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According to the U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics, the total hotel pipeline stands at 6,211 projects/722,821 rooms, a new all-time high for projects in the U.S.
Two notable 3D-printed projects mark milestones in the new construction technique of “printing” structures with specialized concrete. In Athens, Tennessee, Walmart hired Alquist 3D to build a 20-foot-high store expansion, one of the largest freestanding 3D-printed commercial concrete structures in the U.S. In Marfa, Texas, the world’s first 3D-printed hotel is under construction at an existing hotel and campground site.
Entertainment design firm WATG has acquired SOSH Architects, an interior design and planning firm based in Atlantic City, N.J.
Travelers are always looking for a home away from home, and the tourist industry needs these vacationers to survive. Creating a winning hotel can benefit everybody, and people will return to your retreat time and time again.
NV5 Global, WSP, and DeSimone Consulting Engineers top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest hotel sector engineering and EA firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.
Gensler, WATG and Wimberly Interiors, and HKS top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest hotel sector architecture and AE firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.
Ken Martin views this sector as an incubator of innovation.
Marriott has the most rooms currently under construction with 482 Projects/67,434 Rooms.
New entrant, Hotel Trio, will play up location and affordability.
The 45-story, 500-foot-tall tower is composed of two primary volumes.
The brand’s focus will incorporate aspects of its properties’ surrounding communities.
The development will include apartments, ground-floor retail, and a five-story hotel.
By varying an LED luminaire’s color temperature, it is possible to mimic daylighting, to some extent, and the natural circadian rhythms that accompany it, writes DLR Group’s Sean Avery.
