The growing boutique- and lifestyle-hotel segments have provided much work for hospitality designers.

Creating these quaint and quirky properties can be a challenge, according to participants in a roundtable hosted by Hotel Design and Hotel & Motel Management at the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club in Miami Beach, Fla.

Jacques Coetzee, senior designer for Wilson Associates, said there needs to be clarification in what exactly defines a boutique hotel.

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