The result is a cultural palette of objects, textures, and patterns that is rich and resonant with Asian ideas of hospitality and service.

Pops of colour—picked from IHG’s brand palette of vermillions—are applied selectively to background surfaces, with their enlivening effects working best in collaborative and casual spaces such as ‘‘The Living Room’, a large pantry that features commonly across all IHG offices around the world.

In place of the older, rigid model of cubicles, a more relaxed and open plan now supports modern day work processes and habits. To encourage staff interaction, a larger collection of meeting spaces caters to different group sizes and degrees of privacy and formality.