BOND Five Star USA 2023
The Forum for North America's Leading Five Star Hotel Designers
May 11-14, 2023
Cancun, Mexico
America’s Top Luxury Hotel Designers and Hospitality Design Firms in One Place
BOND Five Star is where America’s luxury hotel project people meet. It brings North America’s leading five star hotel designers from the top hospitality design firms together with suitably qualified vendors for 3 days and 3 nights. That means America’s busiest, most difficult-to-meet luxury hotel project specifiers in one place, relaxed and ready to talk.
Let’s start with who comes.
Scroll down the page to get a snapshot of who was with us at the last event. Better still, get the full confirmed buyer list for this year so far.
Around 50 of America’s top luxury hotel designers and hospitality design firms will be at BOND Five Star USA next year. And if they don’t have confirmed five star hotel projects throughout America, they don’t get invited.
Now consider the time, effort and expense it would take to even try to get in front of this number and calibre of decision maker and you’ll start to appreciate what’s on offer here.
Attendees
All attendees are pre-qualified to meet the highest standards in terms of their firm’s industry ranking, their seniority within the firm and the number/size of projects they are working on.
Previous attendees include:
Javier Muñoz Posse
Director of Architecture & Interior Design
Radisson Collection
Kara Siffermann
Director of Interiors
Resorts World Las Vegas
Miguel Cuadros
Design Director
Oceanwide Resort Paradise Hi LLC
Sarah Bonsall
Regional Director, Technical Services & Development
Six Senses Resorts & Hotels
Luis Zapiain
Director of Hospitality
HKS Architects
Hogan Chun
Design Director | Senior Associate | SouthWest Regional Hospitality Leader
Gensler
Alvaro Montoya
Director Design & Planning Design Services - Americas
Hyatt Hotels
Glenn Pollack
Vice President, Design & Development
MGM Resorts
How it Works
Like all BOND events, this is about the people who come and the quality of access you have to them.
The BOND Five Star USA experience centres around a series of private, one-to-one meetings between five star hotel designers and vendors that each have selected before the event. And this is just the start: you are all together for 3 days and 3 nights, away from the distractions of hotel projects and office life, in a uniquely relaxed set up where you can properly get to know each other, and this is where the luxury hotel project trail really lights up. Because this goes way beyond hotel project leads – this is about relationships and connections and the very real collaborative possibilities that come from them.
America’s Top Luxury Hotel Designers and Hospitality Design Firms have pretty hectic schedules so they come to BOND Five Star to get away from hotel project pressures to find inspiration and to connect with solutions providers who can help them deliver something outstanding for their clients. And if you want to get a true understanding of the needs and aspirations of America’s luxury hotel project leaders and have some interesting solutions to discuss, there is no better platform.
Still a bit cynical? Some testimonials might help. Or a video? Better still, have a conversation with us because it’s hard to make this real for you simply through words on our website. It’s a good idea to talk to some people who have already attended a BOND event to get things from their side and we’d be happy to point you in the right direction.
For suppliers, BOND Five Star USA is the best way, bar none, to win hearts and minds at America’s leading hospitality design firms.
For luxury hotel designers and architects, the value lies in re-connecting with peers and discovering the best solutions to your luxury hotel project challenges from the experts who will be your lifeline.
A top-notch opportunity for architects and designers to meet and consult with one another, as well as with a variety of high-profile service providers, vendors and suppliers.
Steve Jung
Program
Seminar timings and/or content may be varied at our discretion.
- Day 1
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- Day 4
Thursday, May 11
Seminar - The U.S. Economy: Cloudy Days with Sunny Periods
Elliot Eisenberg PhD | President & Chief Economist, GraphsandLaughs, LLC
Synopsis
Attend this session to better understand where the economy is, the many pressures it faces, what may lay ahead, and most importantly why. To that end, the always-entertaining Bowtie Economist, Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D., will discuss the latest statistics on a multitude of key topics such as: the likelihood, timing and magnitude of a possible recession, current economic conditions, including all important consumer spending, 70% of GDP. Eisenberg will then turn his attention to the health of the labor market, the path of inflation, current thinking at the Fed and the likely path of interest rates. Along the way Elliot will carefully look at hotel occupancy rates, passport issuance, attendance at Las Vegas by both households and conventioneers, TSA traveler numbers, hotel construction activity, cruise ship occupancy, the latest on the work from home phenomenon, and more in an attempt to better understand the current condition of the lodging and tourism industry. Be ready to take plenty of notes.
