Chip Conley: Founder of boutique hotel operator Joie de Vivre

Chip Conley: Founder of boutique hotel operator Joie de Vivre

Author: Bauer Media March 31, 2024 Duration: 27:43

Chip Conley is the founder of Joie de Vivre, the US boutique hotel operator, and co-founder of Modern Elder Academy, the midlife wisdom school. Chip joins Elliot to chat about growing the second-largest operator of boutique hotels in the USA, and how mentoring a small tech startup (called airbnb) led to an epiphany about how we could re-imagine the 2nd half of our lives.   


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