Andre Balazs
Andre Balazs
André Tomes Balazsis the President and CEO of André Balazs Properties that includes a portfolio of hotels across the United States and residences in New York, especially in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth31 January 1957
CountryUnited States of America
fashion reality thinking
I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look at any business, fashion being the most obvious, the aura, or the reality of the designer, is part of what creates it. It's true in luxury goods stores and in good food stores. It leaves a palpable sense that someone cares.
new-york soho neighborhood
Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.
aquarius water
I love water - I'm an Aquarius, but that has nothing to do with it - and I've never been away from water in any place.
home people hotel
All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.
thinking world goes-on
I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.
stars stories lines
You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.
water feelings sensual
Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.
luxury movement being-there
One of the few luxuries left is travel, and the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.
compare hire hotel putting together
I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.