Biography
Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. is an internationally acclaimed economist and public speaker specializing in making economics fun, relevant and educational. Dr. Eisenberg earned a B.A. in economics with first class honors from McGill University in Montreal, as well as a Master and Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University. Eisenberg is the Chief Economist for GraphsandLaughs, LLC, a Miami-based economic consultancy that serves a variety of clients across the United States. He writes a syndicated column and authors a daily 70-word commentary on the economy that is available at www.econ70.com.
Dr. Eisenberg has spoken to hundreds of business groups and associations, serving as keynote speaker on topics including economic forecasts, economic impact of industries such as homebuilding, consequences of government regulation, and other current economic issues. Dr. Eisenberg has been invited to testify before lawmakers and is often asked to comment on proposed legislation. His research and opinions have been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Bureau of National Affairs, Forbes, Fortune, and many other publications. He is a regularly featured guest on talk, and public radio.
Dr. Eisenberg was formerly a Senior Economist with the National Association of Home Builders in Washington, D.C. He is the creator of the multifamily stock index (the first nationally recognized index to track the total return of public firms principally involved in the ownership and management of apartments), the author of more than 100 articles, serves on the Expert Advisory Board of Mortgage Market Guide and is a regular consultant to several large real estate professional associations, financial institutions and investment advisory groups.
Elliot’s interests include walking at least five miles a day and reading as many newspapers as he can get his hands on. He loves ice hockey and talking economics with crowds large and small!
Friday, May 12
Seminar - Value through Emerging and Futuristic Technologies in Designing Smart Hospitality Environments
Dr. Raj Sachdev | Assistant Professor (PSU), Assistant Facilitator (Cornell University), PSU / Cornell University
Synopsis
This session will cover key emerging and futuristic technologies that are changing the world. Participants will be exposed to some key applications of these technologies to “smart” hospitality environments. It will include what the future of smart hotels might look like and strategies that can be adopted. Related considerations in smart environments will also be considered.
Esta sesión cubrirá tecnologías clave emergentes y futuristas que están cambiando el mundo. Los participantes estarán expuestos a algunas aplicaciones clave de estas tecnologías para entornos de hospitalidad “inteligentes”. Incluirá cómo podría ser el futuro de los hoteles inteligentes y las estrategias que se pueden adoptar. También se tomará en consideración las consideraciones relacionadas en entornos inteligentes.
Biography
Dr. Raj Sachdev, MSc (Oxford), LLM, MBA, DBA, CIPP/US, PCM (Digital Marketing) is a marketing futurist focusing on emerging and futuristic technologies in smart environments. He is a strategic digital marketing consultant, an assistant facilitator at Cornell University, assistant professor of marketing at Plymouth State, researcher, and lawyer. A graduate of Oxford University, former visiting researcher at UC Berkeley and instructor at Stanford CSP and Oxford University, he has over 26 years of academic and industry experience. A Tedx and AMA keynote speaker, he has also guest spoken globally at major institutions and industry conferences & events. He is the forthcoming author of a textbook on Digital Marketing with McGraw Hill (2023).
El Dr. Raj Sachdev, MSc (Oxford), LLM, MBA, DBA, CIPP/US, PCM (Mercadeo digital) es un futurista del mercadeo que se enfoca en tecnologías emergentes y futuristas en entornos inteligentes. Es consultor de mercadeo digital estratégico, facilitador asistente en la Universidad de Cornell, profesor asistente de mercadeo en el estado de Plymouth, iinvestigador y abogado. Graduado de la Universidad de Oxford, ex iinvestigador visitante en UC Berkeley e instructor en Stanford CSP y la Universidad de Oxford, tiene más de 26 años de experiencia académica y en la industria. Como orador principal de Tedx y AMA, también ha sido invitado a nivel mundial en las principales iinstituciones, conferencias y eventos de la industria. Es el próximo autor de un libro de texto sobre mercadeo digital con McGraw Hill (2023).
