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LAS VEGAS • APRIL 30, 2024 EVENT INFO BACK TO HOSPITALITY DESIGN Menu About Submit Project Awards Product Awards Judges Sponsors West Elm Competition Awards Ceremony BACK TO HOSPITALITY DESIGN Sign up to stay informed about our latest awards and events subscribe Follow Along Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow AWARDS + EVENTS HD Expo APRIL 30–MAY 2, 2024 VISIT SITE NextGen Forum OCTOBER 28–29, 2024 VISIT SITE Sign up to stay informed about our latest awards and events subscribe Follow Along Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Search for: POPULAR SEARCHES Projects Products Submissions Awards CeremonyHD Awards 2024 Winners Announced Winners were revealed live during a ceremony on April 30th during HD Expo + Conference See the list Celebrating the Best in Design — The HD Awards, presented by Hospitality Design magazine, celebrate the best of the best in projects and products, and honor the creative teams behind them. The 2024 jury-selected winners were announced on April 30th at Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas during HD Expo + Conference , and all winners and finalists will be showcased in the magazine’s May/June issue. The 2024 Judges Project Judges Sarah Bonsall, Six Senses Resorts Hotels Spas Sarah started her career in hospitality design at Four Seasons. Working closely with Six Senses head of development she now helps spearhead their expansion in the Americas. A trained architect, her 25-plus years of technical services experience includes projects in as vastly different settings as Bora Bora, London, the Seychelles, Iceland, New York, and rural Brazil, to name a few. Her current focus is on helping to grow the Six Senses portfolio in the Americas, including developing technical standards for the recent and growing drive to market” creating visioning documents” for projects from dense urban centers to remote island destinations, and to creating the technical standards for the groundbreaking Six Senses Place concept. Read More Matthew Goodrich, GOODRICH Matthew Goodrich is an award-winning interior designer and strategist known for projects that feature rich narrative content and foster interaction and human connection. He is the founder of GOODRICH , a multidisciplinary design practice specializing in branding + strategy, interior design, and product design. For each project, the team creates an underlying narrative—inspired by historical context, cultural movements, and behavioral insights—and uses it to organize the design and infuse emotion into the guest experience. Prior to founding the firm, Matthew was chief creative officer at AvroKO, and senior associate at Rockwell Group, where he developed a wide range of project types, including hospitality, exhibitions, and scenic design. Read More Tenaya Hills, Bunkhouse Group Tenaya Hills is the SVP of design and development at Bunkhouse Group, the boutique hotel management company based out of Austin, Texas. Utilizing her more than 15 years of experience in intentional design and historic restoration, Hills leads the charge on bringing the Bunkhouse vision to life through the brand’s signature, bespoke interiors, historic motel renovation projects, adaptive reuse of historic buildings, and innovative new builds—creating a true sense of place for each guest at many properties throughout the U.S. and Mexico. A native Californian, Hills has been with Bunkhouse since graduating from the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture grad program, with a master’s in historic preservation. Throughout her career and in addition to her work with Bunkhouse, she has also collaborated on many local projects such as the newly opened Uptown Sports Club in partnership with Aaron Franklin and James Moody, founded an event rental company, Party at the Moontower Event Rentals, and more. In her free time, Hills enjoys traveling, exploring Austin, and spending time with her husband, two sons, and family dog. Read More Tom Ito, Gensler Tom Ito launched Gensler’s hospitality practice in the late 1990s. As leader of the firm’s hospitality practice and principal in Gensler’s LA office, Tom provides overall direction for hospitality projects—assuring sustainable design, innovation, and strong client service. Tom has led and been part of leadership teams for complex hotel projects with clients throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Americas. His well-rounded experience as a designer, architect, and strategic thinker gives him a comprehensive understanding of complex lifestyle projects and insight into delivering outstanding guest experiences. Tom is a Registered Architect and was elected to join AIA’s College of Fellows in 2016. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the University of Southern California. Read More Atit Jariwala, Bridgeton Bridgeton CEO Atit Jariwala is a hospitality and real estate enthusiast who operates, owns, and invests in a multitude of business types and asset classes, as well as in technology ventures that intersect with the physical world. With a national portfolio, currently valued near $1 billion, Jariwala’s Bridgeton owns and operates boutique properties that embody the neighborhoods they call home. Jariwala’s New York City-based Walker Hotels, with locations in Tribeca and Greenwich Village, are uniquely designed to embrace their corners of Manhattan, with not only quintessential design elements, but programming that ties them to the artist and designer communities that surround them. The portfolio also consists of the newly renovated and rebranded Dawn Ranch, a 22-acre retreat spanning a river, an apple orchard and a meadow in the heart of Guerneville, California at the southern edge of the redwoods. Jariwala’s Bridgeton also manages Marram, Montauk’s boutique hotel with barefoot luxury at its core. Jariwala’s family managed motels so you can say he was born into the industry. Hailing from Bridgeton, Missouri, which gives the company its name, Jariwala always had an unwavering entrepreneurial spirit. He has founded numerous startups and is an active venture capitalist, investing in many technology start-ups. He is an honored board member of one of New York’s largest nonprofits, the Henry Street Settlement. Jariwala received his MBA from Stanford University and his BA from Yale University. Read More Roy Kim, Extell Roy is a design leader and strategist whose work has changed the skylines of New York, Miami, and LA. Deeply experienced and driven by an unquenchable curiosity, he believes design has the enduring power to improve our daily lives. As chief design officer at Extell Development, Roy and his team set the design vision, select the design teams, and manage the design process. They ensure that development, marketing and construction goals are aligned. Roy has impacted at least 80 percent of Extell’s portfolio. Prior to his return two years ago, he held the position of chief creative officer at Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, where he advised the nation’s most accomplished developers—a client roster that included Macklowe Properties, AECOM, Terra Group, and JDS. He advised his clients on matters related to design, development, construction, and marketing. Roy’s foundation in strategic design thinking began at the University of British Columbia, where he earned an M.Arch, but was honed while at Eight, Inc., where he began as a designer and ascended to principal of the NY office. Eight, Inc. is most well-known for creating the first Apple stores in collaboration with Steve Jobs. He was fortunate to influence the development of One57, the building that created Billionaire’s Row and was the vision of innovator Gary Barnett (chairman of Extell). Roy’s extensive portfolio of work includes One Manhattan Square, Carlton House, the Park Hyatt New York, 70 Charlton, Central Park Tower, the Gem Tower, 432 Park, the Residences at the West Hollywood Edition, 87...