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Architecture & project management

Designing, building and renovating hospitality venues: my insights on architecture and owner's project management.

Laurent Delporte on a hotel construction site, hard hat and safety vest, beside an Eiffage sign
Architecture

Hotel Project Management: Owner’s Assistance in Hospitality

Project Management Assistance (PMA) in the hotel sector, also known as Hotel PMA, plays a fundamental role in the success of hotel construction and renovation projects. Thanks to its cutting-edge expertise, the project management team works alongside the hotelier, architect and investor to ensure that every aspect of…

June 19, 2026 · 3 min
Contemporary hotel café-bar with blue accents, colourful stools and guests at the tables
Architecture

Designing Hotel Architecture Around the Guest Experience

In hospitality, the true starting point of a project is not the building, but the guest. Every property should be designed as a sensitive, strategic and functional answer to the experience one wishes to give one’s guests. Whether it is a city hotel, a seaside resort, a countryside boutique hotel or a business…

June 8, 2026 · 6 min
Luxury hotel lobby: crystal chandeliers, polished marble floor and the reception desk beyond
Architecture

Creating a hotel isn’t about building a building, it’s about creating a hospitality experience.

There’s more to a hotel than beautiful architecture and inspired decor. Its uniqueness, strength and success lie in the experience of hospitality. And this experience can’t be improvised: it has to be planned in advance, with method and vision. This is precisely where we come in, with Delporte Hospitality. We help…

May 13, 2026 · 8 min
Restaurant with an undulating marble counter, wicker pendant lamps and the open kitchen beyond
Architecture

When design becomes a performance driver in the hotel industry

While service quality and the relationship built up by our teams remain at the heart of the hotel experience, design is now emerging as another equally structuring pillar. It’s no longer a question of simply decorating a place, but of giving it meaning, an identity, a capacity to make a lasting impression. This makes…

April 29, 2026 · 8 min
Exterior view of a modern luxury hotel highlighting its real estate architecture
The hospitality of tomorrow

How can hotel real estate assets be leveraged to create sustainable value?

To enhance a hotel's walls and turn them into a genuine asset, the project must be approached strategically, taking into account financial considerations, sustainability standards, and the need to add value to the building in a way that creates long-term worth. A hotel's assets represent the physical and intangible…

December 11, 2025 · 4 min
3D render or architectural plan of a sustainable hotel project
Architecture

Successful collaboration between architects, hoteliers and investors

In an ever-changing world, hotel projects can no longer be conceived in the same way as in the past. Too often, they are based on a binary relationship: an investor on one side, an architect on the other. And yet, the success of a business - both in economic terms and in terms of customer experience - is based on a…

November 11, 2025 · 7 min
A luxury hotel responsibly integrated into nature
The hospitality of tomorrow

Luxury and sustainable development: more responsible hospitality

Luxury is essentially a world of high standards, excellence and rarity. But in a world faced with environmental challenges, it must now combine refinement and responsibility. Long on the sidelines when it comes to ecological issues, the luxury hotel industry has begun its transformation, with varying degrees of…

September 22, 2025 · 7 min
Contemporary hotel bedroom: beige panelled wall, gilded flower wall art and designer pendant lamps
Architecture

Hotel decoration tips: think strategy, experience and sustainability

When I worked at Sofitel and the Accor group, I had the chance to accompany many hotel renovation and creation projects, alongside renowned architects. I intervened at a key moment: when we started giving life to a place, thinking not only about aesthetics but also about the organization of spaces, guest comfort, and…

May 19, 2025 · 8 min
Rooftop infinity pool facing the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur at dusk
Architecture

Hotel and Architect: A Collaboration for an Exceptional Guest Experience

In any hotel project, the role of the hotel architect is fundamental to designing spaces that are both aesthetic and functional. However, to guarantee an exceptional guest experience, the involvement of a hospitality expert is essential to complement and guide the architect's work. At DELPORTE Hospitality, we work…

February 28, 2025 · 1 min
A room in total darkness, a thin line of light seeping along the full length of the blackout curtains
Architecture

Total Darkness in Hotel Rooms: A Strategic Issue for Hospitality

In a hotel project, every detail matters. Some are visible, immediately noticeable to guests: design, materials, furniture. Others, more discreet, deeply influence the experience without ever being explicitly stated. Darkness in a room is one of these invisible yet essential elements. For several years, I have…

