NOVEMBER 2009

LUKE HUGHES GIVES PRESENTATIONS AT THE 'IFID 09' CONFERENCE IN DUBAI

Luke Hughes was invited to Dubai in November to give a number of presentations at the annual conference International Federation of Interior Designers (IFI09). The conference was held in association with the Dubai-based Association of Professional Interior Designers (APID). Others speaking at the conference included Ross Lovegrove and Sebastian Conran.

The two principal topics addressed by Luke at the four-day conference were:

a) 'Sustainability and Materials in Design', and
b) 'Economic implications of health tourism to the design of luxury hotels'.

The former was an extension of Luke's provocative views about the real life-cycle costing of interior fit-outs and his unconventional approach to the sustainability of timber. The latter was as part of a high-level panel-discussion about hotel spa design - a principal market for Luke Hughes and Company and an area where getting the furniture right can make a huge difference to the economics of the whole building. The panel included Dr Gerald Huber (Regional director of Schletterer, the global spa design company), Markus Stebich (CEO of Stebich Hospitality Solutions), and Daniella Russell (independent spa consultant and the first operator of spas in Dubai).

Over the last ten years, Luke Hughes and Company have been involved with more than 40 major international luxury hotel spa projects. Clients including several projects for the Mandarin Oriental, Peninsula, and Ritz Carlton hotel chains. The American Hardwoods Export Council were a major sponsor of the event. Natasha Woodbridge is the principal Spa Consultant in Luke Hughes and Company. LHCL Spa Furniture.

Images:
1 Luke Hughes and Company spa relaxation area easy chair and ottoman for the Mandarin, Las Vegas
2 Luke Hughes and company pedicure throne for the Mandarin, Las Vegas
3 Luke joins the panel-discussion about hotel spa design
4 The GEOr spa bed

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