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Hospitality Design Giant Cole Martinez Curtis and Associates Launches London Office Firm Expands to UK to Focus on International Hotel, Resort and Golf Properties April 22, 2005 (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - Cole Martinez Curtis and Associates (CMCA), one of the world's leading hospitality design firms, is pleased to announce the launch of its London office. CMCA, whose clientele includes Intercontinental, Four Seasons, Troon Golf, St. Regis, Marriott and Starwood, has nearly four decades of experience designing award-winning hotels, golf resorts and spas around the world. Noted UK travel & tourism consultant Steven Blundell will helm the firm's London practice and the development of its portfolio of international hotel and golf resort projects. CMCA's previous work in London includes the renovation and restoration of Les Ambassadeurs, the exclusive private gaming club, and Cannons in the City, the flagship health club. The firm has also designed luxury destinations in Australia, the Caribbean, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Blundell, whose experience includes work for The Goring, The British Tourist Authority and London Transport, will report directly to CMCA Co-founder and President Jill I. Cole in Los Angeles. "CMCA is recognized for creating distinctive interiors that are carefully tailored to the property's target market," says Blundell. "We hope that our commitment to exacting quality and ROI will resonate with the discriminating European travel & tourism industry." Named one of the Top 50 Hospitality Design Giants by Interior Design magazine for the past 25 years, CMCA's expertise includes full-service hotels, boutique hotels, spas, golf resorts, clubs, restaurants and time shares/vacation clubs. The firm's notable projects include the Lodge at Sea Island (Sea Island, GA), named the number 1 golf resort in the world by Robb Report; golf mecca the Lodge at Pebble Beach and the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (the new home of the Oscars). CMCA is currently working on the $70 million redesign and renovation of the landmark mid-Century modern Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, Arizona. |
