1. Hospitlaity design consultants sKaInternational Brings over 22 years of operational and interior design expertise to hotel development. We guide projects through the design process and help create award winning designs that are brand specific and operationally sound. Specialties Luxury Interior Design Services Design Management Property Improvement Asian Expertise 1ST Place Gold Key Award Winner Hospitality Design MagazineNovember 2001 Design Work by Susan Konkel while at HBA for The Presidential Villa at Le St Geran Hotel 1-404-636-9264 info@skainternational.com
2. Hospitlaity design consultants sKaInternational provides services to: Hotel Operators, Developers, Owners Incorporate brand specific operational requirements into interior design. Negotiate and manage design input from different parties. Offer and document recommendations for property improvement, as a member of a survey team, for existing hotels and hotels which are being considered for re-branding. Evaluate and establish scope and process for hotel renovation work. Respond to global and regional brand market research studies by developing new luxury tier products and/or product applications. Coordinate, Conduct and Document model room reviews. Assess and recommend strategy for value engineering. Manage and Coordinate interior design, purchase function and installation process. Design services for renovation. Design services for new build Le St Geran Design Work by Susan Konkel while at HBA 3 Meal Restaurant and Pool Bar 1-404-636-9264 info@skainternational.com
3. Hospitlaity design consultants Projects Opened with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC Bvlgari Bali, Bali Indonesia The Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial Street/ Beijing, China The Ritz-Carlton Beijing GuoHau/ Beijing, China The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo/Tokyo, Japan The Ritz-Carlton Moscow/Moscow, Russia The Ritz-Carlton Test Room/Bethesda, Maryland The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta/Jakarta, Indonesia The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Coconut Grove, FL The Ritz-Carlton Doha/Doha, Qatar The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota/Sarasota, Florida The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans; 14th floor renovation/New Orleans, Louisiana The Ritz-Carlton South Beach/Miami, Florida The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota Spa/Sarasota, Florida The Ritz-Carlton Jupiter/Jupiter, Florida The Ritz-Carlton Santiago/Santiago, Chile The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota Golf Club/Sarasota, Florida Penha Longa/Lisbon, Portugal Phulay Bay; A Ritz-Carlton Reserve/Krabi, Thailand Projects Completed and Opened with Hirsch Bedner Associates Le St. Geran Hotel/Mauritius, Indian Ocean Givenchy Spa at Le St. Geran Hotel/Mauritius, Indian Ocean The Ritz-Carlton Huntington/Pasadena, California. The Ritz-Carlton Osaka/Osaka, Japan The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis/St. Louis, Missouri Frenchman’s Reef/St. Thomas, USVI Hyatt Regency Johannesburg/ Johannesburg, South Africa Hyatt Regency Muscat/Muscat Oman Hyatt Regency Istanbul/Istanbul, Turkey The Landmark London/London, England Voted Best Hotel in the World Travel and Leisure October 2008 Interiors managed by Susan Konkel for the Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial Street. Design work by Sylvia Chiang of HBA 1-404-636-9264 info@skainternational.com
4. Hospitlaity design consultants Susan Konkel; Principal with sKaInternational has over twenty-two years of international hospitality design experience . Her career began with the hospitality design giant HBA where for 12 years she created interiors for the likes of One and Only, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC, Bvlgari Hotels, Givenchy Spas, Marriott International, Sheraton, Landmark, the Omni and Hyatt International. She has been personally involved in all tasks and phases of hotel design and is recognized for creating diverse interiors that represent and strengthen the brand image. As Director; Interior of Design for Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC for 8 years and later as a project Leader for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group; Susan further enlarged her circle of influence in luxury design. While collaborating with the worlds award winning design firms, developers and owners, Susan's reputation as an expert in her field was solidified. Her work throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East have allowed her great personal satisfaction as well as strengthened her knowledge in multi-cultural design vocabulary and multi-national work practices. Her operations exposure has refined her design sense and her business understanding of the hospitality and life style markets. Her value is that she has been on both sides of hotel development; first as a designer then as an operator. In order to meet luxury demands Susan is able to elevate the guest experience by integrating operational requirements with aesthetic excellence. Principal Susan Konkel 1-404-636-9264 info@skainternational.com