HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE & DESIGN - THE GOODTIME HOTEL - MIAMI MICHAEL FUERSTMAN HOTEL PARADISO - PARIS
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HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE & DESIGN THE GOODTIME HOTEL – MIAMI • MICHAEL FUERSTMAN • HOTEL PARADISO – PARIS
CONTENTS
ISSUE 96
098 134
HOTEL REVIEWS
The Goodtime Hotel 078
Miami
SensAsia Stories Spa,
Kempinski Hotel
Mall of the Emirates 084
Dubai
The Clan Hotel 087
Singapore
087 Hotel Paradiso 092
Paris
Xigera Safari Lodge 098
Botswana
André Fu Suite,
The Upper House 106
Hong Kong
Kayak 108
Miami Beach
Toggle Hotel 114
116 Tokyo
Hutton Brickyards 116
New York
DEVELOPMENT REPORTS
Pipeline, performance and projects:
with hotel development ramping up in
some parts of the world, what can the
Maldives and Saudi Arabia bring to the
hospitality landscape?
Maldives 122
Saudi Arabia 134
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CONTENTS
ISSUE 96
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FEATURES
Meeting... Michael Fuerstman 048
Having originally pursued a career in political
science, the co-founder and Creative Director of
Pendry Hotels & Resorts tells of the winding path
to uncovering his passion for hospitality.
Meeting... Isabel Pintado 056
As Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts prepares
to celebrate its 60th year, the group’s newly
appointed Senior Vice President of Design &
Innovation discusses its next phase of growth.
Taking It Slow 058
In an exclusive interview, Slow founder Claus
Sendlinger and CEO Serdar Kutucu explain how
the collective is reframing the way travellers live
and interact through a more conscious approach.
© Alice Gao
Retail Retold 144
Having brought both retail and hospitality to
their knees, the Coronavirus pandemic has seen
048 092 both sectors assessing their future. Could a
burgeoning hybrid model save the day?
REGULARS
Check-In 028
Drawing Board 030
© Romain Ricard
© Christian Horan
The Lobby 067
Business Centre 150
Lighting & Control 163
114 163
Window Dressing 182
Specifier 185
Check-Out 202
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Meeting…
Michael Fuerstman
He may be the son of a seasoned hotelier, but the hospitality industry
didn’t initially come calling for Michael Fuerstman. Here, the co-founder
and Creative Director of Pendry Hotels & Resorts tells of the winding
path to uncovering his passion.
Words: Ayesha Khan • Portrait Photography: © Christian Horan
M
aking the cut to be a pool boy at Fuerstman recalls. “He said, ‘let’s put your
the newly-opened Bellagio Las vision and our vision together and do something
Vegas was a big deal in 1999. iconic in the city.’ We went to look at the site
Sure, Michael Fuerstman, then and fell in love with the neighbourhood. The
15, had an unfair advantage – building is so iconic; it floats over the water
his father was one of the big and used to be a port of immigration. People set
bosses – but he largely relied on his inherited foot on American soil for the first time there,
hospitality prowess and charm to land the and it was the most tra cked port outside of
coveted summer job. “I was lucky enough to Ellis Island – such a weighty history! Sagamore
have that job for three years and it still may Pendry Baltimore showed us that luxury can be
be the best job I ever had in my life. It was a rate-leader – we eclipsed even a Four Seasons
incredible,” he quips. in performance.”
