{"id":3032,"date":"2018-07-11T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2018-07-10T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T18:20:12","slug":"meet-the-howard-graduates-behind-the-moor-a-boutique-hotel-that-celebrates-black-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/meet-the-howard-graduates-behind-the-moor-a-boutique-hotel-that-celebrates-black-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Howard Graduates Behind \u201cThe Moor,\u201d A Boutique Hotel That Celebrates Black Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Damon Lawrence and Marcus Carey, courtesy of @hauspitality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While attending Howard University, Damon Lawrence and Marcus Carey had a vision to transform the hospitality industry by constructing innovative hotel spaces that cater to African American culture. Four years ago, the two entrepreneurs manifested their dream into reality with the launch of their pioneering company, Homage Hospitality Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“After transferring from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to Howard University at the end of my sophomore year, I was amazed at the diversity within the diaspora,\u201d said Lawrence in an interview with Howard Newsroom. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realize the need to celebrate, not only what brings us all together, but even what separates us culturally as well. In fact, each Homage property will pay reverence to the locale in which it\u2019s situated.\u00a0No detail will go unnoticed in providing guests with an experience that highlights the best of our culture from city to city.”<\/p>\n

Today, they\u2019ve officially opened their first hotel called \u201cThe Moor,\u201d located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Through its architecture, statement art, and antiques, \u201cThe Moor\u201d pays homage to the melting pot of New Orleans and the Moorish people. With its exquisite design and beautiful atmosphere, visitors are sure to have an exceptional time.<\/p>\n

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“The Moor,” courtesy of @stayhomage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“The Moor,” courtesy of @stayhomage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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To create a unique and memorable experience for guests, Lawrence and Carey refer to their hotel spaces as the \u201cinnovator\u2019s inspiration,\u201d meaning that they want their properties to influence creatives to do exceptional work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means equipping the rooms with tools they love to use,\u201d Lawrence told Rolling Stone<\/a>. \u201cThat means interviewing the Black creative nomads and understanding what they need in a creative workspace and using that as our design. It goes down to the music, the scent, how accessible is music in your room, where does it play, how does it play, do you need a photo backdrop in your room.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“The Moor,” courtesy of @stayhomage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The visionary team has plans to open more hotel boutiques in cities such as D.C., Detroit, and Brooklyn in order to preserve African American culture in times of gentrification. \u201cThe marketplaces are forcing people out of their neighborhoods, and we want to be a time capsule that encapsulates culture in that area and really preserves us and pays homage to it,\u201d said Lawrence.<\/p>\n

To learn more about \u201cThe Moor\u201d and additional properties, please visit www.stayhomage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  While attending Howard University, Damon Lawrence and Marcus Carey had a vision to transform the hospitality industry by constructing innovative hotel spaces that cater to African American culture. Four years ago, the two entrepreneurs manifested their dream into reality with the launch of their pioneering company, Homage Hospitality Group. “After transferring from the University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[264,35,261,31,265,260,262,263,259],"class_list":["post-3032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-black-business","tag-black-excellence","tag-damon-lawrence","tag-featured","tag-homage-hospitality-group","tag-howard","tag-marcus-carey","tag-stayhomage","tag-the-moor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}