la·tent /ˈleɪ.tənt/ adjective

1. present, but not yet visible or realised.

2. (of a room) capable of earning; given up on too early.

"The bar downstairs isn't dead — it's latent."

We turn dead rooms in hospitality venues into destinations that finally earn their keep.

The proof — MAYA at Cavita, London

We took a dead bar and made it 3× revenue*

Tell us about your room

*In three months — and growing.Its own name, its own sound, its own nights.

Selected rooms01 — 04
This could be your room ↗ Maya Dead bar beneath Cavita → hi-fi agave destination3× revenue in 3 months This could be your room ↗ Conduit Unused space → club night£8,000 in one evening This could be your room ↗ The Mandrake Hotel basement → club roomDelivered This could be your room ↗ Party in the Church 300 cap · projection · bespoke sound · own barSponsored throughout
The approachEach stage earns the next

We transform a room into a relevant destination that earns — revenue and reputation.

Diagnostic

Two weeks · fixed fee

We study your space, your numbers and your neighbourhood, and hand you a commercial and creative plan — what the room could be, what it could earn, what it would take. Yours to keep, whoever builds it.

Transformation

Project fee · agreed scope

We deliver the concept in full — identity, design direction, sound and the operational plan to run it. Built around your team and your licence, never against them.

Programme

Monthly retainer

The part everyone else skips. We keep programming the room — the nights, the names, the calendar — so it stays a destination. Held to revenue, not applause.

FoundersLondon

Mungo Schmidt

Creative direction · Commercial strategy

Built the Panther events brand from nothing to twenty-five sold events across London — profitably, without outside capital. Creative director of MAYA. Previously advised global luxury houses on strategy.

Andres Mijares

Programming · Operations

The programming partner behind MAYA's rise from dormant bar to industry destination. Grounded in the daily reality of hospitality — the people, the calendar, the discipline of a room that works night after night.

Your room isn't dead

Start with the diagnostic — two weeks, a fixed fee agreed in advance, and a commercial plan for your room that's yours to keep, whoever builds it.

Book a diagnostic

Or write directly — hello@latent.studio