MACCI Founder and Visionary Mary T. MacDonald

was drawn to hospitality design while studying at

Florida International University. Educated as a

hotelier and interior designer, and having honed

her skills at blue-chip design firms, she later

enhanced her professional perspective studying

entertainment architecture at Harvard University.

 

Recognizing a niche for a firm specializing exclusively in hospitality, and confident in the value of her perspective as hotelier and designer, she founded MACCI Design International in 1984. Since then, she and her colleagues have successfully completed more than 150 hotels, resorts, conference centers, restaurants and clubs throughout the United States and in Europe, Asia, Central America and the Caribbean. International design organizations have cited MACCI for its work 20 times over and Ms. MacDonald has been asked to address a variety of design forums.

 

“My design work has always been practiced with a keen eye toward the ongoing success of the project. I realized early in my career that design is the most important marketing tool we can offer. MACCI’s Experience Design philosophy is based on this tenet and our track record is proven.”

 

                                        Mary T. MacDonald

 

Ms. MacDonald is a frequent speaker at industry events including Cornell Society of Hotelmen, HD Boutique, NEOCON and several university classrooms.  She continues her industry involvement with positions as an MOC (Advisory Board) at the Culinary Institute of America, Cayuga Hospitality Advisors, NEWH, the James Beard Foundation and the FIU Alumni Association.