Today’s guest is highly skilled at space planning. He is known for fostering excellence within his design team and uses a client's creativity, focus and experience to turn their dreams into a reality. Marc DeSmet is the Associate Principal at TruexCullins Architecture + Interior Design. Marc joins host Dan Ryan to share his #hospitality journey and what it all means to him  

Takeaways: 

• Where you live in the world will influence the way you look at your design space, a faster paced environment will feel and produce a different look than a slower one.
• Hospitality isn’t just about little gift baskets in hotel rooms or flowers. It’s a feeling of welcoming and greeting someone to make them feel comfortable.
• Hospitality is about creating backdrops for memories. You want to create a positive memory for your guests and have it be something they look back upon fondly. 
• Music can play a large role in hospitality as well, as it can influence the way a setting is received by a guest.
• As an architect, it’s important to consider projects that are longer form and can be multi-generational as that can allow the space to really develop.
• You want to create a location that people will want to go back to over and over again. 
• Net Zero hotels are starting to be looked at as the way of the future for hotels to help the environment.

Quote of the Show:

9:24 “I don't think of it as a thing anymore. I think it's not a noun. Hospitality is a verb. It's an action of greeting. It's an action of welcoming.”

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-desmet-5a325833/
• Website: https://truexcullins.com/

Shout Outs:

0:54 Jeffrey Beers

4:37 Platinum Circle Awards

4:52 Larry Traxler

14:31 Rockwell Group

14:34 David Mexico

15:26 Mies van der Rohe

15:27 Louis Kahn

15:47 Morris Lapidus

15:58 Philip Johnson

19:20 The Cliff House

23:12 Hotel Jackson

23:59 Omni Mount Washington

26:13 Foundation Hotel

27:13 Simone Deerie

27:53 KISS

29:57 RGA Loyal 

31:16 Phish

32:25 Mike Gordon

40:38 Hotel Marcel

Ways to Tune In: 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386
• Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGVmaW5pbmdob3NwaXRhbGl0eS5saXZlL2ZlZWQueG1s
• Amazon Music: ​​https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8c904932-90fa-41c3-813e-1cb8f3c42419
• Podbean: https://www.defininghospitality.live/
• Youtube : https://youtu.be/z3unMKOSp3s

 Defining Hospitality is produced by Ringmaster, on a mission to create connections through B2B podcasts. Learn more at https://ringmaster.com/