Why You Should Always Bring Two Phones When Traveling
This and other travel tips from Kyle Hotchkiss Carone, a rising hospitality star, who flies more than 125,000 miles each year.
Hotchkiss Carone
Photographer: Evan Sung
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Kyle Hotchkiss Carone is a rising force in New York’s hospitality scene, and his Grand Tour Hospitality is behind several noteworthy restaurants including American Bar and Saint Theo’s. The 35-year-old, who learned the trade via stints with Soho House Group and Chateau Marmont wizard André Balazs, is now planning to expand beyond the tri-state area, with upcoming projects in Abu Dhabi, London and Palm Beach, Florida.
“It just sort of happened that I became a Delta person,” Carone says of his default airline, which offers the best connections to the places he visits most frequently, including London and Paris. “It’s just the one that works for my life. I’ve become so used to it that the idea of flying another airline actually scares me.”