Delivering Five-star Design Services With Howard Design Group

Recognized throughout the hospitality industry for delivering five-star design services that meet brand standards, Howard Design Group (HDG) has the knowledge, experience and skill to become your global interior design partner. Since its founding, the design firm has grown steadily in the hospitality sector, building a loyal clientele of developers, owners and operators. Today HDG has a staff of interior designers, architects and project managers, who offer the highest level of design services.

As an architecturally oriented firm, Howard Design Group understands the importance of coordination and balancing the exterior and interior plans at an early stage in a project. In many cases, Howard Design Group will create the interior architecture, followed by a design that meets the hospitality brand’s requirements. For the convenience of hospitality clients, the firm is affiliated with the purchasing entity E-Quire of South Florida, which provides procurement services for all furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) and operating supplies and equipment (OS&E) to hotel owners and operators.

Jeff Howard is one of Florida’s most highly regarded designers, specializing in hospitality, residential, commercial and luxury yachts. He has more than 35 years of professional experience. His interior architecture and design work for leading luxury brands such as Ritz-Carlton, Fairmont Hotels and Westmont Hotels has been featured in numerous trade and consumer publications. He studied design and architecture at the College of Architecture at the University of Florida where he received his bachelor of design.

After graduation, he was associated with the well-known interior designer, Henry End, as the head designer of his Miami office. He served as project designer for various hotel projects expanding Henry End’s worldwide portfolios. He established his own full-service design firm, Jeffrey Howard & Associates, now known as the Howard Design Group in Midtown, Florida. Jeffrey taught interior architecture at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture in Coral Gables, Florida for 10 years.