Organized alphabetically by design firm, HOTEL AND RESTAURANT DESIGN NO. 2 is user friendly, with each project indexed for easy reference. Hoteliers, restaurateurs and the architects and interior designers serving the hospitality world will find exciting new ways to inspire their projects in its pages. From the Ritz-Carlton Beijing to Philadelphia's Le Bec-Fin, there are hotel and restaurant environments to meet the particular needs of every business or leisure guest.

HOTEL AND RESTAURANT DESIGN NO. 2 reveals, in breathtaking images and lively reports, why so many business and leisure guests find themselves impressed by the hospitality industry's newest facilities in the United States and abroad. Corporate road warriors and adventurous vacationers exploring ever more far-flung destinations are discovering that service and accommodations have attained world class standards without losing the distinct flavors of local cultures. Better yet, outstanding guest experiences are not just for customers of five-star hotels and four-star restaurants. The hospitality industry is racing to satisfy the mid-price and value sectors as well. So along with memotable, efficient and comfortable architecture and interior design,hotetiers, restaurateurs and their customers are surrounded by state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure, such as versatile conference centers, dazzling exhibition kitchens and high-speed Internet connections.

What awaits today's guests in HOTEL AND RESTAURANT DESIGN NO. 2? Projects range from five-star hotels to neighborhood cafes. Nothing is too grandiose for people seeking the good life at the new, 3,000-suite, 10.6 million-square-foot Venetian Macau Resort Hotel Casing in Macao, China, which boasts everything the Las Vegas original has such as replicas of St. Mark's Campanile,Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs--plus much more. Size isn't everything, of course, since patrons of the new Wine Bar at the historic Griswold Inn, in Essex, Connecticut, come to savor the same, intimate atmosphere of the "Gris" that America's Founding Fathers enjoyed at its opening in 1776. By contrast, everything within the new, 250-bed W Mexico City, in Mexico City's trendy,upscate Potanco neighborhood, tells its youthful and affluent clientele how cool, sophisticated and fashion-forward they are.What happens when customers just want a congenial place to relax with superb food? For them, there are new places such as the 13g-seat Market Bar at San Francisco's historic Ferry Building,where casually elegant dining rooms complement their location by combining a fresh new look at urban life with highly-rated Mediterranean-style cuisine.

Aria Group Architects, Inc.

8BG-BBGM

BraytonHughes Design Studios

Cleo Design

Daroff Design Inc.

DAS Architects

DiLeonardo International, Inc.

Haverson Architecture & Design P.C.

HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates

HKS Hill Glazier Studio

Intra-Spec Hospitality Design, Inc.

JCJ Architecture

Klai Juba Architects

Knauer Incorporated

LBL Architecture & Interiors

Mancini.Duffy

Marnell Architecture

MBH

Peter Fillat Architects

SFA Design

Steelman Partners

Stephen 8. Jacobs @roup/Andi Pepper Interior Design

Studio GAlA Inc.

tonychi and associates

WATG

WESTAR Architects

WorthGroup Architects & Interiors

Commentary by Roger Yee

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