Women of Nightlife: The Pink Pages VIP hosting, independent Lory Ambrosini and Kim Ehler: co-owners, Wingwoman Tours Packing a double girl-power punch, the duo of Ambrosini and Ehler brings together two completely different backgrounds (leisure studies for Ehler, communications and music for Ambrosini) but with a unified goal: giving tourists the best clubbing experience possible. That means the safest, best fit and led by a savvy local. The fact that their hosts are beautiful, talented and intelligent doesn’t hurt business, either! In her own words: “At 37, I am definitely not your typical club girl!” Ambrosini says. “Even behind the scenes, everything is geared toward pleasing the male aesthetic, and I just don’t play that way … Plus, we are turning the tide by bringing in a lot of female customers who have money and power and intelligence and run the boys around a bit. Eventually it will even out!” Nightlife—a “boys club”? “Ninety-nine percent of the people we deal with are men,” Ehler says. “So in a sense the power nightlife scene is a ‘boys club.’ The VIP hosts are mostly men, and they have all the power. You want in, you better have relationships with the VIP hosts. On the flip side, it’s the women they call upon to drive the business, so you tell me, who really has the power?” |