December 16, 2024 · 5 min
Contemporary artwork installed in the spacious lobby of a luxury hotel
Architecture

Art in the Luxury Hotel Industry

As part of the Goût de Luxe show hosted by Aurélie Planeix on BFM TV, I spoke on the theme: Are hotels the museums of tomorrow? With the international contemporary art fair FIAC having just closed its doors in Paris, this topic is highly relevant in the luxury hotel sector, where an artistic renewal is making itself…

December 16, 2024 · 6 min
DELPORTE HOSPITALITY advisory workshop visual: let us prepare tomorrow's hospitality together
The hospitality of tomorrow

Hotel Design and Guest Experience: Towards Hospitality Based on Meaning and Naturalness

This unprecedented period leads us to share certain truths that we do not always want to face. The luxury and high-end hotel industry has been running towards superficiality for around twenty years to the point of forgetting its primary objective, namely to create places where guests must be able to sleep, rest, eat,…

December 16, 2024 · 19 min
The illuminated neoclassical facade of the Park Hyatt Vienna, its pediment and stone porch
The art of welcoming

Park Hyatt Vienna: Meeting Monique Dekker

On a recent trip to Vienna, I had the privilege of discovering the Park Hyatt Vienna. It is a wonderful recent addition to the Park Hyatt portfolio, with a unique quality: it is the first Park Hyatt to open in a historic, refurbished building. Traditionally, Park Hyatts tend to be new constructions. Housed in a…

January 13, 2020 · 4 min
The iconic white Art Deco facade of the Hotel Martinez in Cannes
The art of welcoming

The Hotel Martinez in Cannes

In May 2018, the iconic Hotel Martinez reopened its doors after 18 months of construction, including a 4-month complete closure. This project represented a true renaissance for this historic hotel, which has been in service since 1929. With a new positioning, new image, and new brand alignment, guests were delighted…

November 5, 2019 · 5 min
The colonnaded facade of the Hôtel de Crillon on place de la Concorde, between green and gold lampposts
The art of welcoming

The Palace Hotel Crillon Paris, continually reinventing itself: Excellence across everything

It fell to the Rosewood Hotel brand, little-known in France, to deliver its expertise to its hotel staff and to its clients. The brand was born in 1979 in the United States and eventually led to a collection of around 20 establishments that continues to grow in number each year. The collection also includes the iconic…

February 27, 2019 · 2 min
Hôtel de Crillon restaurant: central wooden counter, marble tables and metallic ceiling
The art of welcoming

Hôtel de Crillon, the Rebirth of a Palace that Transcends the French Art of Welcoming

Hôtel de Crillon, created in 1907, is one of the oldest luxury hotels in Paris, along with Le Meurice and le Ritz. On July 5, 2017, its doors reopened once again following 4 years of renovation work. France is a nation whose luxury hotels have gone on to inspire the creation of hotels in the rest of the world. We are…

January 3, 2019 · 3 min
Laurent Delporte and a Raffles executive in front of a sunset panorama at a trade show
Architecture

The Restoration of the Raffles Hotel Singapore

I attended the 2017 edition of the ILTM Conference in Cannes, where I had the occasion to discover exciting developments in the luxury hotel world. One such exciting development is the long-awaited renovation of the legendary Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Below you will find my interview on this subject with Christian…

November 19, 2018 · 11 min
The contemporary facade of the Mandarin Oriental Shanghai along the Huangpu River
The art of welcoming

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Shanghai

The Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai, located in the heart of the city's financial district, stands as one of the most stunning properties in Shanghai. This imposing 5-star hotel features 318 rooms and 44 suites, offering a unique contemporary setting with panoramic views over the city's main river. Rooted in Asia,…

October 23, 2018 · 5 min
Hotel room thought out in its organization and equipment
Architecture

The Art of Organizing and Furnishing a Hotel Room

At the moment of a hotel’s opening, everything is at its most beautiful and marvelous. The hotel invites the press to spoil them and sends its PR team to show around everything there is to be seen. So it’s an interesting exercise to return to the hotel a few months later and go through a more realistic experience and…

September 26, 2017 · 6 min
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