Neely Khan

Founder @ kahani

Found by AI. Chosen by Humans. That is kahani, the new AWC invention built for hospitality brands who want to win in an algorithmic world without losing their humanity. AI brings the guest to your door. Story gets them to step inside. We are, to my eternal amusement, the only agency in hospitality doing this with both technical fluency and literary depth. I have spent over a decade writing for brands people actually remember. YO Sushi. Dishoom. Cheval Collection. Abode Luxury Rentals. Plus a whole universe of boutique hotels, villas, cabins, and experiences from London to the Rockies. My job has always been the same. Turn places into stories and stories into emotional decisions. I speak around the world about story craft and GEO copy, from Miami and Dubai to Genoa, London, Marbella, and Sofia. People expect slides, I give them theatre. I’ve also written and edited multiple books, all stitched together with narrative bones and human psychology. Today I run AWC, a 35 year-old agency now reimagined as a story and strategy house for the hospitality and travel world. We sit confidently among literature, psychology, and AI search literacy, which is where the future has been heading all along. I’m an English obsessive, a relentless reader, a watcher of people, a lover of cortados, and a rollercoaster loyalist who still thinks Nemesis at Alton Towers is a spiritual experience. If you want to be found by AI and chosen by humans, or you just fancy sharing a global story, get in touch.