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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 7th, 2025

Todd-Avery Lenahan

Todd-Avery Lenahan

Lenahan is the founder of TAL-Studio and its predecessor, ABA Design Studio. He speaks publicly to industry groups and on radio and television about the business and power of design. He is a frequent contributing writer to a diverse range of international travel,...
Robert DiLeonardo

Robert DiLeonardo

DiLeonardo, founder and chairman of the award-winning, architectural interior design firm DiLeonardo International, has spoken at professional conferences and organizations throughout the world on a number of important topics in the hospitality industry. He is a...
Horst Schulze

Horst Schulze

Schulze has helped reshape concepts of customer service throughout the hospitality and service industries. He served as vice chairman of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company from 2001 to 2002, after serving as president and COO of the Ritz-Carlton Group, starting in 1988....
Pamela Babey

Pamela Babey

A founding principal of San Francisco interior design firm BAMO, Babey designs luxury hotels, residences, and yachts for discerning clients from San Francisco and New York to Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. Her projects include properties like the Grand Hotel a Villa...
Robert E. Barry

Robert E. Barry

Beginning his studies in architecture, Barry found that he favored the human-scale elements of the building interior, and decided to focus his studies on interior design. Barry attended the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, from which...
Michael Bedner

Michael Bedner

Bedner, chairman and CEO of HBA, leads the largest hospitality design firm in the world. In 1964, Bedner and his partner Howard Hirsch created a totally new professional discipline for hospitality design. Bedner continues to be a leader in expanding the vision and...