BDNY SHOW REPORT
Boutique Design New York 11-12 November 2012 – Jacob K. Javits Center, NYC
E
ven Hurricane Sandy couldn’t derail the annual BDNY show, now in its third year at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention
Centre, and establishing itself as a key date in the US exhibition calendar. Despite the city still recovering from the tropical storm that devastated parts of the Eastern seaboard in late October, show organisers succeded in delivering an exhibition with 25% more stand space than last year. Over 4,600 designers, hotel and restaurant owners and operators, and purchasing executives visited to see the latest products and trends in hospitality design.
“BDNY 2012 was a combination of great
new products by notable brands, thought- provoking education, and incredible displays that added to the wow factor,” said Michael Schneider, publisher of Hospitality Media Group. “While BDNY took place on the heels of Hurricane Sandy, the industry was not deterred from supporting an event that has established itself as the most anticipated hospitality design gathering of the year.” Co-located with the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show®, the sold-out exhibit hall featured 244 interior product manufacturers of furniture, lighting, wall coverings, fabric, seating, accessories, artwork, carpet and flooring, materials, bath and spa. In addition, special exhibits by BBG-
BBGM and King & Grove Hotels served as networking spaces on and off the show floor. The expanded floor space was partly enabled by moving the seminar sessions into a downstairs room, where the tidemark left by the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy could still be seen on the walls. Sessions included ‘Wave the Flag: Design’s Role in Re-Creating and Repositioning Top Hotel Brands,’ in which panellists Ted Jacobs, VP brand design, Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Andrew Katz, Partner, Prospects Advisors – The Blackstone Group; and Therese Virserius, owner, Therese Virserius Design, examined what leading hotel chains are looking for when they hire designers, and how inventive
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