Nikita Khandheria is the founder and CEO of ERIA, a hospitality and experiences company built around one belief: the most memorable experiences should feel almost impossible to pull off.
From hot air ballooning a bride into her wedding, to transforming a decommissioned aircraft carrier flight deck into an event venue, to hosting fire breathing workshops, Nikita has made a career out of asking, “Why not?” and then figuring out how to make it happen.
That spirit has become the DNA of ERIA. The company owns and operates a growing portfolio of distinctive venues across the San Francisco Bay Area while bringing planning, production, hospitality, partnerships, and wildly ambitious ideas under one roof. Nikita is known for dreaming beyond the traditional boundaries of the events industry and building the operational engine to actually execute those dreams. Whether the idea involves a seaplane, a waterfront dinner, a fire breather, or something no one has tried before, her answer is usually the same: we can figure it out…