Sleeper Magazine launches, inviting readers to ‘Enjoy Your Stay’
2003
Sleeper Media takes ownership of the European Hotel Design Awards
2004
Sleeper relaunches as a global coffee-table publication for ‘Hotel Design, Development & Architecture’
2005
The Sleep Event launches at Old Billingsgate Market, London, combining an exhibition, conference and hotel design awards
2008
The Sleep Event acquired by UBM, with Sleeper as headline media partner
2012
Sleepover launches in Berlin, with guests hosted at The Michelberger
2015
The inaugural Asia Hotel Design Awards takes place at Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore
2016
Supper Magazine launches, focusing on ‘Global Hotel F&B’
2017
AHEAD Europe and AHEAD Asia replace the European Hotel Design Awards and Asia Hotel Design Awards respectively, joined by new events for the Americas and MEA regions
2018
Starboard Magazine launches, exploring mobile forms of hospitality such as cruise ships, river boats, sleeper trains and aeroplane cabins
2019
Sleeper Media announces strategic partnership with Tophotelprojects, enabling us to target our audience more precisely and reach a constantly updated list of decision-makers and specifiers at all under-construction hotel projects worldwide
2020
Twentieth anniversary celebrated with the #SLEEPER2020 podcast, featuring conversations with explorers, artists and thinkers in the world of hospitality experience and design
2021
Sleeper Sessions launches as a series of events connecting specifiers and suppliers in hospitality design, providing a new way to specify products, source projects and share ideas
2022
Sleeper Media completes acquisition of Tophotelprojects GmbH, repositioning it as THP and beginning the roll-out of new websites, features and functionality
2024
Sleeper Media announces strategic partnership with ZeroTwoZero Communications, publisher of Hotel Analyst and organiser of HIDE (Hotel Industry Development Event) and OpRE (Operational Real Estate Festival)
Company Values
COLLABORATIVE
Working in close partnership with each other, the communities we serve and our industry partners.
CONNECTED
Deeply immersed in and knowledgeable about our industry, engaging with it both in person and online.
COMMUNICATIVE
Constantly communicating with the communities we serve to understand their needs. Constantly communicating with each other to address them.
CREATIVE
Ceaselessly innovative, imaginative and pushing boundaries.
COMMERCIAL
Delivering comprehensive and effective solutions for our advertisers and sponsors across print, digital and events.
CONSISTENT
Producing work of content high quality.
CONSIDERATE
Mindful of the social and environmental impact of our actions. Caring about the impact of our conduct on one another.
COMMITTED
Dedicated, hardworking and going the extra mile to provide the best possible outcomes.
Our readership is meticulously researched and continually tracked to ensure print magazines reach key decision-makers. We do not send magazines to anonymous mailing lists solely to boost numbers; all recipients are actively involved in new hotel projects worldwide. We also distribute our magazines digitally, available to newsletter subscribers, accessed directly from our website or via QR code at key trade events.
PRINTING
Our magazines carry the FSC Mix label, which verifies that materials are sourced from FSC-certified forests. We use 100% vegetable-based inks, made from renewable crops that are sustainably farmed.
PACKAGING
Mailed magazines are packaged in fully recyclable paper wrap, made using materials sourced from FSC-certified forests.
