Marie Soliman - Berglund, Founder and Creative Director of the award winning Bergman Design House joins us on The Wood Couture Podcast. Since co-founding the London Interior Design House in 2016 with her husband, they have gone on to work on the BXR London with Anthony Joshua, Royal Palaces, 7 Star Hotels, and even super yachts. Marie sees every project as an opportunity to make it meaningful by creating an individual experience for their clients. She seeks to create spaces that deliver form and function while igniting emotions and strives to create a significant design that explores the arts, history, culture, and nature.

Marie joins podcast host and Wood Couture Co-Founder Filippo Sona in-person to explore more about her journey and future plans.

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Emma Burdett is the founder of WILD - Women in Leadership Deliver platform, as well as an activist, keynote speaker, and transformational coach. Following a sequence of life events that led her from rock bottom to finding her real calling as an advocate for gender equality.  The Dubai-based entrepreneur established the platform for all women to come together, create relationships, collaborate, and win. Emma meets with Wood Couture co-founder Filippo Sona. She talks about her journey, how women face challenges and how she wants to help and motivate them.

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Jana Bader, is the General Manager at Bench Events based in Saudi Arabia. Born in Saudi Arabia, Jana has extensive experience in PR, marketing and advertising and now is responsible for driving the growth of Bench Events in Saudi Arabia. She joins podcast host and Wood Couture co-founder Filippo Sona via Zoom to discuss the opportunity and challenges for hospitality in Saudi Arabia, sustainability and the role of women in hospitality.

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Vera Dieckmann, is the Founder and CEO of the renowned interior and product design firm, XO Atelier. Over the last 23 years, Vera has gained significant experience for renowned firms such as David Ling in New York, Gunther Spitzley in Zurich, Matteo Thun Studio in Milan, DWP Malaysia, as well as Marriott Holdings and Accor, where she perfected her skills in custom product design, light installations, furniture, textiles, and accessories. Vera founded her own studio in 2018 to provide clients with the assistance and focused services they require, driven by an intrinsic desire to find her unique direction.

Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host, Filippo Sona interviews Vera to find out more about her journey.

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Maja Dimnik is the Founder and CEO of World of Glamping, a specialized platform showcasing the benchmark for premium experiential travel. A sought after advisor and leader for setting up quality standards in all areas of eco tourism and experiential lodging, she is the mastermind behind the award winning Charming Slovenia Herbal Glamping.  Wood Couture Co-founder, Filippo Sona,  explores this emerging area in hospitality and tourism with the expert guidance of Maja.

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Cristiano Pistis is Senior Director at Eclettico Design, a luxury hospitality brand under the Lombardini22. He has 20 years experience in the industry holding a variety of roles including architecture, interior design, project management and technical advisory. Cristiano calls in from Milan to chat with Wood Couture Co-founder Filippo Sona. He breaks down his opinions on challenges and factors affecting hospitality design, construction and hotel operations in Italy.

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Chris comes from a family of hoteliers, and is an alumni of the prestigious Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne. Chris has successfully worked in corporate hospitality for most of his career with Shaza Hotels and Kempinski. When a light bulb moment came to him to pursue his passions through entrepreneurship, Chris leaned into his adventurous side and teamed up with Noelle Homsy to create ENVI Lodges which launched at the Arabian Hospitality Investment Conference last September 2021.

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ENVI Lodges is GCC’s first luxury-eco-lodge brand and management company which launched in September 2021 at the Arabian Hospitality Investment Conference. In this video, founders Noelle Homsy and Chris Nader talk about putting sustainability and transformative experience at the core of ENVI. They believe that the market is shifting to align more to nature.  immersive journeys and eco-conscious travel. Wood Couture Co-founder and podcast host, Filippo Sona interviews the founders to find out more about this exciting new brand.

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Noelle Homsy is Co-founder of ENVI lodges, a newly launched brand of luxury lodging focused on experiential and sustainable travel.  With a background in architecture and engineering, and some years working in conflict resolution and contractual risk management, Noelle decided to pursue her personal calling in hospitality.  Combining her skills, passion for experiential travel, Noelle teamed up with Chris Nader to create a new generation of travel.

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Kristina Zanic returns to the podcast for an encore interview fresh off stage at Downtown Design Dubai 2021.  She talks about the future of flexible spaces and the perseverance required to get through the last 2 years.  She also touches on how her firm contributes towards the ever growing conversation and actions required to create a more sustainable future.

This interview is part of The Wood Couture Podcast, Dubai Design Week Special with LASVIT where Filippo Sona speaks with industry experts visiting Downtown Design, to bring amazing insights on the latest topics affecting the design and hospitality.

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