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Invisible Luxury: Depth Over Display Today's luxury hospitality experiences are evolving towards emotional impact over outward displays of wealth. The true essence of hospitality lies in forging enduring emotional connections through subtle, meaningful interactions that resonate long after guests depart. Shifting from aesthetic grandeur to emotional depth cultivates loyalty and transforms clients into lifelong advocates. Modern luxury guests are increasingly drawn to invisible luxury—experiences that prioritize understated excellence over ostentation. This refined form of indulgence focuses on subtlety and sophistication. From flawless service to discreet elegance, invisible luxury emphasizes what is experienced rather than showcased. It caters to a select group who appreciate substance over show, offering tailor-made moments that are profoundly intimate and exclusive. #hospitality King & Partners Inii King Joe Granato Elizabeth Larkin Danny Robertson

At King & Partners we are often asked about the role of technology in hospitality. Hospitality has been slowly suffering from digital encroaching into rooms and ruining guest experience. The digital world, and now AI, is all at once maddeningly helpful, confusing, and evermore hectic. Guests want things that are real, natural, textured, things with depth and story. With digital, hotels have sacrificed these ideals for the commodified, impersonal, low-touch and artificial. Ironically, while digital makes things faster, more streamlined and convenient, it undermines the true value of hospitality. This is absolutely antithetical to what a hotel is meant to be. Operations should never be more important than guest experience. People are craving natural, authentic encounters. Hospitality is an opportunity to craft and realize a very personal and human experience – to be personally seen, known, and catered to. All of this in its truest nature is analog. Things that are tactile and real. A crafted paper menu always feels more intimate than a digital screen, the classic buzz of a record player always sounds better than Bluetooth over an Alexa speaker. Rather than blind digitization of the experience, the best hotels immerse people in bespoke, real-life moments – things that can be touched, that take time, require specialization, craft and human attentiveness. Today, analog is where the potential for ultimate value lies. Of course we firmly believe that there’s a role for tech in hospitality, bit it’s behind the scenes, it should be invisible, we should be using data to offer bespoke experiences etc. Takeaway: Next-gen travel is about analog connection and craft.

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Celebrating 14 years of King & Partners 14 years ago today, Inii King and I switched on our iMacs in a borrowed cube of a friends office (thx David lipman ) and officially started King & Partners. We honestly had no idea if it was going to work out or not. We had one client to start -John Hardy Jewelry. We hustled and pitched like crazy and quickly signed Jack Spade, Hudson Jeans, J Brand Jeans, Reiss and others. I was literally cycling around the city meeting anyone who would take a meeting, Inii was working crazy hours, pulling all nighters, designing a ton of work. We slowly built, taking two steps forward, and one backwards, sometimes winning, sometimes losing. Those first few years were incredibly exhausting but unbelievably exciting, hiring a team one by one, just making pay roll by the skin of our teeth, finding our office on 35 Great Jones, gaining the trust and respect of the industry one client at a time. I didn't pay myself for the first three years, exhausting any savings I had.... there was no plan B! No back up in case it didn't work. I'm immensely proud of what we have done, the team members that have trusted us over the years. We always had a clear goal of what we wanted to become and the steps to get there have been incredible rewarding - from small digital agency to widely respected branding and marketing agency, that's no small achievement. It's only been possible because of the hard work from everyone who set foot in our office, both past and present, and the rooster of amazing clients who have trusted us. Thank you all! Happy 14th birthday to K&P!

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Strategy, Brand Identity, Campaigns, and Marketing for the world of Hospitality.

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