Hotel & Resort Design South would like to thank all our Partners & Sponsors for their support of the event. If you are interested in joining them, please get in touch with the team today.
Sponsors

Kalmar Lighting
Registration Sponsorship
Founded in 1881, and with over 30 years of experience serving the cruise industry, Kalmar Lighting continues to grow and build on its rich history of producing bespoke lighting fixtures. Kalmar designs, develops and delivers custom decorative lighting, chandeliers and architectural lighting features to some of the world’s most prominent commercial, hospitality and marine projects. Thanks to our engineering expertise, we have the honour of being recognised as the leading supplier to the cruise industry, having supplied over 80 cruise ships with a wide variety of feature lighting.
Above all else, we are driven by a dedication to excellence in service, be it for the supply of a single catalogue piece, or the development and installation of a multi-level bespoke feature chandelier. Contact us to find out more about our portfolio and our dedication to customer service.
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Hospitality Resources & Design Inc
Hospitality Resources & Design is a full-service Interior Design firm. Founded in 2007, HRD has built a solid reputation for outstanding service in the hospitality industry. The HRD team is a compilation of talented and friendly professionals who bring creativity and efficiency to the forefront for successful collaborations with their clients.
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NEWH
NEWH is the premier networking resource for the hospitality industry, providing scholarships, education, recognition, and business development opportunities. Committed to delivering scholarships and education through tradeshows, conferences, and seminars, NEWH offers educational resources and information to over 6,400 member. To date, NEWH has given more than $6 million to 2,351 students.
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The Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association (GMBHA)
The GMHBA is a membership based organization that represents the hotel and hospitality industry in Miami Dad County. We advocate for our member’s interests through active involvement in local, state and national issues.
Our calendar of events includes monthly networkers, industry luncheons featuring top leaders in the hospitality industry and educational panel series that are led by professionals and experts within the industry about current events and trending topics.
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Hospitality Interiors
A leader in the hospitality design sector, Hospitality Interiors speaks to an exclusive audience of hoteliers, designers, architects, and industry suppliers via its international print and digital magazine and online and social media platforms.
Launched in 2009, Hospitality Interiors has become a renowned title and brand and, with a team of experienced industry- known editors at the helm, is an intelligent and relevant media resource that shares insight whilst reporting on the topics that are important to its readership.
A beautifully presented publication, Hospitality Interiors is a design-led magazine for a design-led industry. We create engaging content and commercial opportunities that connect suppliers and manufacturers with designers, hoteliers, and specifiers internationally.
We speak directly to the brands and individuals responsible for bringing luxury hotel experiences to life, which puts us at the heart of the hospitality design industry. Our passion for what we do helps us to build close relationships with key decision makers.
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darc
darc is the only international magazine dedicated to decorative lighting in architecture and interior design.
Established in October 2012, darc focuses on the best high-end, quality projects and products and hears from those at the forefront of creative design. As well as the printed magazine, which is sent to 12,000 decision makers in the interior and lighting design sectors, our online presence includes a dedicated website for up-to-date industry news; a monthly newsletter and digital issue of the magazine.
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IFDM
IFDM, an editorial network for professionals
IFDM, a publication of reference for the trade and the design sector, narrates excellence in luxury furnishings and design, their related dynamics and the key international events that bring them together. Reporting on trends and new developments, IFDM embodies a new way of communicating information, combining in-depth editorial coverage with a focus on business opportunities, in an approach that exploits all the potentialities made available by the digital age. The publication’s updated system is therefore marked by greater specialisation of contents, with a more vertical structure and implementation of services. The result is a triple offering – IFDM Magazine, Wonder Book, and IFDM.design – that creates a complete, exhaustive network aimed at sector professionals.
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Commercial Interiors UK
Commercial Interiors UK is the UK’s largest trade association representing the commercial interiors sector. Its 200+ members represent leading manufacturers, suppliers, and designers – all shaping inspirational commercial interiors internationally. Formally the BCFA.
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ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers believes that design transforms lives. ASID serves the full range of the interior design profession and practice through the Society’s programs, networks, and advocacy. We thrive on the strength of cross-functional and interdisciplinary relationships among designers of all specialities, including workplace, healthcare, retail and hospitality, education, institutional, and residential. We lead interior designers in shared conversations around topics that matter: from evidence-based and human-centric design to social responsibility, well-being, and sustainability. We showcase the impact of design on the human experience and the value interior designers provide.
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Architecture Magazine
Architecture Magazine (formerly Architect’s Choice) is an established and well-respected professional journal in the industry. Launched over 20 years ago, Architecture Magazine represents the next step in the brand’s journey and reflects its commitment to delivering informative, timely and intelligent content to an audience of influential architecture professionals. Featuring engaging industry news, product and technology reviews and detailed project case studies, Architecture Magazine serves to highlight the very best of the industry, from the UK’s authority on architectural products. Architecture Magazine is delivered bi-monthly to top architects throughout Britain, engaging with readers and offering an insight into the products and technologies that are driving the industry today.
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Sleeper
Sleeper is the leading magazine for hospitality experience and design.
Read by all those involved in the creation of new hotels – from owners, operators, developers and investors to architects, interior designers, consultants and specifiers – it features unrivalled coverage of the projects, people, events and products shaping the industry.
The magazine is supported by a digital edition available through the Sleeper app, and a website featuring news stories, interviews and trend reports delivered in a visually appealing format that reflects the ethos and aesthetic of the print title.
The wider Sleeper Media portfolio also includes sister titles Starboard (for mobile hospitality) and Supper (for hotel food and drink), and industry-leading events AHEAD (awards for hospitality experience and design) and Sleeper Sessions, (a meetings-driven event connecting specifiers and suppliers).
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Hotel Suppliers
Hotel-Suppliers.com is the Global hotel and hospitality industry’s premier meeting place for Hotel Owners, Operators, Investors, Architects/Designers and Purchasing/Procurement.
We showcase the latest trends and news, sustainable technologies and design, plus, suppliers from this fantastic industry and quite simply put, we are the largest and most used hospitality marketplace out there.
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IDC
Founded in 1972, Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) is the national advocacy association for the interior design profession in Canada with a mandate to provide a unified voice to advance and promote the Canadian interior design industry locally, nationally, and internationally. With this goal in mind, IDC provides valuable and quality professional development opportunities, educates the public about the importance of hiring qualified interior designers and advocates on behalf of members to promote understanding of the interior design profession. In total, IDC represents more than 5,000 fully qualified interior designers, interns, students, educators, and retired members. IDC members work globally in all areas of design, including corporate/commercial, institutional, retail, hospitality, health care, and residential. In addition, nearly 200 manufacturers and suppliers, who support the work of interior design professionals, are members of IDC.
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