Market Trends

📈 Saladplate, Informa Markets' hospitality, food, and beverage hub, offers weekly news, a monthly newsletter, and a bi-monthly e-magazine. It features a supplier directory with over 10,000 brands and updates on more than 35 international trade events.

🍽 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, hosts the podcast "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn." He covered New York City's restaurant scene for The New York Sun from 2005-2008. In Thailand during 1992-1997, he contributed to Manager magazine and Asia Times. A Tufts University magna cum laude graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, Thorn studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and in China at Nanjing and Beijing Universities, witnessing the 1989 Tiananmen Square events as an ABC News runner. His work earned the 2006 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award and he was president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council in 2005. Thorn was inducted into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014 and has written for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America and the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets.

🏡 Dezeen magazine showcases a selection of luxurious members' clubs from around the world. Highlighting venues such as Soho House São Paulo – the first South American Soho House in São Paulo's Italianate early 20th-century Cidade Matarazzo; George in London's Mayfair with its bronze dachshund and art-deco style bar; Annabel's in Mayfair with its "fantasy" ambiance, pink onyx basins, and one of London's first nightclubs; House of Koko, also in London, offering a "timeless" members' club with retro train carriage vinyl rooms; Soho House Mumbai in India, adorned with regional materials and textiles; Allbright London, a women-only club in Mayfair with art by female creatives; Làlia in Palma, Mallorca, with a jewel-toned palette inspired by local architecture; and Chief Los Angeles in the USA, a club for influential women in business set within a 1940s puppet theatre with interiors designed by AvroKO.

📌 Travelers now visit 277 web pages before booking a vacation, a significant increase from 38 in 2013. The booking process takes on average 303 minutes, or over 5 hours, often involving a return to online travel agencies (OTAs) after checking other sites. Early planning averages 2.5 pages per day, increasing to 25 pages on the purchase day. Despite efforts to simplify, the complexity underlines the growing importance of travel advisors.

🏠 The Barcelona School of Arts & Design (LABASAD) launched a 12-month online master program in interior design and hospitality, led by Italian architect Chiara Luzzatto. Classes are capped at 25 students, taught in English, and cover 13 courses in five modules, including 3D practices and project-based learning. The program is designed for industry professionals, designers, and enthusiasts, and it aims to equip students with comprehensive design skills for the professional world. Classes are held weekly and can be recorded for flexible learning.

🏖️ Designed by Carlo Colombo for Giorgetti, the MOOREA collection features inox steel and Teak wood in a mud colour, with removable upholstery in various fabrics from the Open-Air collection, suitable for outdoor spaces from the Côte d’Azur to New York terraces. More at giorgetti.eu.

🏷 The Plume chair, characterized by its feather-inspired lightness, features a solid ash wood structure, padded plywood seat, and foam backrest with concealed screws by Pau Ferro plaques. Elegance is enhanced by piping and zipper closure. Details at giorgetti.eu.

🖨 Maxalto's Artemone, designed by Antonio Citterio, revitalizes the traditional kitchen dresser with a contemporary twist. Featuring customizable doors and drawers plus painted handles, the Artemone combines a die-cast aluminium base with a shadow gap for a sleek look. It offers a variety of finishes and fits both residential and commercial settings.

🏖️ Dedon's Leaf collection, designed to mimic natural leaf contours, features java and seagrass-hued beach chairs with breathable foam cushions, cotton overlays, and stable four-point support. The collection has earned prestigious awards for its blend of natural aesthetics and innovative design. Dedon celebrates the harmony of nature's design and modern craftsmanship on their website.

🏡 Maxalto's Artemone, crafted by Antonio Citterio, revitalizes the traditional kitchen dresser with a contemporary twist. It features customizable storage with various doors and drawers highlighted by painted handles. The design boasts a die-cast aluminium base and a shadow gap enhancing the furniture's light appearance. Artemone is offered in multiple finishes to make a bold statement in both residential and commercial settings. Visit maxalto.com for more details.