Making it better, together. DiCollective, for the common good We miss our community, interacting with people in meaningful ways. How can we help make a difference, where can we contribute? By Lia DiLeonardo, Partner
How Social Media influences Hotel Design In 2019, scrolling through an Instagram feed is more commonplace than eating sliced bread. One billion active Instagrammers a month open their feeds each morning to see grandiose images of influencers eating breakfast in Turkey on a rooftop deck with whimsical hot air balloons floating in the distance, couples jumping from a mile-long rope swing into crystal blue water in Bali, and beautiful young women dancing in the streets of Greece as whitewashed walls enhance their tan skin. By Shannon Davis, Marketing Communications Assistant at DiLeonardo
How My Travel has Changed Until the age of 18 my travel was limited to the rural roads of New England and a school trip to France. My commute from farm to school and back was under 10 miles. As of last week, I can confidently say I have logged over 2 million miles. My son has figured that I have circled the earth about 80 times…a nice 21st century version of around the world in 80 days. By James Lehoullier, Managing Partner and CEO at DiLeonardo
Ideas What are ideas? What inspires them, where do they come from? By Jennifer Skaife, Design Director at DiLeonardo
Do We Need a Better Milk Carton? In this relentless pursuit of seeking “other” or attempting to differentiate one hotel arrival experience from another, are we in danger of creating another design clique, that of homogony? By Jennifer Skaife, Design Director; Jordan Batty, Senior Designer; Cole Peterson
The Hotel Lobby You arrive in it, you leave via it, you meet friends and colleagues there, you linger there, or alternatively hurriedly pass through it; so what is the Hotel Lobby, anyway? By Jennifer Skaife, Design Director at DiLeonardo