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I grew up in the motel business, and it evolved into hotels.

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.

I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.

I always wanted to have my own boutiques. I'm so passionate about clothing and always have been so business-minded.

I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

I like unique little boutique hotels, such as Blakes in London.

I only like boutiques.

You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.

I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in.

I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.