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SHOPPING CENTERS METASUMMIT GUATEMALA

Fue un honor poder participar en el  #ShoppingCentersMetaSummit2023    en Guatemala el mes pasado. Esta primera edición de altísimo nivel en ponencias y organización es seguro la primera de muchas más ediciones en el futuro. Desde #Padzzle aportamos nuestro granito de arena para hablar de lo que sabemos: #PLACEMAKING y en este caso focalizado a #retailexperiences. El  panel moderado por Jorge Lizan, CEO de  Retail Lizan Advisors y con las invitadas , Kelly Kroger, CEO de C&A en México y Anna Domingo de PADZZLE conversó sobre nuevos conceptos, innovación y #placemaking. Deseamos regresar con propuestas de #placemaking y valor para #Guatemala.

Spotlight Interview - our client Playa about Design with Ken Shannon, VP of Architecture, Design, & Construction at Playa Hotels & Resorts

Really interesting article from our founder interviewing Ken Shannon, Vp of Architecture, Design & Construction at Playa Hotels & Resorts. @Padzzle we would like to hear more about design, rethinking spaces and dynamics for a better #placemaking options. Reach out to our team at the following link if you are interested to contribute.

INSPIRE CONFERENCE 2022

As a board member of ILHA USA is an honor to participate as speaker at #Inspireconference2022 #ILHA  This conference is an opportunity to change knowledge, innovation and expand your point of view.

#Destinationmusic #Destinationtalk

Music, from all forms of arts is for most of us the most important. Music allows us traveling to sensations, emotions, and feelings.    Today, I can select one of my multiple curated playlists and determine what mood or sense of being I’d like to feel.   Last June flying back home listening to music, I selected a playlist which helped me to focus and concentration. I wanted to be relaxed and focus to write after spending 24h in Nashville.   Nashville, what a great destination! I love the city vibe and its genuine authenticity. No wonder it is branded as Nashville music city.     June 2021 and the airport was busy with domestic leisure tourism. However, I observed some business travelers as myself.   Nashville achieved pre-pandemic  16.1M  visitors with $179 average daily spend and 91% rate return.   2021 offered a favorable recovery for Nashville vs other destinations, perhaps for its rooted domestic traveler.   Nashville orchestrat...

Article on ILHA Magazine on Luxury & Wellness Trends 2021

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Thank you #womenleaders #li

I am honored to be featured alongside such incredible female leaders. Thank you  #womenleaders Un gran honor estar nominada conjuntamente con este grupo de mujeres increíbles listadas en la primera edición de mujeres españolas en el exterior. Muchas gracias!  #mujeresycia   #liderazgofemenino

#Destinationrespect #Destinationtalk

 Many years ago, I traveled to Jamaica and enjoyed a wonderful, amazing experience with friends.   It hit me in an extremely sensorial way and the only material memory I brought home was a scented candle. Every time I smelled the candle, I traveled to Jamaica.    Each destination has its own sounds, smells, taste, temperature and landscape.    Tourism capitalizes on images, taste, recently aromas, but never sounds. It is striking to me think on all of our senses without sound. NYC for example has its very defined sounds , so does London and every destination I visited.    Recently, I read an  article  on T+L about how lawmakers in France passed a regulation  to protect the "sensory heritage" of the French countryside, including its sounds and smells. Most, the protection was needed from “urban weekend transplants” complaining on rural noises.    I agree with the French authorities protecting their sounds. Bien Sur!!! ...

#Destinationtalk - Attractions and entertainment paradox during COVID19

Nothing will be the same. Nothing. Nada. I believe our current times, July 2020, are the scariest for the attraction and themed entertainment industry ever faced globally.  Personally, I describe the entertainment and attractions industry as “ticketed experiences” -- a phraseology I started using 15 years ago.  The promise: buy a ticket in exchange for an experience that will reward you with (potentially a lifetime of) memories of happiness and joy. What a pleasure (joy) to market and communicate this proposition during my professional lifetime to millions of visitors from all over the world at attractions all over the world! However, prior to COVID-19, the marketing proposition for the attractions and themed entertainment industry was attempting to evolve as the industry was in real-time adapting to a significantly more demanding customer -- a proposition many destinations were trying to fulfill in different ways. Prior to COVID-19: ·  ...

#Destinationtalk - Traveler Trends and Drivers of Behavior Post Covid-19

I am a board member for the International Luxury Hotel Association (ILHA) NorthEast Chapter. On June 3rd 2020 we hosted the following webinar about traveler trends Post Covid-19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUkQipfruE&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUkQipfruE If you found the webinar to be of value please do share the recording and encourage colleagues to sign up for next week's webinar. Recordings can be found on the ILHA's website  luxuryhotelassociation.org/  under events.

#Destinationtalk #PostCOVID-19 Commercial Real Estate metamorphosis

Picture @padzzle Nothing will be the same.  Nothing.  Nada. The ongoing reinvention of retail and commercial real estate expired with COVID-19, as if the commercial real estate was not convoluted enough already with new consumer behavior patterns. Prior to COVID-19: ·        old shopping malls, as well as newer shopping malls, centers, and destinations, struggled putting forth compelling propositions to drive footfall. Why do consumers need to “go to” a shopping mall or neighborhood shopping center when pretty much everything is accessible via a click of a computer mouse or a touch of a smartphone? ·        office space was re-inventing itself after WeWork changed the paradigm of office space look, feel, functionality, and use. However, today WeWork is a rapidly sinking ship.  Not surprisingly, we will likely s...