Philippa Wagner
PeoplePlacesSpaces
Founder
Philippa is a renowned influencer in the hospitality industry and the founder of PeoplePlacesSpaces, an experience strategy studio that collaborates with co-working, hospitality, and retail brands. She focuses on embedding experience at the core of businesses, consistently driving growth for some of hospitality's most loved brands through innovative experience strategies. Philippa is known for her key trends presentations at global hospitality events, where she shares her insights on cultural shifts driving change within the industry.
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Previously to setting up PeoplePlacesSpaces, Philippa founded and led 23Lab, the futures and insights lab at Ennismore, and was instrumental in shaping WorkingFrom_, Gleneagles Townhouse and many of the new Hoxton Hotels. As a highly creative and commercially driven thinker, Philippa boasts extensive experience with top-tier brands such as Birch, The Hoxton, Ennismore, TFE Hotels and Locke. Her expertise in consumer behaviours, strategic forecasting, and brand storytelling uniquely positions her to deliver forward-thinking strategies that help brands establish their presence in the market. Most recently, she has been famed for conceiving and leading MM:NT Berlin Lab - a micro hotel that operates in ongoing beta mode, gathering feedback from guests to test hypotheses on room sizes, designs, and experiences for future rollout of hospitality experiences.
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