Lo is the daughter of Langham Hospitality chair Ka Shui Lo
When Katherine Lo’s father, Langham Hospitality Group chair Ka Shui Lo, tasked her with remaking the group’s Eaton brand to appeal to a millennial audience, she used her background in activism, anthropology and film to create a space that merges hospitality with social change.
Lo’s new hotel brand, Eaton Workshop, has four distinct parts: hotel, house, media and wellness. The first location is set to open in Washington, DC, early this year, with more to follow in Hong Kong, San Francisco and Seattle. “The brand is the manifestation of me ‘following my bliss’ so others can follow theirs,” says Lo. “Beyond the eco-minded design and community-oriented offerings, through the power of our programming and content, we will take a moral stance and catalyse productive, positive change through dialoguing.”
Wellness programming at Eaton Workshop is inspired by new age practices and experiential learning traditions, with a holistic approach built on the mind-body connection. This includes classes like yoga and meditation, alternative therapies like reiki and acupuncture, and sensory experiences including infrared saunas and sound baths.
“Vegetable-forward” and detox food and beverage menus will be offered, and the locations will host guest speakers in the health and wellness industry.
Leong Leong and Kengo Kuma and Associates have been brought on for the design architecture, and Gachot Studios, Parts and Labor Design and Avroko for interior design.
The brand plans a serious focus on sustainability, creating partnerships with organic bath products and organic mattress companies, installing rooftop organic gardens and wind turbines, and practising aerobic food waste decomposition.
Taking cues from political and countercultural movements from the Beatniks to last year’s Women’s March, the 209-bedroom Eaton DC will include a wellness centre with yoga, meditation and alternative treatments, as well as an event space, coworking club, rooftop bar, restaurant and 50-person cinema.
“Recent political events make our first hotel in DC that much more trenchant,” says Lo. “The Eaton we are creating will be a safe space and sanctuary for all: international, people of colour, LGBTQ and more.”
The Eaton Hong Kong will follow later this year and will open in the emerging Kowloon neighbourhood.
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Lo is the daughter of Langham Hospitality chair Ka Shui Lo
When Katherine Lo’s father, Langham Hospitality Group chair Ka Shui Lo, tasked her with remaking the group’s Eaton brand to appeal to a millennial audience, she used her background in activism, anthropology and film to create a space that merges hospitality with social change.
Lo’s new hotel brand, Eaton Workshop, has four distinct parts: hotel, house, media and wellness. The first location is set to open in Washington, DC, early this year, with more to follow in Hong Kong, San Francisco and Seattle. “The brand is the manifestation of me ‘following my bliss’ so others can follow theirs,” says Lo. “Beyond the eco-minded design and community-oriented offerings, through the power of our programming and content, we will take a moral stance and catalyse productive, positive change through dialoguing.”
Wellness programming at Eaton Workshop is inspired by new age practices and experiential learning traditions, with a holistic approach built on the mind-body connection. This includes classes like yoga and meditation, alternative therapies like reiki and acupuncture, and sensory experiences including infrared saunas and sound baths.
“Vegetable-forward” and detox food and beverage menus will be offered, and the locations will host guest speakers in the health and wellness industry.
Leong Leong and Kengo Kuma and Associates have been brought on for the design architecture, and Gachot Studios, Parts and Labor Design and Avroko for interior design.
The brand plans a serious focus on sustainability, creating partnerships with organic bath products and organic mattress companies, installing rooftop organic gardens and wind turbines, and practising aerobic food waste decomposition.
Taking cues from political and countercultural movements from the Beatniks to last year’s Women’s March, the 209-bedroom Eaton DC will include a wellness centre with yoga, meditation and alternative treatments, as well as an event space, coworking club, rooftop bar, restaurant and 50-person cinema.
“Recent political events make our first hotel in DC that much more trenchant,” says Lo. “The Eaton we are creating will be a safe space and sanctuary for all: international, people of colour, LGBTQ and more.”
The Eaton Hong Kong will follow later this year and will open in the emerging Kowloon neighbourhood.
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2018 issue 1
Promotional feature: Oakworks
Dafne Berlanga, vice president of international business
development of Oakworks, discusses the importance of sustainability
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
planned resort in Bedford are emerging as part of a wider transformation of the Oxford–
Cambridge Growth Corridor into a major centre for UK leisure and tourism inv
Shedd Aquarium has opened the Immersion Theater developed in partnership with SimEx-
Iwerks, as part of a wider strategy to enhance the guest experience and create additional
revenue opportunities.
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions and
children’s meals as part of a summer cost-of-living support package designed to stimulate the
visitor economy and encourage family days out.
As designer Yinka Ilori prepares for his first solo gallery show in London, he speaks exclusively
to CLADmag about his mission to spread joy, the power of play, and his bold approach to using
colour (including the colours you won’t see in his work).
The government of Thailand is exploring plans for a THB300bn (£6.3bn, US$8.3bn)
entertainment complex in the country’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), with officials
proposing a large-scale theme park and sports destination as part of a broader tourism and
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