Thrillist flew hundreds of people to a swanky Arizona hotel for a weekend of parties

Men's lifestyle and ecommerce site Thrillist took over the W Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a party-packed weekend.

Dubbed "Hotel Thrillist," the two-day event included a food festival, pool party, two late-night soirées, and lots of Jack Fire whiskey. 

Lil Jon even stopped by for a DJ set before spraying the 200-person crowd with Champagne. 

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Hotel Thrillist is the company's biggest event of the year. Nearly 200 people were flown in just for the occasion.

The weekend kicked off with a food festival hosted by Arizona-based celebrity chef Beau MacMillan, who made a fried chicken banh mi with red dragon sauce and kimchi pickles. Here, Thrillist founder and CEO Ben Lerer gives the banh mi a try.

Sixteen local restaurants brought some of their most interesting creations, including Central Bistro, whose chef Greg Guevara made a chilled sweet corn soup with shrimp and brown butter mushrooms.

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