Texas-based hotel company La Quinta Inn & Suites held a design competition to help define the hotel’s appearance and layout. Following the competition, the company enlisted 5G Studio to design the new prototype called Del Sol.

Sitting within the Rock Rose district is the Archer Hotel, which packs a significant amount of upscale style into its eight-story, 171-guest room building.

Characterized by an extremely original and contemporary design, The Tour Part-Dieu — fondly named “the pencil” due to its cylindrical shape and pyramid top — stands out majestically above the rooftops of Lyons, France, near the financial district, a stone’s throw away from the historical city center.

The 35th edition of Cevisama returned to the Feria Valencia Convention and Exhibition Center in Valencia, Spain, from February 20 to 24 this year. The International Ceramics Exhibition, featuring an array of bathroom and kitchen equipment, natural stone, raw materials and machinery, drew in more than 750 exhibitors.

. In one of the largest cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, a 900-square-foot upscale coffee shop, known as Modern Coffee, recently established another location, which stands out with its decorative graphic tiles.

Recently hosting its 17th edition in Xiamen, China, from March 6 to 9, 2017, the Xiamen Stone Fair fulfilled its show management’s expectations by receiving 150,290 visitors, 29,407 which came from overseas, during the four-day event.

Last month, I made the long journey to China to attend the Xiamen Stone Fair. While I had been to Shanghai many years ago, this was my first time in Xiamen. I have heard more and more about the stone show, and was interested to experience it first-hand.

Welcome to The International Surface Event (TISE) 2018 Call for Presentations. This invitation is extended globally for experienced professionals to present at the largest floor covering, stone and tile event in North America.

A total of seven companies were honored at the MIA+BSI Awards luncheon at TISE (The International Surface Event) for earning MIA accreditation in 2016.