Bank of America Executive Leadership Summit at The Diplomat Beach Resort: How Live Foliage Softened a High-Tech Executive Lounge

Corporate conferences are built around information.

Executive lounges should be built around people.

When Bank of America hosted its Executive Leadership Summit at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida, one of the event objectives was creating a space where attendees could step away from formal sessions without ever leaving the conference experience.

The ballroom lounge needed to feel warm, approachable, and intentionally designed—a place where executives could recharge, network, watch the day's financial news, or continue conversations in a more relaxed setting.

Technology was essential.

But technology alone doesn't create comfort.

That's where live foliage became one of the most important design elements in the room.

Designing an Executive Lounge That Invites People to Stay

Corporate attendees spend the majority of their conference moving between:

• General sessions

• Breakout meetings

• Networking receptions

• Educational workshops

• Client meetings

• Leadership discussions

By the afternoon, people naturally seek environments that feel less formal while still maintaining a professional atmosphere.

For this executive lounge, comfortable seating, media displays, and conversation areas created the functional foundation.

Our role was to transform those functional elements into an environment people actually wanted to spend time in.

The solution was a thoughtfully layered live foliage package that softened the ballroom while preserving clear circulation and open sightlines.

Softening Technology with Nature

Modern executive lounges often include:

• LED displays

• Media screens

• Charging stations

• Speakers

• AV equipment

• Cable management

• Digital signage

• Technology kiosks

While necessary, these components can unintentionally make a room feel cold or overly corporate.

Strategically placed tropical plants create a visual transition between technology and hospitality.

Rather than allowing media equipment and cables to dominate the environment, live greenery naturally balances the space while adding movement, texture, and warmth.

The result is an environment that feels sophisticated without feeling sterile.

Using Live Foliage to Define Space

One of the greatest advantages of live foliage rentals is their ability to create "rooms within rooms."

Inside a large ballroom, plants help establish visual boundaries without constructing walls.

For the Bank of America Executive Leadership Summit, our live foliage package helped:

• Define the perimeter of the executive lounge

• Create comfortable conversation zones

• Separate lounge seating from surrounding ballroom activity

• Frame media viewing areas

• Encourage natural guest flow

• Add privacy without blocking visibility

• Maintain openness while creating intimacy

Guests immediately understood where the lounge began—not because of physical barriers, but because the greenery naturally framed the experience.

Choosing the Right Tropical Plants for Ballrooms

Large convention ballrooms present unique design challenges.

High ceilings and expansive open spaces can make décor feel undersized if plant material isn't selected carefully.

For this installation, we selected lush tropical foliage that offered:

• Strong vertical presence

• Rich interior green color

• Full, healthy canopies

• Clean architectural forms

• Excellent performance indoors

• Consistent appearance throughout the event

White planters complemented the ballroom's neutral finishes while allowing the vibrant greenery to become the focal point.

The result felt polished, modern, and appropriate for an executive audience.

Human-Centered Design for Corporate Conferences

Live plants do more than decorate a room.

They influence how people experience it.

Biophilic design—the practice of incorporating natural elements into built environments—has become increasingly important within corporate meeting and conference design.

Well-designed greenery can help spaces feel:

• More welcoming

• More comfortable

• More premium

• Less visually overwhelming

• More inviting for networking

• Better balanced against technology-heavy environments

Executive lounges exist to encourage conversation.

Natural surroundings make those conversations feel easier.

Designing Like Meeting Planners

Before acquiring Temporary Tropics, our leadership team worked professionally as meeting and event planners.

That experience fundamentally shapes every recommendation we make.

We don't simply ask:

"What plants would look good here?"

We ask:

• Where will attendees naturally gather?

• Where are photographers likely to stand?

• How will housekeeping access the room?

• Will plants interfere with AV equipment?

• Are sightlines preserved?

• Does the lounge still feel open?

• Can the client move comfortably through the space?

Every foliage recommendation is made with both design and operations in mind.

Because successful events require both.

Supporting Luxury Hospitality Environments

Luxury hotels like The Diplomat Beach Resort already provide beautiful architecture.

Our role isn't to compete with that architecture.

It's to enhance it.

By selecting appropriately scaled tropical foliage, our installations feel as though they were always intended to be part of the room.

The plants complement the finishes, soften the scale of the ballroom, and elevate the guest experience without overwhelming the venue itself.

When executed correctly, guests notice how the room feels—often without realizing that the greenery is one of the primary reasons.

Temporary Tropics: Creating Spaces People Want to Experience

At Temporary Tropics, every live foliage package is designed with both aesthetics and attendee experience in mind.

Whether we're designing for:

• Executive leadership summits

• Corporate conferences

• Association meetings

• Incentive programs

• Hospitality lounges

• Trade shows

• Convention centers

• Luxury hotels

• VIP receptions

• Networking events

our objective remains the same:

Create environments that feel warm, elevated, intentional, and effortless.

Because exceptional event design isn't simply about filling a room.

It's about creating spaces where people naturally want to gather.

At the Bank of America Executive Leadership Summit, thoughtfully placed live foliage transformed a technology-driven executive lounge into an inviting hospitality experience—one that balanced innovation with nature, professionalism with comfort, and functionality with luxury.

That's the power of strategic biophilic design.

Why Corporate Clients Choose Temporary Tropics

Our live foliage rentals are trusted by corporations, meeting planners, destination management companies, and luxury venues because we provide:

• Luxury live foliage rentals

• Executive conference greenery

• Ballroom lounge design

• Corporate event plant rentals

• Convention center foliage installations

• Biophilic event design

• Hospitality lounge greenery

• Tropical plant rentals

• White designer planters

• Hotel conference décor

• Trade show lounge landscaping

• Sustainable live plant rentals

• Full-service delivery, installation, maintenance, and strike

• Experienced meeting-planner insight from concept through execution