October 25, 2013

2013 Hospitality Giants


We’ve learned a lot from the top 75 Interior Design Giants firms specializing in hospitality: Business is good, and we have hotel and restaurant clients to thank for it.


Fees for hospitality projects hit $615 million, a 12 percent rise from the previous year and a sweet 52 percent jump from three years ago. These Giants forecast another 12 percent gain in the coming year. (Compare this to the forecast gain of only 7 percent in revenue for all sectors, taken together.) Two years ago, 40 percent of the firms’ revenue came from hospitality. This year, it’s 46 percent. While 21 firms work exclusively in hospitality, 39 derive more than half their revenue from the sector. The top 10 fastest-growing firms averaged a growth rate of a cool 103 percent. The top three most admired firms working in hospitality are

Yabu Pushelberg

,

HBA

, and

Rockwell Group

. Keep reading for the 2013 break down by listing, firms and fees, and growth:



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2013 Hospitality Giants Listing



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Firms and Fees



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Growth



fees Project Type 2013


FIRMS NEW TO THE HOSPITALITY GIANTS


Fees

Firm
$6,491,105


AvroKO

(#24)

$5,600,000


Aria Group Architects

(#26)
$2,500,000


K2M Design

(#51)
$2,401,000


RPW Design

(#53)
$2,099,136


3north

(#59)
$2,000,000


SOSH Architects

(#61)
$1,995,000


Bar Napkin Productions

(#62)
$1,831,200


sfa Design

(#65)
$1,710,000


Areen Hospitality Design

(#68)
$1,388,400


Gary Lee Partners

(#74)
$1,320,000


Judd Brown Designs

(#75)

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