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NEW YORK • NOVEMBER 6th, 2026

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...
David Beer

David Beer

As founding partner of BBG in 1984 and BBGM in 1987, Beer is responsible for the design of master plans, mixed use, commercial, and hospitality work. He is committed to creating spaces that are humanly scaled and environmentally contextual. His personal passion for...
Carol Bentel

Carol Bentel

A partner in the Locust Valley, New York studio of Bentel & Bentel, Architects/Planners AIA, St. Louis native Bentel received her undergraduate degree in architecture at Washington University and her graduate degree in architecture at North Carolina State...