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| Experience the hospitality industry’s elite event at HD Boutique Hospitality design industry elite will come together this autumn at HD Boutique, which returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, September 13, and Wednesday, September 14, 2011. The sister show to Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo) in Las Vegas, the event draws more than 450 global manufacturers to showcase the latest and most innovative products in the marketplace to more than 3,500 key decision-makers. Show attendees include designers, architects, purchasing agents, hospitality owners and operators who meet with manufacturers face-to-face; familiarize themselves with the latest products; and make important business deals on the floor that spans more than 70, 000 square feet. The products represented at HD Boutique include fabrics and textiles, furniture, accessories, lighting fixtures, flooring, artwork, bath fixtures, window treatments, and other design goods. New on the floor this year is the Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA) Pavilion, with tabletop displays from hot new exhibitors. Complete with live entertainment, the attraction is free to all trade show attendees. As part of the show's history of engaging the industry's top talent, HD Boutique has a number of exhibitor programs that encourage networking and introduce the most influential hospitality designers to this seminal event. The New Design Professionals Program encourages aspiring industry designers, purchasers, and specifiers with less than three years' experience to learn and grow professionally by inviting them to the 2011 HD Boutique. Top exhibitors, including Valley Forge Fabrics, are co-sponsors of the event, and all manufacturers are invited to submit up to five nominees. The winners will receive airfare, hotel and full-conference passes to the 2011 HD Boutique. HD Boutique is also collaborating with exhibitors to identify the 50 top international hospitality designers and extend an exclusive invite to participate in the trade show via the Hosted Buyer Program. These world-class designers will be offered airfare, hotel and full-conference passes to Miami Beach to participate in this milestone show. On September 13, Hospitality Design magazine will honor eight global change-agents and creative professionals in the 10th annual Wave of the Future. Attendees will have the chance to discover what these industry leaders are doing differently—from management to trendsetting to design direction. For attendees interested in discussing the industry at large, BLLA will present its annual Boutique & Lifestyle Hospitality Awards Luncheon Celebration to discuss the state of hospitality, as well as boutique and lifestyle influences. In addition to buyers and sellers connecting on the show floor, the industry's most notable design, hotel, and restaurant experts will lead more than 15 panel discussions, workshops, and site visits that focus on the most relevant and thought-provoking hospitality design trends. Bruce Ford, vice president, Lodging Econometrics, and David J. Henkes, vice president, Technomic, will lead the discussion "Eye Opener: Hospitality Industry Outlook, " focusing on growth opportunities, development trends to watch, and strategies for success this year and beyond. In addition, HD Boutique has assembled a panel of talent and ownership that will help dissect the Latin America market, where the business is, and what's happening in design in "Latin America Update: Boutique hotels and beyond." With a trend toward all things local, authentic, healthy, and sustainable, attendees will have the chance to learn from developers, owners, operators, chefs, and design experts about this growing phenomenon in hospitality and why it matters to architecture, interior design, programming, and planning in the session "The Farm to Table Movement: How to design for it in hotels, restaurants, and resorts." From best practices and design case studies, leaders will discuss what is involved in creating effective farm to table operations with a working farm on-site—and how to get it right from the start. The 2011 HD Boutique is presented by Hospitality Design magazine and produced by the Hospitality Design Group, part of Nielsen Expositions, which will also give us the Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo) in Las Vegas on May 15-17, 2012. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Exhibition News :: home page |