Founded in 1945 and celebrating its 80th anniversary this year (2025), WATG is one of the world’s leading design firms specializing in hospitality, entertainment and gaming, urban and mixed-use, branded residential, renovation and repurposing, and multifamily residential design. They are widely recognized within the industry, garnering accolades and features in prominent publications and awards programs such as Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Forbes, Hospitality Design magazine, AHEAD, Gold Key Awards, and the World Architecture Festival (WAF). WATG’s interior design firm, Wimberly Interiors, launched in 2008 and is consistently ranked among the Top 20 in Interior Design magazine's Hospitality Giants survey.

Since George “Pete” Wimberly founded the firm in Honolulu in 1945, WATG has grown to offer integrated design services, including Advisory, Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interiors, for urban, tourism, and resort destinations. WATG and Wimberly Interiors operate offices in Honolulu, Tustin (California), Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlantic City, New York, London, Singapore, and Shanghai. They are best known for creating internationally acclaimed destinations in more than 170 countries across six continents. WATG’s projects are celebrated not only for their timeless design and strong sense of place but also for their proven bottom-line success.

Over the decades, WATG and Wimberly Interiors have designed more than 500 built projects on behalf of distinguished clients and brands, including Accor, Aspen Hospitality, Belmond, Blackstone Group, China Jinmao Group, China Merchant, Chimelong, Emaar, Four Seasons, Hilton Worldwide, Huafa Group, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, InterContinental Hotels Group, intu Properties, JLL, Kempinski, Keppel Land, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Marassi, Marriott International, MGM Resorts International, Minor Hotels, Mont Choisy Group, New Century Tourism Group, RCD Hotels, R.D. Olson Development, The Red Sea Development Company, Rosewood Hotel Group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Suning, Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.