Market Trends

🗺 Luxury travel trends in 2025 show affluent travelers plan an average of eight leisure trips, with three being international. Preferred Hotels & Resorts' report highlights that 70% find modern luxury hotels soulless due to standardization. Over 90% value curation, while 71% plan multigenerational trips. Authentic experiences and loyalty programs are crucial, with 82% emphasizing loyalty for quality. Conducted by The Harris Poll, the survey involved 500 affluent U.S. travelers with specific income and asset criteria.

💡 Preciosa Lighting's new Crystal Links collection, unveiled in May 2025, transforms lighting into an urban art form. With its sleek metal and Bohemian crystal design, it emulates cityscapes through a unique LED technique. Co-Creative Director Michael Vasku emphasizes the collection’s embrace of urban energy, offering customizable options from static white to RGBW colors. The collection allows for unique personalization, making each piece a bespoke artistic expression.

🏨 The Siam Bangkok, a luxury boutique hotel designed by BENSLEY, is situated along the Chao Phraya River with 38 suites and pool villas. The design blends Thai royal palace grandeur with Art Deco elements, featuring teakwood, marble, and historical artifacts from the Sukosol family. Facilities include the Opium Spa, a yoga terrace, and a riverside infinity pool. The Chon Thai Restaurant is set in century-old teak houses, offering authentic Thai cuisine in an intimate setting.

🌴 Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, designed by Bill Bensley, showcases luxury integrated with nature. Located on a Thai hillside, the resort uses local materials like wood, stone, and bamboo, preserving the landscape and views of the Gulf of Thailand. Villas offer privacy with open-plan designs. Bensley's eco-friendly approach includes water conservation and energy-efficient lighting. The resort supports local artisans, reinforcing cultural ties. This design harmonizes nature, tradition, and modern luxury.

🌡 VRF systems offer hotels simultaneous heating and cooling with two-pipe design, reducing installation complexity and costs. NoMad Los Angeles, a 241-room property, and Moxy Columbus, Ohio, a 150,000 square-foot building, installed Mitsubishi Electric CITY MULTI® VRF for space efficiency and operational cost reduction. CBRE's report emphasizes the financial benefits of high-efficiency HVAC systems, with VRF systems providing energy savings through modulated output based on demand. Hybrid VRF systems further enhance efficiency by combining refrigerant and water-based indoor distribution, suitable for hotels with limited space.

🍽 Indonesia's food and foodservice sectors are evolving rapidly, compared to the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. Key growth trends include digital adoption and innovation in packaged food and out-of-home dining. GlobalData's insights reveal shifts in consumer behavior, menu trends, and channel performance, with technology increasingly blurring retail and foodservice lines. This strategic session, tailored for Strategy and Insights professionals in FMCG and foodservice, provides actionable benchmarks for portfolio planning, channel strategy, and regional investment.

🏠 Opera Contemporary, a luxury furniture brand, furnished the sleeping area of Hilltop House, a private villa in Metro Manila, Philippines, curated by Moda Interni and Casa Licup. The master bedroom features a Dorothy bed with a green bouclé fabric headboard, 350 cm wide, and accommodates a 200x200 cm mattress. Additional pieces include the Fritz bench, Sophie armchair, and a Ø120-cm New Brian coffee table with Arabescato Vagli marble. Opera Contemporary highlighted bespoke Italian craftsmanship.

📺 May 13, 2025, Ben Wolff, co-founder of Onera and CEO of Oasi, discusses the evolving expectations of travelers on the Hospitality Daily Podcast. He highlights how providing immersive and participatory experiences can create deeper emotional connections and memorable guest experiences. The episode urges businesses to adopt these strategies to benefit both their operations and customers. For more insights, check out Ben's LinkedIn post and other episodes.

📖 May 12, 2025 - Ben Wolff, co-founder of Onera and CEO of Oasi, discusses his view of hotel development as an artistic endeavor rather than just a business venture. The episode encourages listeners to harness creativity to benefit their business and team. For further inspiration, the music for the show is crafted by Clay Bassford from Bespoke Sound, a company specializing in music identity design for hospitality brands.