{"id":964,"date":"2015-10-29T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T03:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sepiadesign.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2025-06-26T18:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:41:28","slug":"sepia-design-hosts-philippines-hotel-development-seminar-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/sepia-design-hosts-philippines-hotel-development-seminar-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Sepia Design Hosts Philippines Hotel Development Seminar Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Manila<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Manila, 29 October 2015<\/strong> ————– Founder and Managing Director of Sepia Design Consultants Limited<\/em>, Thomas Schmidt, AIA, LEED AP<\/strong>, hosted a well-attended session on “Successful Hotel Developments in the Philippines” at the inaugural Philippines Hotel Seminar 2015<\/strong>. The seminar was held on 29 October 2015 at the New World Makati Manila<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schmidt was joined by Craig Takahata, AIA<\/strong>, Vice President and Managing Director of WATG<\/a> Honolulu<\/em> in a lively design-oriented session focusing on the planning and development of successful beach resort developments in the Philippines.   A wide range of topics were discussed including site selection, site planning, architectural style issues, design strategies to protect assets from natural hazards, and issues associated with successful project execution.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This invitation-only seminar was hosted by Horwath HTL<\/a> in collaboration with Y&S 1847<\/a> and attracted almost one hundred business leaders from throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Editor’s Note:\u00a0 Thomas Schmidt, AIA, LEED AP <\/strong>is the founder of Sepia Design Consultants Limited<\/strong><\/a>, an award-winning design consultancy specializing in creative and sustainable design solutions for the hospitality industry.\u00a0 Schmidt is also author and illustrator of the award-winning Bumbling Traveller Adventure Series<\/em><\/a> which seeks to promote environmental and cultural awareness through entertaining mysteries and adventures, which was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) through a 2010 Chapter Citation.<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manila, 29 October 2015 ————– Founder and Managing Director of Sepia Design Consultants Limited, Thomas Schmidt, AIA, LEED AP, hosted a well-attended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,6,61],"tags":[52,77,56,19],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hotel-design","category-news","category-sustainability","tag-hotel-design","tag-philippines-hotel-seminar","tag-sepia-design-consultants-limited","tag-thomas-schmidt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t