NEW YORK CITY-HOK—a design, architecture, engineering and planning firm—has announced that architecture and interior design firm BBG-BBGM's New York and Shanghai employees have joined the company.
BBG-BBGM's primary business has been hospitality design, with a focus on luxury hotels and resorts. The addition of BBG-BBGM's people to HOK's practice in New York and Shanghai positions HOK among the world's leading hospitality design firms, according to the announcement.
"The addition of a premier hospitality design firm to our already strong hospitality group provides immediate benefits for HOK's clients worldwide," says Bill Hellmuth, HOK president. "We each are committed to creating great spaces that respect their communities, delight guests and bring value to owners."
"HOK is a wonderful fit for us," adds Louis Hedgecock, a former managing partner at BBG-BBGM who has joined HOK as a principal in New York. "Coming to HOK, which has such a robust global infrastructure and highly collaborative culture, gives our people increased opportunities for professional growth and the ability to design significant projects all over the world. We expect a seamless transition."
Notes Julia Monk, a founding partner of BBGM and a managing partner of BBG-BBGM, who joins HOK in Shanghai, "The global hospitality market is growing quickly. Joining HOK expands our global reach to meet the market's demand. The timing is perfect."
HOK's expanded hospitality interior design group is led by Monk in Shanghai, Christina Hart, in New York and Randa Tukan in Toronto. In addition, BBG-BBGM partners who have joined HOK in New York include Gregory Cranford, Marc Gross and Marie-Paule Petitjean.
HOK's global portfolio of hospitality projects includes the Doha City Centre Hotels, Doha, Qatar; renovation and re-branding of Delta Hotels and Resorts across Canada; the Intercontinental Hua Hin Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand; the Four Seasons Shanghai, Shanghai, China; the Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai; the Marriott Chicago River North Hotel, Chicago; the Marriott West India Quay, London; the Hilton Columbus Convention Center Hotel, Columbus, OH; and the New Songdo City Sheraton Incheon Hotel, Incheon, South Korea.
BBG-BBGM's hospitality experience includes Suite 5000 at the Mandarin Oriental, New York; the Atlantis, Sanya; MGM Grand, Sanya and the St. Regis, Sanya; Yalong Bay Resort & Spa, Hainan, China; the Peninsula, Shanghai; the Rosewood Abu Dhabi Hotel and Residences, Abu Dhabi, UAE; the St. Regis Hotel and Residences, Bangkok; the Smyth Hotel in New York; and the renovation of the New York Palace Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria New York.
The Washington, DC, office of BBG-BBGM will continue as BBGM.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