Saturday, May 13
Seminar - Building a Sustainable Future: Exploring the Importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors in Investment and Business Decision Making
Faith Taylor | VP, Global Sustainability Officer, Kyndryl
Synopsis
In today’s world, the principles of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) are becoming increasingly important in our businesses and it is controversial. This seminar is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of these factors, their significance in the current economic landscape, and how they can be incorporated into investment strategies and business models.
The seminar will begin by examining the fundamental principles of ESG, including their origins, definitions, and frameworks. It will explore how ESG factors are interconnected and how they impact businesses, society, and the environment. We will also delve into how to develop and integrate ESG into business models and explore real-world examples of ESG best practices.
The seminar will conclude with a discussion on how to measure the impact of ESG factors on investments and businesses, including the development of appropriate performance indicators and reporting standards.
Biography
Faith Taylor is the Global Sustainability Officer for Kyndryl an IT infrastructure Company with 240 data centers in 64 countries and 4,000 customers. She is responsible for building and overseeing their sustainability programs to meet their goals and strategic priorities. In their first year, they announced their Net Zero to 2040 goal aligned with the Science Based Target Initiative.
Before joining Kyndryl, Faith was the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) leader for Tesla. She worked with their board, senior leadership, and investors to develop their strategies and policies.
She was a professor at Montclair State University (MSU) teaching courses in corporate social responsibility, ESG, innovation, and sustainability. At MSU, she was a founding member of their first global human trafficking center.
During her 15-year tenure at Wyndham Worldwide, she developed and built the company's Environmental Social Governance program from the ground up and it became the hospitality industry’s Dow Jones Sustainability World Leader, one of the Most Ethical Company in the World by Ethisphere and one of Newsweek’s Greenest Companies in the World. Wyndham Worldwide, was in over 120 countries with 100,000 hotels, timeshares, and rental exchange units. Earlier in her career, Faith served as an innovation and new business development leader as well as General Manager running global businesses generating over $600 million in revenues in the consumer-packaged goods cosmetic industry.
She is currently a Board of Director for CMC Energy Services. A private company founded in 1977 and one of the largest woman run energy efficiency company in the U.S. She is also the President of the Women’s New Jersey Performing Art Center board where they have raised over $53 million dollars for arts education and community development in the last 25 years. In 2022, she was listed as one of the “Top 10 Global Hyperscale Data Centre Sustainability leaders” by Data Centre Magazine as well as one of the “Top 10 Women in Sustainability Leadership in the US” by Business Chief UK and the top 16 globally by Sustainability Magazine. She is a graduate of Stanford University and the Wharton School of Business.
Seminar - The transition of the Architect to the Metaverse
Mariana Cabugueira | Founder and Leading Architect, Mariana Cabugueira Studios
Synopsis
The Architect is and has always been responsible for Society, Culture and Space. When sociability, entertainment, dwelling is undoubtedly happening in its large majority in online spaces, and these online spaces are progressing fast from a flat 2d screen to an immersive tridimensionality space, the Architect – as the most knowledge in space design and dwelling – is the most valuable professional to take responsibility and create it.
It is with no surprise that we reckon that our lives are organically sharing time and space between physical and digital Spaces. The social arena that had taken place in our cities before, designed by our ancestors’ urban architects, moved in its majority to a spaceless, odd in-between, 2-dimensional space online. These flat practices, that were only the responsibility of graphics designers, are now evolving to take shape in the tridimensionality wild web – the Web3. The Architect is called to design this Next Generation of Space, the next stratosphere of City, taking the experience of sociability, entertainment, and ecommerce from the 2d sphere of our screens to the immersive experience of our design and architecture knowledge in a 3d Space.
Architects are well placed to step forward on the next phase of the web and shape the Future.
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.
Sunday, May 14
Fabulous all around. To have the opportunity to meet with firms at management level is rare. Very impactful experience.
