Ep.1 Creating Legends with Bill Bensley-Founder, Bensley

<p><strong>David Kepron website:</strong> https://www.davidkepron.com</p><p><strong>David Kepron Instagram:</strong> davidkepron</p><p><strong>NXTLVL Experience Design Instagram:</strong> NXTLVL_experience_design</p><p><strong>Twitter:</strong> @davidkepron</p><p><strong>LinkedIn:</strong> https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582b/</p><p> </p><p><strong>INFO ON BILL BENSLEY:</strong></p><p><strong>Bensley website:</strong> https://www.bensley.com/studio/bill-bensley </p><p><strong>Shinta Mani Wild: </strong></p><p>Bill’s passion points are sustainability, conservation, wildlife protection and education.  His Shinta Mani Wild tented camp in Cambodia is a living case study of his recently launched white paper “Sensible Sustainable Solutions.” </p><p>Another upcoming project which hits all his passion points.  Each of Bill’s designs tells a story and he is also doing a new project in Antigua.  Upcoming properties in Asia scheduled to open this year are the Intercon in Khai Yao, Thailand, using upcycled train carriages from the 1930’s and the Capella Hanoi in Hanoi, Vietnam. </p><p><a href="https://www.bensley.com/media/sensible-sustainable-solutions/">https://www.bensley.com/media/sensible-sustainable-solutions/</a></p><p>Capella Hanoi </p><ul><li>Location: Hanoi, Vietnam</li><li>Number of Keys: 49</li><li>Proposed Opening: Late 2020 (exact month TBA)</li><li>Design Story:</li></ul><p><i>Many decades ago, before the war and all that preceded it, this was a small boutique hotel - “une petite auberge”, for those passing through Hanoi to see the Opera. With the charming opera building only steps away, it was perfect. One guest (who brought with him a new courtesan at every visit) was so enamoured with the building, he decided to buy it. With the help of his favorite operetta and lady of the night, Anna Held, it turned into a Maison Close of the highest caliber.</i></p><p><i>The investor turned panderer was not a skilled gambler, and on a night of bad luck he lost his beloved house of ill-repute to an army man. D