Kara talks to hotelier and hospitality entrepreneur Jeff Klein about the global private club boom. Klein is the founder of the <a href="https://www.sanvicenteclubs.com/">San Vicente clubs</a>, ultra-exclusive, members-only clubs in Los Angeles and New York.

Klein explains how our era of loneliness and digital exhaustion paved the way for the resurgence of members-only clubs and why privacy is the ultimate luxury. He and Kara discuss his path from working as a bellman in New York to owning the <a href="https://www.sunsettowerhotel.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22859814229&gbraid=0AAAABAtVRPcCB84lwxgpYdO4DTWyyDOj-&gclid=CjwKCAjwwpDQBhAuEiwAa-4Wo2Osl2DisQrvnHTyvXRQjYOwlKO45VN7qEm42XcdFUVCU3qMqVcZhxoCQE8QAvD_BwE">Sunset Tower Hotel</a> in West Hollywood, and how he transformed a run-down <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/fashion/a-los-angeles-gay-landmark-buttons-up.html">“sin bin”</a> into the San Vicente Bungalows. Plus: how Klein plans to grow and scale his business while keeping its soul. 
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