Fast-forward 22 years and the charming The Pendry brand wasn’t built completely
young attendant is now the co-founder and from scratch; Fuerstman’s father, Alan, had
Creative Director of one of the hospitality already catalysed the wild success of his
industry’s hottest new brands. Started in San brainchild Montage International, and Pendry
Diego’s trendy Gaslamp Quarter in 2017, Pendry was formed as a younger, more urban extension
really sprouted legs when Under Armour founder of the brand. “We’d always been thinking
Kevin Plank decided to go in with Fuerstman on about having a complementary luxury brand,”
a altimore flag, set in the dramatic Recreation Fuerstman says of the genesis of Pendry. “10
Pier building that dates back to 1914. “Baltimore years after we started Montage, we took a look
was never a city that was on our radar but we around and had this great point of view as to
partnered with Kevin who is such a visionary,” what was resonating with our guests. We felt
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MEETING…
At the newly-opened Pendry West
Hollywood (top) and Sagamore Pendry
Baltimore (bottom), the design scheme
honours the rich history of the locale
that a new luxury customer had come into being,
and what they cared about was a little different
“We felt that a new Much to the delight of his father, this venture
brought Fuerstman right back into the family
than what the previous generation cared about luxury customer had business. But he is quick to point out that he
from a style perspective. They were really into
architecture, design and art as part of their hotel
come into being, and isn’t simply his father’s son, and that their
skills complement one another. “I love working
experience.” So, just like the proverbial son what they cared about with my dad. We come from complete opposite
was a little different
following in his father’s footsteps, so too did the sides of the business,” he explains. “I started
Pendry brand, proving to contain all the DNA of on the development side and he started out on
Montage, but with a decidedly younger, more
current ethos. With a ‘know thyself’ mantra,
than what the previous the operations side, and where we are right now
is really fun; he brings the perspective of how
Pendry’s design is rooted in its host city’s generation cared about we can actually do things and for me, it’s about
heritage but is notably forward-thinking. The
narrative of each hotel is crafted together with
from a style perspective. the concept, what’s the hook that guests will get
excited about.”
local artists and celebrated, and is as relevant They were really into It is Fuerstman’s position on the development
architecture, design and
for locals as it is for the savvy, younger social side that allows him to craft enduring narratives
set that is the Pendry customer. and work with some of the best culinary and
Ironically, and indeed like many second-
generation hoteliers, the younger Fuerstman
art as part of their hotel creative minds in the industry. Speaking to his
creative process, he explains that each project
didn’t always have ambitions of joining the experience.” is filled with years of careful planning and
hospitality industry. For college, rather than curation. “We craft every Pendry from scratch,
opting to study hotel management, Fuerstman each and every time. We question architecture
pursued a Political Science degree at Boston’s and the best use of space. We then make a
Tufts University. On the side, he enlisted in the shortlist of interior designers we want to
gruelling nightshift at a local hotel, checking partner with, a shortlist of brands we want to
guests in after-hours and delivering room bring in and a shortlist of culinary experiences
service. “It was interesting getting to know all we want to offer. e put it together to create a
the areas within a hotel,” Fuerstman recalls. unique guest experience; it is so specific and so
“I loved it, but also learned hospitality wasn’t different each time.
going to be for me, or so I thought at the time. Earlier this spring the brand took its winning
I was looking for something that would test formula into two key American cities. In the
my business mind as well as my creativity.” He goes on to attribute his hospitality foray much-lauded hotel and residential project in
Discouraged from the failure of a seemingly to nonchalantly accompanying his father to a West Hollywood, Fuerstman teamed up with
disruptive social media platform he developed Montage development meeting. What he learned Martin Brudnizki Design Studio to tell the tale
with some college friends, Fuerstman ultimately during that short encounter left him filled with of a chic, Hollywood hotel filled with artist
moved back to his family home of California. bright-eyed wonderment. “I was hooked,” he collaborations. “Martin has brought a level
Asked about lessons learned from his industry quips. “I knocked on the developer’s door and of sophistication refinement, boldness and
veteran father, Fuerstman says: “It sounds begged him to hire me, even if it was unpaid. energy to the design,” Fuerstman says. “We’re
cliché, but my father taught me the power and I would take field measurements for them, run passionate about designing a community
value of hard work, combined with dedicating and get coffee, whatever it took. ltimately experience for locals by locals and envision the
time and energy to the things that light us Fuerstman was hired as an assistant project hotel as a hospitality and entertainment anchor
up. For me, that’s personal and professional. manager and learned the craft. He recalls: “I in the city.”
