Episodes
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Joining us to talk about her story and building VIPER a leading hospitality agency that works with some of the biggest brands in hospitality and enterprise events is Celeste Durve.
Celeste is someone I’ve gotten to know over the past few years, I’m delighted to have her on this episode to talk about her journey in hospitality, what she’s learned about leadership, and what she’s seeing as effective in recruiting top talent among Gen Zer’s into event teams today and what it takes to retain that talent.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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Everyone wants to belong and feel more connected especially now when we are in a time where finding our tribe feels like a never-ending search.
In this episode, I caught up with Kimia Hangafarin founder of Shadow a digital social club for creators and influencers to find events and network discovery. Kimia is an expert community builder who explains what it means to have a community and how she built one of her own.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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Stacey Louise Grant is the Guest Experience Manager at Mars Hollywood. In this episode, you’ll hear how she balances guest and brand expectations while ensuring their venue’s business objectives are met.
Stacey gets into common deliverables brands ask for and key elements that are required to pull off a successful event. She also shares insights and tactics on what a core team looks like and needs to get from 0-1.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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Nightlife revolves around all of the biggest cultural moments in fashion, beauty, music, and travel. To remain competitive, brands must deliver timely and relevant content during key cultural moments – by showing up in places your customers see as “cool” and “relevant”.
My next guest, Chaz Pringle is the head of partnerships for the premium beauty brand SKNMUSE. He is someone who understands how cross-industry collaboration can be used to deliver innovative brand experiences that resonate with customers.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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How should nightlife venues think about their data strategy?
In this episode, I’m joined by Andrew Nunn, Founder of DQ, a tech company specializing in VIP operations and supporting venue operators with customer data management – he shares his perspective on his unique approach.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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I had the opportunity to get a close look at The Dream Hotel, Hollywood where this episode was recorded and I could immediately see how it became a nightlife mecca in Los Angeles. In this episode, Managing Director Vaughn Davis explains how The Dream Hotel became the hot travel and nightlife destination it is today.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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There’s a lot to consider when planning a party from themes, and location to managing the guest list. But most of us intend to overlook the most important element of party planning - and that is the overall guest experience.
So how should you think about the guest experience when hosting a party? In this episode, I had the pleasure to sit down with Mars Panlasigui, Assistant Director of Front Office Operations at Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills who’s an expert in this area.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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My next guest is the legendary Avante Agurs, he is the Director of Member Experience at NeueHouse - a place that he describes as the “quintessential co-working space”. But what really piqued my interest, is their social aspect that seems to be perfectly integrated into the space.
In this episode, Avante takes us deep into Neuehouse and shows us his approach to building member experiences that keep guests coming back.
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[email protected]PCN Entertainment on Linkedin:
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https://twitter.com/pcnentgroupEdited and mixed by Nik Mitreski
Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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Nightlife is an industry fueled by relationships and delivering best-in-class service to guests and clients - with the right approach you can find a way to truly be differentiated.
In this episode, PHH Promotions Founder Hardy Vibert explains how he built his high-profile clientele and talks about the importance of maintaining and nurturing long-term client relationships when building a successful nightlife business.
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Music by Prince Wa
Produced by the team at PCN Entertainment
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This January 2023, PCN Entertainment launches a new podcast, How To Be A Host, hosted by Charles Ewudo. The show features experts, veterans, movers, and shakers in the nightlife and hospitality worlds here to show you everything you need to know about hosting a party.
