcher, ethnographer, and insights analyst with a background in public policy, trend forecasting, and communication strategy. With a decade of experience in consumer research, future trends, and marketing analysis, Robin specializes in advising organizations with cultural intelligence and qualitative analysis. Robin has an academic background in political science, and was previously an assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin. More recently, he has worked for the likes of the UK Government's Defra futures team, Protein, Pearson, and WGSN, and currently holds the position of Senior Futures Advisor at SOON Future Studies.

9:25 am Croisette 1

One-to-One Meetings

12:20 pm To Be Announced

Group Photograph

12:30 pm Carlton Beach Club

Lunch

1:25 pm Croisette 2

Seminar - Architects: Leading the Way in the Hybrid Practice of Architecture on the Metaverse

Mariana Cabugueira | Founder and Leading Architect, Mariana Cabugueira Studios

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Synopsis

In a time marked by a relentless technological progress, Architects consistently drive innovation and adaptation. Today, they lead a shift into a hybrid practice of Architecture, seamlessly blending physical and immersive digital spaces, often known as the metaverse.

Today, while society and dwelling are transitioning undoubtedly of its majority to digital spaces, it comes with no surprise that architects stand at the forefront of today’s tech revolution to design these spaces. The only profession that juggles effortlessly design and build tools, Architecture is -as it always has been – ever integrating cutting-edge tools into their workflow to better perform their jobs. From BIM to parametric design tools, and now the impossible-to-be-unseen Ai design generation, Architects are propelling us into uncharted metaverse territories.

Here, not only we unleash limitless creativity, but we undoubtedly bring unique benefits to our clients. This subtle shift promises mutual enrichment.

Architects pioneer this digital frontier, guiding us from 2D screens to immersive 3D environments. This isn’t just adaptation; it’s Architects shaping the future.

Join us as we delve into how architects redefine design and digital evolution in this hybrid practice, unlocking a new world of possibilities for themselves and their clients. Architects don’t just construct buildings; they craft a new era of design, where the physical and digital seamlessly intertwine.

Biography

MARIANA CABUGUEIRA is the visionary force driving Mariana Cabugueira Studios-an intersection of architectural brilliance and design innovation that spans the physical and metaverse realms. Mariana holds a Master's in Architecture and Urbanism from Lisbon's FAL School and the acclaimed Politecnico di Milano, alongside a Master's in Architectural Design Research from the prestigious AA-DRL school in London, cementing her as an architectural designer.

As a Senior Architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, Mariana contributed to iconic projects like Navi Mumbai Airport and Tower C in Shenzhen. In 2022, she was the Leader and Art Director of the Architecture Department at Wilder World, shaping the metaverse City, Wiami. Founding Mariana Cabugueira Studios in 2023, she's driving evolution in architecture and digital design.

The Studios' focus is an Al-powered Metaverse and redefining tangible design via parametric principles in geometry. Mariana Cabugueira Studios uniquely bridges physical and digital, particularly within the rapidly emerging web3 immersive spaces, known as the metaverse.

Mariana is also a distinguished teacher, Head Tutor, and Meta-Fluid Studio Director at PA Academy since 2021, with a global impact as an influential speaker. Mariana Cabugueira's journey embodies innovation and boundary-pushing in the architectural world.

2:30 pm Croisette 1

One-to-One Meetings

5:45 pm Carlton Cannes

Free Time

6:50 pm Hotel Lobby

Meet for Walk to Off-Site Restaurant

7:00 pm La Môme Cannes

Drinks & Dinner

Saturday, March 29

7:30 am Riviera Restaurant

Breakfast

8:20 am Croisette 2

Seminar - The Love Language of Places: Why Building Better Relationships with Place is the Key to Brighter Futures

Rosanna Vitiello | Founding Director, The Place Bureau

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Synopsis

Places are rarely designed for empathy, but we’d live in a more equitable, beautiful and sociable world if they were. As an expert in building better relationships between people and places, Rosanna Vitiello works with emotion as her foundation. In the concrete world of architecture and development, she brings a vital viewpoint that works with desire, meaning and belonging, encouraging collective imagination to tackle future challenges.

We’ll explore her concept of ‘the love language of place’, unpacking how different ways to design and steward destinations and cultural districts can build trust, unlock value and begin to tackle deep social, environmental and economic challenges. She’ll expand on the role that destination-makers can play and the benefits their ways of thinking can bring to wider places worldwide.

Finally she’ll reveal how this work inspires places people wish existed, to build a brighter future in a world tumbling through transformation. 

Biography

Rosanna Vitiello is the Founder and Director of The Place Bureau, a studio focused on finding new frontiers for places around the world. She is a trusted partner of destination-makers — from the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janiero, Museo Lavazza in Turin, or The Crown Estate on their central London destinations.

9:25 am Croisette 1

One-to-One Meetings

12:45 pm Carlton Beach Club

Lunch

1:35 pm Croisette 2

Speaker TBC

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Biography

More information will be announced soon.
2:40 pm Croisette 1

One-to-One Meetings

5:20 pm Carlton Cannes

Free Time

7:00 pm Grand Salon

Farewell Drinks & Dinner

7:30 am Riviera Restaurant

Breakfast

8:00 am Hotel Lobby

Delegate departures

Venue
Carlton Cannes, a Regency Hotel

58 Boulevard de la Croisette
Cannes 06400, France

+33 (0) 493 06 40 06

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