As a representative of a key event within the interiors sector, how has the pandemic affected your visitors?It’s pressed pause for much of the industry’s operations which has of course been a massive challenge. It’s also given many people the time and space to reflect and create. We’re likely to witness a fast-forward process in…
Wearing his most comfortable slippers – working from home really does have its perks – our columnist Joel Butler, co-founder of HIX Event, explores the power of ‘all together now’. Can the events industry and the hotel design community work in tandem to recover and reopen following the Covid-19 outbreak? Let’s talk about it… A quick scan of…
LONDON IS THE THEME OF JOEL BUTLER’S SECOND COLUMN FOR HOTEL DESIGNS, AS WE ASK THE CO-FOUNDER OF HIX EVENT TO USE PEDAL POWER TO EXPLORE THE CURRENT HOSPITALITY AND DESIGN SCENE IN THE BIG CITY… “Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner, that I love London town!” The theme of this article takes me back to my roots, and should therefore,…
Joel Butler, Co-Founder of HIX Event, has become a monthly columnist for Hotel Designs. In his first published opinion piece, Butler contemplates challenging times and asks ‘what’s next’ for the industry and its much-loved series of trade events… I was on a zoom call last week with a designer. We were discussing vaccines, tests, curves and tiers…