dwp. and the Future of Hospitality in Asia

The hospitality industry is changing, and the discussions shaping its direction — from investment and operational performance to guest experience and design — are drawing industry leaders together to consider what comes next across Asia and beyond.

In recent months, dwp. has contributed to several of these discussions through its leadership team’s participation in the region’s major hospitality events.

At the Hospitality Thailand Conference (HTC) in Bangkok, Scott Whittaker, Founder and Group Creative Director, and Sarinrath Kamolratanapiboon, CEO of dwp. Thailand, joined expert panels alongside owners, operators, developers and consultants. Their contributions drew on the practice’s long-standing role in hospitality across the region and decades of experience designing hotels, resorts and mixed-use developments.

More recently, Sarinrath moderated a panel at the South East Asia Hotel Investors Summit (SEAHIS), one of the region’s principal gatherings of hotel owners, investors and operators. Held annually in Bangkok, SEAHIS convenes industry leaders to examine the trends, opportunities and challenges shaping hospitality investment and development across Southeast Asia.

The panel — Optimising the Building Envelope: How to Maximise Value Through Smart Space Planning and Programming — examined how developers and operators can draw greater value from their assets through planning, design and operational integration. The discussion looked at how early-stage decisions influence long-term performance, guest experience and commercial outcomes. Drawing together perspectives from ownership, operations and design, it underlined the value of collaboration in creating hospitality destinations that are both commercially sound and adaptable — a direction dwp. continues to pursue through its design and delivery approach.

For dwp., events such as HTC and SEAHIS are not about recognition. They reflect a commitment to staying engaged in the discussions that shape hospitality, and to sharing what the practice has learned across more than three decades designing hotels, resorts and mixed-use destinations in the region.

As the industry continues to change, dwp. remains focused on creating places that work — and on contributing to the discussions that define what comes next.