exploration around the English countryside. In 2016 Conran opened his first hotel in the heart of the Medina in Marrakesh, L'Hotel Marrakech. In 2017 L'Hôtel Marrakech was listed as 1 of 75 in the Hot List 2017: Best New Hotels in the World, Condé Nast Traveler USA and 1 of 55 'Best New Hotels in the World by Conde Nast Traveller UK. In 2018 L'Hôtel Marrakech was included on the Condé Nast Traveler USA Gold List 2018. Condé Nast Traveler USA and Condé Nast Traveler UK both listed L'Hôtel Marrakech as one of their editors all-time favourite hotels on their respective 2019 Gold Lists. Conran has served several times on the British Fashion Council, and is a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London. Performing arts Throughout his career, Conran has pursued his passion for the performing arts—he has designed costumes and sets for fourteen ballet, opera and theatre productions. Conran collaborated with David Bintley on the Royal Ballet's production of Tombeaux, held at Covent Garden, and a series of productions by the Birmingham Royal Ballet, including The Nutcracker Sweeties, Brahms/Handel Variations, The Shakespeare Suite and Arthur Part I & II. He also designed the set and costumes for Bintley's The Compleat Consort, produced for the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich, Germany. Other works include the production of My Fair Lady directed by Simon Callow, Donzetti's opera Maria Stuarda for ENO and Galina Samsova's productions of Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty for the Scottish Ballet. In 1991, Conran won the Laurence Olivier Award for Costume Design for Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal at the Almeida Theatre in London, UK. Full list of productions The Rehearsal, Jean Anouilh, 1991 (Laurence Olivier Award, 1991) My Fair Lady, Simon Callow, 1992 Tombeaux, David Bintley, 1993, Royal Opera House Sleeping Beauty, Galina Samsova, 1994, Scottish Ballet Brahms/Handel Variations, David Bintley, 1994, Birmingham Royal Ballet Stravinsky Symphony in C, 1994, Bavarian State Opera, Munich The Complete Consort, David Bintley, 1994, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich Swan Lake, Galina Samsova, 1995, Scottish Ballet Edward II, David Bintley, 1995, Birmingham Royal Ballet The Nutcracker Sweeties, David Bintley, 1996, Birmingham Royal Ballet Maria Stuarda, Donizetti, 1998, English National Opera The Shakespeare Suite, David Bintley, 1999, Birmingham Royal Ballet Arthur Part I, David Bintley, 2000, Birmingham Royal Ballet Arthur Part II, David Bintley, 2001, Birmingham Royal Ballet Within the Golden Hour, Christopher Wheeldon, 2019, Royal Opera House Private life Conran