International Projects

Approximately 40 percent of White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group's work is with international projects outside of the USA. Our clients are located in North and Latin America, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

Unlike many design and consulting firms who sell foreign clients standard USA design solutions, we pride ourselves in our practice of not literally exporting Western designs and concepts to different cultures. Instead, all our projects are tailored to the project's market conditions and the area's unique culture, including its traditions, customs, values and patterns and settings of leisure, family life, entertainment, socialization, education and play. Our staff has worked with many ethnic groups and cultures, and is culturally competent to recognize and respect the unique attributes of different cultures and design a project that is appropriate and respectful to that culture.

Our international work has been recognized for its outstanding design and success by the following awards:

• Best new international family entertainment center - 1994
• Best new international bowling center interior - 1995
• Best new international children's entertainment center - 1996

You can also find more information at the following links:

• International Leisure Project Experience
• Designing FECs for the International Market: Imitation is the Quickest Course to Bankruptcy
• The Role of Culture in Location-Based Leisure Design
• Beware of the Western Conquistadores
• A Multi-cultural Challenge: Designing for Children in Dubai 
• The Importance of Cultural Competence to Location-Based Leisure Projects

Also see index to left for additional links to information about developing leisure projects.