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462 REVISIT LAURIE ARONS: Fast-Tracking To The Lux Level
We’ve all been told to “fake it till we make it,” but sometimes...
461 MATTHEW ROBBINS: Catching Up Since the Pandemic
Matthew Robbins joins Andy in this episode to be featured on the show...
460 LYNN EASTON: Taking Planners from Luxury to Ultra-Luxury
The creator of Easton Events, Lynn Easton returns to the podcast today!...
10 JoAnne Brown: Queen Of Caribbean Destination Weddings
When planning a dream-come-true wedding on an island getaway, only one name immediately comes to mind: JoAnne Brown. In this week’s conversation, Andy talks to the go-to planner for weddings in the Cayman Islands and beyond.
Even before she dominated the destination wedding world, JoAnne was fittingly immersed in the tropics. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, with a mother born in the Caymans and a father who launched Appleton Rum in Jamaica, JoAnne adored helping others from the start. She’d decorate everything from birthday parties to her friends’ Christmas trees, as long as she was designing something that would bring joy to a family she’d come to know. Before long, a friend asked JoAnne to decorate and plan her wedding locally; from there, momentum grew by word-of-mouth until she could no tackle the work independently out of her front living room.
8 Bill Spinner: Director of Sales & Catering at The Pierre New York
An icon of the hospitality industry, Bill Spinner was literally born into it—as a young man, he first learned what it means to make people’s experiences special by doing everything that needed to be done at his family’s restaurant and inn. Today, Bill is in his 20th year at The Pierre New York, where he’s Director of Sales and Catering. In that time he’s worked with celebrities, socialites, heads of state and CEOs, and he applies that same care to weddings hosted at The Pierre.