(Shanghai, 27 October 2008) International interior design firm Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) is pleased to announce Allan Jenkins as newly appointed Design Director, based in Shanghai. Allan is a 12 year veteran of HBA and is relocating to Shanghai, bringing with him a wealth of experience across the globe, and in particular expertise in the exclusive boutique hotel market.
Allan has worked on interior design projects across North America, Mexico, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. Being fluent in Mandarin, Allan is able to bring each project a high level of professionalism coupled with unique cultural understanding and insight. His appointment underlines the company’s commitment to China where boutique hotel design is a burgeoning market, and where HBA believes there is huge growth potential. The world’s No.1 hospitality design firm is currently designing the Chongqing 88 boutique hotel, which is in the “up and coming” area of Xin Tian Di, Chongqing.
Chongqing 88 is situated just 20 minutes from Chonqqing airport at the heart of Shui On’s Chionqqing Xin Tian Di development project, occupying 2.5 million square metres in area. The hotel is located on the mountain side with a view over the lower village of Chongqing TianDi, it comprises of 89 spacious rooms with a local Chongqing touch, a fully equipped gym, lap pool, spa and a very unique Shark Bar complete with 21-metre x 5-metre shark tank, as well as a dining area with outside space to enjoy the views.
“We are working closely with HBA to develop a boutique hotel in Chongqing, whereby our dreams are becoming reality. Together we are endeavouring to create lasting memories for each and every guest” said Jan Buttgen, General Manager for both Xin Tian Di Shanghai and Chonqqing 88.
“The hotel business is going through an evolutionary process like any other segment in the global economy. Over the past 25 years we have lived trough several distinctive epochs, namely; uniformity, unconscious individuality, emerging conscious individuality, desired individuality and today’s epoch of truth seeking and humble individuality. The boutique hotel business has always embraced, silently and with great passion, the needs of the “individual” in all epochs. Through great speed of execution and the understanding of the deep longing and need for fulfilment that exists in customer sentiments, the boutique hotel business was, is and will continue to be very successful” Jan stated.
Allan Jenkins says, “There is an increasing demand for premier accommodations across China, reflecting the growing prosperity and newfound appreciation for exclusivity and luxury amongst Chinese travellers”.
“HBA boutique hotels are purposefully designed to maximise guests overall experience through the provision of luxurious accommodations which both reflect and maximise the beauty of the natural surroundings,” stated Allan. “From the use of natural materials such as limestone and granites to timbers such as maple, mahogany and teak, to the selection of fabrics used in the interior décor, we aim for each of these exclusive properties to exude an atmosphere of luxury and relaxation.”
Acknowledged leaders in their field, hotel design consultants, HBA are world renowned for creating luxury and tranquillity in their exclusive boutique hotel designs across the world.
Previous HBA-designed boutique hotel properties include Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle, WA Watermark Hotel and Spa, Texas Hotel Europe Killarney, Ireland Bacara Resort & Spa, Santa Barbara, California, Le Saint Geran Resort, Belle Mar, Mauritius, Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas, Texas, Mauritius and Park Hotel, Chennai, India.
About HBA
HBA continues to raise the bar in relation to truly imaginative and inspired luxury boutique hotel design. HBA’s international presence combined with its extensive knowledge of the interior design industry has facilitated the ability to rewrite the language of design with each new project. The company's philosophy is to embrace and drive the influence of new technology, new locations, and fresh ideas.
With a consistent desire to push the aesthetic envelope, HBA gives each project the strong, inspired identity it deserves, based on extensive experience and expertise in hospitality interior design.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, HBA employees over four hundred design professionals in 12 offices around the globe, HBA has successfully completed well over 900 projects in eighty countries. Gaining an unrivalled knowledge of the cultural, financial, geographical and programmatic requirements involved in design projects from world-class hotels and resorts, to individual boutique hotels, spas, casinos, cruise ships and private residences.
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