#47 From Underwriting the Aman Beverly Hills to Defining Taste in Luxury Hospitality | Nadine Choe, Founder of The Stanza

Luxury hospitality is being reshaped by an $80 trillion wealth transfer, and Nadine Choe explains exactly who wins. Founder of the Milan-based media platform The Stanza, Nadine underwrote close to $1 billion in hotel developments, including the Aman Beverly Hills, before leaving finance to critique the industry through the lens of taste and capital. The Beyond Luxury Podcast covers the future of luxury across fashion, beauty and hospitality, with expert conversations on brand innovation, consumer behavior and where the industry is headed next. This episode gets into product-led growth in hospitality, luxury branding, craftsmanship, patient capital, members clubs, and why flawless service is becoming the real luxury as AI reshapes travel. New episodes of Beyond Luxury drop weekly. Follow for more conversations with the founders and experts shaping the luxury industry. Read the deeper analysis on our Substack, Top Voices, linked in the show notes. Timestamps- 00:00 Why luxury clients now collect experiences over objects 04:30 From underwriting billion-dollar hotels to building The Stanza 07:47 The $80 trillion wealth transfer and why luxury groups moved into hotels 14:20 Why a $300 room and a $10,000 room both call themselves luxury 17:00 Her real definition of luxury: removing every decision 18:19 Passalacqua, patient capital and the Dyson detail that gives it away 22:39 Why so many new hotels look exactly the same 27:00 How capital structure decides which hotels have taste 41:48 What makes a members club last instead of fade 50:30 How AI will split lifestyle and ultra-luxury hospitality 55:07 The one skill anyone entering hospitality has to have Subscribe for new conversations with the people shaping the future of luxury, every week! Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠ Substack →⁠ https://beyondluxury.substack.com/Editorial Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.media/ Podcast Instagram →⁠ https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.podcast/Carlota's Instagram →⁠ https://www.instagram.com/carlotarodben/Podcast Tiktok →⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondluxury.podcast Beyond Luxury LinkedIn →⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyondluxurygroup/⁠Carlota's LinkedIn → ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlotarodben/⁠Website →⁠ https://beyondluxury.group/ LinkTree →⁠ https://linktr.ee/beyondluxury.group