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Emily @ Elevate Hospitality's avatar

Loving the deep dive into 'world-building' through hospitality activations. Whether it's the Met Gala prep or Milan Design Week pop-ups, the most successful brands are the ones that realize their property is an extension of their storytelling.

Emma Näpänkangas's avatar

Spot on! Thank you for being here Emily 🤍

The Upgrade | Anne Marie's avatar

What do you think of fashion brands investing in hotels, like LVMH investing in the Orient Express brand alongside Accor?

Emma Näpänkangas's avatar

I think it’s interesting and there are definitely lots of synergies!! I think belmond is a good example it can work and the company is thriving under private ownership! I met their global development guy who said that they treat their portfolio like an art collection and don’t build a crazy pipeline just for the sake of it! But then again I’ve heard that cheval blanc is not the best and that they suffer from non-hospitality ownership (heard this from someone who works there). But an interesting questions for sure!

The Upgrade | Anne Marie's avatar

Love this answer. It’s a pretty fascinating shift - the curation aspect is present in both industries. I’m curious to see how it all turns out and whether we see more investments like this one

Joanna Kaze's avatar

I can’t believe I missed Osteria Marimekko! The amount of joy that thing would have brought me!

Emma Näpänkangas's avatar

I know right!!! Ughhh I hope they do something similar in Helsinki this summer

Joanna Kaze's avatar

I feel like we had a Marimekko store in London but I need more!

lobster club's avatar

tph newsletter design lookin sharp these days

Emma Näpänkangas's avatar

Coming from youu!!?!? Omg

Seriesnthings's avatar

I feel like Marc Jacobs is in a position that enacts freedom, like the ability just to do what truly feels Marc Jacobs and what he's fascinated by at his age and being such a culture sculpture in his own right is fun to watch. I'm seeing Rachel Senot in his campaign, the latest, on billboards in the West Village, then I go to the store and I see her plastered on the wall, and girls are stopping just to look. I think that that drives such a genuine interest kind of view in the brand. And we've seen Bianca Censori, who’s recently turned the chateau marmont into her living room wear brands usually with a bespoke kind of point of view versus like just trying to sell class as a groupthink status signal, and then that becomes a trend on its own, and scaves back to the group think thing. I think that that is the issue a lot of people who are super intuitive have with fashion as a system. And there's so much ads that, you'll see that don't really speak to you and it's just trying to sell BS.

That feels sometimes like a total caveman activity. And maybe Marc Jacobs being exiled from the LVMH system was an actual good thing for him.

In other news Sveti Stefan will re-open soon: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8phdJLb/

People are now traveling just to work out and perform edurance activities versus leisure. Even the acsics store in tokyo will let you rent sneakers pairs or workout gear, for a pretty penny, well yen in this case: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8prKUqA/

Also: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ph1VKL/

Finally excited for the Le Graal Cortina opening sooon!

Emma Näpänkangas's avatar

It was a blessing in disguise TRULY for Marc Jacobs to be exiled from LVMH….. also Vic you should write a piece on this like how cool are your takes always

Seriesnthings's avatar

I’ve been working on a project lately and interviewing creatives on like the cost of creative freedom and the repercussions of following through on your ideas, I’ll thread it all in :)

Mila Stolk's avatar

loved reading this in the morning sun! as the world of hospitality is expanding, so is yours <3 and if you get invited to amansanu can i please join, a cowboy's delight, aka a sign of the universe connecting our worlds <3

Emma Näpänkangas's avatar

When that happens I’ll immediately text you Mila!!! 🤍

Mila Stolk's avatar

yaaay, i'm gonna manifest it for us!! <3