Rahim B. Kanani writes about leadership, mastery and the human disciplines underneath both. Over 15 years, he has interviewed the world’s finest luxury hoteliers and critically acclaimed chefs, and has produced three books on what these operators have learned about attention, presence and the standards that make a life of demanding work worth giving.
The interviews began in 2012 and ran across five continents: the general managers behind properties such as Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Raffles, Rosewood and Singita, and chefs from Le Bernardin, El Celler de Can Roca, The Inn at Little Washington, n/naka, and the late Anthony Bourdain. The first two books, the two volumes of A Wealth of Insight, profiled the hoteliers and the chefs separately. The Luxury of Attention brings both into one argument: that the two crafts practice a single discipline, human attention, and that the best operators run it as an operating standard rather than a personality trait.
He has also interviewed more than 600 of the world’s foremost executives and innovators across business, politics and the arts, including Justin Trudeau, Tony Blair, Michael Bloomberg, Alicia Keys, Madonna, James Cameron and José Andrés, and has written on leadership and hospitality for Forbes.
On this site
Everything here is built from the book and free to use. The Questions library answers what hospitality leaders and those entering the industry ask most. The Field Guide turns the fourteen chapters into short lessons with a printable workbook. Voices gives a page to each of the eighty people interviewed, Key Ideas defines the book’s terms, the Reading List places the book among the best on hospitality leadership, and For Educators carries a teaching guide and course map for schools and training teams.
For editors and event organizers
Everything below may be used without permission for coverage of the book or the author. For interviews, excerpts, review copies, desk copies or speaking, write to press@theluxuryofattention.com. Rahim is also on LinkedIn.
Short bio
Rahim B. Kanani is the author of The Luxury of Attention: What the World's Greatest Hoteliers and Chefs Know About Leadership (Black Truffle Press, 2026) and the two volume series A Wealth of Insight. He has interviewed more than 600 leaders across hospitality, business, politics and the arts, including eighty of the world's most decorated luxury hoteliers and Michelin starred chefs.
Long bio
Rahim B. Kanani writes about leadership, mastery and the human disciplines underneath both. His third book, The Luxury of Attention: What the World's Greatest Hoteliers and Chefs Know About Leadership (Black Truffle Press, 2026), draws on eighty first person interviews conducted over fifteen years across five continents with the general managers behind properties such as Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Raffles, Rosewood and Singita, and with chefs including Eric Ripert, Joan Roca, José Andrés, Ana Roš and the late Anthony Bourdain. It follows A Wealth of Insight: The World's Best Luxury Hoteliers (2017) and A Wealth of Insight: The World's Best Chefs (2019), which carried a foreword by Ferran Adrià and are used at hospitality schools. Beyond hospitality he has interviewed more than 600 of the world's foremost executives and innovators across business, politics and the arts, including Justin Trudeau, Tony Blair, Michael Bloomberg, Alicia Keys, Madonna and James Cameron, and has written for Forbes.
Downloads
Book facts
| Title | The Luxury of Attention: What the World's Greatest Hoteliers and Chefs Know About Leadership |
|---|
| Publisher | Black Truffle Press, 2026 |
|---|
| Editions | Paperback (ISBN 9798996119707, $16.95), hardcover (ISBN 9798996119714, $24.95), Kindle (ISBN 9798996119721, $12.99) |
|---|
| Basis | Eighty interviews conducted over fifteen years across five continents: thirty six hoteliers and forty four chefs |
|---|
| Structure | Three parts, fourteen chapters; free companion Field Guide of fourteen lessons |
|---|
| Where to buy | Amazon US, Amazon Canada, Amazon UK |
|---|
