About

We’re the leading B2B media company in hospitality design

We create content and commercial solutions to connect communities developing exceptional hospitality experiences around the world. We’ve been publishing beautiful magazines, curating exceptional events and crafting online content since our launch in 1999.

Timeline

1999

Sleeper Magazine launched, inviting readers to ‘Enjoy Your Stay’

2003

Sleeper Media takes ownership of the European Hotel Design Awards

2004

Sleeper relaunched as a global coffee-table publication for ‘Hotel Design Development & Architecture’

2005

The Sleep Event launched at Old Billingsgate Market, London, combining a hotel design awards, conference and exhibition under the same roof

2008

The Sleep Event acquired by UBM, with Sleeper as headline media partner

2012

Sleepover launched in Berlin, with guests hosted at The Michelberger

2015

Asia Hotel Design Awards launched at Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore

2016

Supper Magazine launched, focusing on ‘Global Hotel F&B’

2017

AHEAD Awards launched (AHEAD Europe and AHEAD Asia replaced the European Hotel Design Awards and Asia Hotel Design Awards respectively, and were joined by new events for the Americas and MEA regions)

2018

Starboard Magazine launched, exploring mobile forms of hospitality such as cruise ships, sleeper trains and aeroplanes

2019

Sleeper Media announces strategic partnership with Tophotelprojects, allowing us to target our audience more precisely, ensuring that we reach a constantly updated list of decision-makers and specifiers at all under-construction hotel projects worldwide

2020

Twentieth anniversary celebrated with launch of #SLEEPER2020 podcast featuring conversations with explorers, artists and thinkers in the world of hospitality experience and design

2021

Sleeper Sessions launched as a series of meetings events for specifiers and suppliers in hospitality design, hosted in intimate and exclusive resort locations, and “designed with COVID in mind”

Company Values

COLLABORATIVE

Working in close partnership with each other, the communities we serve and our industry partners.

CONNECTED

Deeply immersed in, involved with and knowledgeable about our industry. Engaged with it both online and offline.

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 the boundaries.

COMMERCIAL

Delivering comprehensive and effective solutions for our advertisers and sponsors across print, digital and events.

CONSISTENT

Producing work of consistently 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.

Mondiale Media

Established in 1984, our parent company Mondiale Media is a market-leading publisher of B2B magazines and organiser of events for the hospitality, technology and design industries – covering everything from rock ‘n’ roll event production to architectural lighting.