Professionally, it took a bit of a winding path was sitting in design meetings, putting together The hotel’s culinary partner, Chef Wolfgang
to uncover my passion for creating something plumbing fixture matrices, looking at everything Puck, brings an array of offerings, from a
tangible that people can experience.” on site, and what it takes to build stuff. rooftop restaurant overlooking the city to a
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“We make a shortlist of casual eatery described by Puck as a marriage
between a French brasserie and Italian trattoria.
wanted to take a James Perse-inspired, Malibu
clean, with a creamy, calm aesthetic and have
interior designers we Located on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and warm glowing amber light everywhere. We
want to partner with, Olive rive, the uropean-style caf offers both
indoor and al fresco dining, serving an all-day
wanted a palette-cleansing space that is a calm
in the hustle and bustle of New York,” Fuerstman
a shortlist of brands menu of neighbourhood-friendly favourites. says of the property, set in an undulating SOM-
we want to bring
There’s also two bars, and a chic members- designed building in Manhattan’s new Hudson
only club complete with a screening room and Yards neighbourhood.
in and a shortlist of bowling alley that harks back to the Rat Pack
days on the Sunset Strip.
Later on this year, a hotel and residences
complex in Park City, Utah will bring what
culinary experiences 2021 has also seen the opening of Pendry Fuerstman describes as a “super-contemporary,
we want to offer; Chicago, set in the 1929 Art Deco landmark
Carbide & Carbon Building. Here, Fuerstman
architecture driven mountain hotel” to the
Pendry portfolio. Designed by SB Architects,
We put it together to teamed up with Studio Munge for the design the property is influenced by the area’s rich
create a unique guest
of the 364 guestrooms and suites as well as a mining history and neighbouring mountain
signature restaurant and bar concept overseen ridges, though is a deliberate departure from
experience.” by Andy Masi of Clique Hospitality.
Pendry’s imminent New York City opening
the traditional log cabin aesthetic, instead
reinterpreting Park City’s past in a new,
meanwhile will see a collaboration with Studio more contemporary way. Along with the 150
Gachot and the culinary stylings of Quality guestrooms, facilities include a spa, meeting
Foods, a mainstay on the city’s dining scene. space and 4,000ft2 ballroom, while a rooftop
“For Pendry Manhattan West, we studied pool, Japanese steakhouse and happening
California and New York design elements. We Mexican eatery will surely cement the hotel’s
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Pendry Washington DC The Wharf position as the hottest new opening of the Europe for this destination,” he says, assuring
will bring three food and beverage winter season in the popular ski haven. us that he will make the good news public later
concepts and a destination
pool deck to the waterfront Other ventures include a hotel in Washington on in the year. “I am really attuned to the fact
development in 2022 DC, due to open in 2022 at The Wharf, where that the sensibilities of a European traveller
DesignAgency will create three food and are going to be very different from those of an
beverage concepts and a destination pool deck American traveller. That challenge of tapping
for the waterfront development. There’s also into that mindset and understanding how to stay
Pendry La Quinta, currently under construction ahead of the guests is the challenge with going
in the heart of Coachella Valley in Southern international,” he explains, insisting he’s more
California, and Pendry Natirar, occupying a excited than hesitant for this venture. “I know
grand, Tudor-style mansion and billed as the our guests in the States, I am one of them, but
rebirth of the great, American country estate. in Europe, it’s not quite the same. Regardless,
The latter, led by Coscia Moos Architecture, will it will be a great learning experience,” he adds
debut in 2022 and sees the restoration of the with a smile.
original manor house as well as a sympathetic We, of course, are left guessing as to where
newbuild housing events spaces. flags will be planted ondon perhaps? aris?
Pendry’s ability to shrug off the many Amsterdam? herever it may be, endry’s first
pandemic setbacks and single-mindedly pursue international venture is sure to resonate with
its development pipeline is nothing if not urbanites who appreciate this singular brand
commendable. But when will the brand make defined by understated, thoughtful and truly
its first international foray? uerstman is tight- indigenous luxury.
lipped but a little journalistic prying elicits some
insight. “Our largest feeder market will be
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