Episode 23: understanding 'lean luxury' in hotel design • Hotel Designs
Episode 23 of DESIGN POD, Editor Hamish Kilburn welcomes Matthew Balon, Head of Design at Ruby Hotels, to explore lean luxury...
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Episode 23 of DESIGN POD, Editor Hamish Kilburn welcomes Matthew Balon, Head of Design at Ruby Hotels, to explore lean luxury...
As of 1st October, Ruby Group is introducing a new 35-hour workweek across the company for all employees, including at its hotels, workspaces, and across its reservation’s teams, with no change in salary. All employees of the group will also receive a share of the company’s profits from 2023.
Ruby Hotels’ expansion continues to successfully progress. In the first half of 2022, two hotels will open in Munich and Geneva, as well as a workspace in Vienna. To support the ongoing internationalisation and diversification, Ruby is expanding its top management team.
The Munich-based Ruby Group under the leadership of founder and CEO Michael Struck is breaking new ground with its Lean Luxury philosophy. With a lean organisational structure and concentration on the essentials, Ruby succeeds in creating a contemporary, affordable form of luxury for modern, cost and style-conscious customers. Founded in 2013, the Group already operates twelve Ruby hotels, with a further 22 hotels under construction or in the planning phase. Ruby is expanding into Asia with the joint venture Ruby Asia, founded in 2018. Ruby also offers Ruby Workspaces in Munich, Hamburg and Du...
Fabian Zellinger, who as Group Director is responsible for the Ruby Workspaces business segment, joins the management team and, at the start of the year, also takes over two newly created areas: New Ventures and Corporate Development. Both areas are aimed at the strategic international expansion of Ruby and include, among other things, the establishment of partnerships and joint ventures in new markets, as well as the development of new business areas and licensing concepts. In his new role as Group Director Corporate Development, New Ventures & Workspaces, Zellinger will report directly t...