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Spas and fitness spaces have been totally neglected Inge Moore interior designer and co-founder MUSE
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nge Moore has called on
these spaces. There are lots of
hospitality designers to
opportunities to really push the
incorporate fun, interactivity
design of these areas further.”
and individuality into
spa and gym design. The interior designer – who
Moore has previously designed a host of hospitality projects with HBA – who will invest in MUSE,
is in the process of launching
despite it being a standalone
bespoke hospitality design
company – including the renovation
studio MUSE after leaving
of London’s Grosvenor House
Hirsch Bedner Associates
for JW Marriott, a luxury sleeper
(HBA) – told CLAD that spa and
train for Belmond in Ireland and
fitness spaces have been “totally
the Belmond Eagle Island Safari
neglected” in the past, but are now
Lodge in Botswana. With the new
coming to be seen as essential
studio, Moore, co-founder Nathan
parts of the hotel experience.
Hutchins and their team of 15 are
“The whole way we’re thinking
working on a spa resort in Goa, a
about our travel experience is
new hotel in Ibiza and another luxury
changing,” she said. “These days
train for Belmond, this time in Peru.
when we stay at a nice place we expect there to be great spa, gym, fitness facilities and yoga. The better you can deliver those spaces, the more special you make people’s experience. “For too long spas and gyms were the last space on everyone’s programme, with the few rooms left at the end turned into the gym. Now Inge Moore is launching new design studio MUSE
the demand is for them to be more than just rows and rows of exercise machines. They should be super fun areas to socialise and learn. “This can be achieved through
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STANDING OUT Individuality is the feature that unifies all of these projects, Moore told CLAD. “The design standard in hotels has gone way beyond what it was 10 years ago,” she said. “There’s so much competition within the hospitality space that everyone wants a unique project, whether it’s a Hyatt, a Four Seasons or a Marriott. “It’s so important to stand out. Everywhere you go, there are good
the lighting, textures and materials
hotels and countless Airbnbs,
you use and by bringing in
so yours needs to be special.
the narrative of the resort into
People choose to stay at the more
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