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Shelly Lynch-Sparks on Travel and Great Design
For most of her life, Shelly Lynch-Sparks has been inspired by beautiful interiors. Her father was a contractor, and she practically grew up on job sites, watching spaces transform through renovations. It’s no wonder that she found a love for all things interior design. After majoring in Art for her undergraduate degree, Lynch-Sparks found...
Shelly Lynch-Sparks on Travel and Great Designspherical
Eddie Lubbers on Cuba and Starting a Premier Travel Agency
If a popular politician is called a “man of the people,” then Eddie Lubbers is a man of the tourists. The Dutch-born, world-traveled entrepreneur is the founder and CEO of Cuba Travel Network—the leading website for booking flights, tours and accommodation in Cuba, run by Lubbers in Amsterdam and a staff of 50 on...
Eddie Lubbers on Cuba and Starting a Premier Travel Agencyspherical
Nikolas Koenig on Branding and Becoming a Leading Hotel Photographer
When Nikolas Koenig moved to New York 20 years ago, he was fresh out of photography school in Germany. By 2001, he had became Ian Schrager’s photographer of choice, and has since established himself as one of the most prolific hospitality photographers worldwide. Spherical, luxury marketing agency, met up with Koenig at The New...
Nikolas Koenig on Branding and Becoming a Leading Hotel Photographerspherical
Harsha Chanrai on Pop-Up Hospitality Schools and Economic Empowerment
Raised in London by parents from Mumbai, Harsha Chanrai is a world traveler with a vision. After being frustrated in her travels by hotels around the world that ignore the community around them, she took up studies at Cornell Hospitality school and used what she learned to start Saira Hospitality, a non-profit that aims...
Harsha Chanrai on Pop-Up Hospitality Schools and Economic Empowermentspherical
Jungles in Paris on Content Creation and World Culture
Brothers Oliver and Darrell Hartman bring their diverse backgrounds in filmmaking and writing to Jungles in Paris, a multimedia documentary platform, where they work with photographers and videographers to tell stories that celebrate the diversity of the human experience. We met up with Oliver and Darrell at SIXTY SoHo to talk travel, culture and...
Jungles in Paris on Content Creation and World Culturespherical
Benjamin Habbel on Product Development and Shaking Up the Hospitality Industry
After cutting his teeth at Google, in product marketing and as chief of staff to Marissa Mayer, Benjamin Habbel founded Voyat, the leading guest retention software platform for hospitality and travel companies, in 2012. Working with leading hospitality brands to increase their direct bookings, he has won over clients from SBE Entertainment to SIXTY Hotels. We met up...
