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02 MBO Inhabit Nadira Lalji

Nadira Lalji

“To possess well-being is to be wealthy in the purest and truest sense.”

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Antoine Faeh

“We want our guests to feel connected and inspired, and few things do that on such a deep, emotional level as art.”

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Marcio Kogan

“One of the main goals of our project was to hide it,” the renowned Brazilian architect tells us of Patina Maldives, Fari Islands.

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Daniel & Seraina Lauber

Following an eight-month renovation that began in summer 2020, Cervo Mountain Resort in Zermatt, Switzerland, has become a showcase for sustainability with a new well-being philosophy that calls upon practices from around the world to heal body, mind, and spirit.

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Vasily Grogol & Kristina Skripka

Ever humble, Vasily Grogol and Kristina Skripka consider themselves underdogs. We would call them wunderkinds.

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Akinori Kanao & Seiichiro Takeuchi

Seiichiro Takeuchi and Akinori Kanao—the architect and director behind Node Kyoto, respectively—have drawn upon diversity to build something greater than a hotel. They’ve founded a cultural clubhouse where disparate ideas interact.

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Sunny Patel & Vishal Patel

After years of traveling with a friend, a collective memory takes shape—one made of stories and experiences that are only meaningful to those who were there, like a secret language. 

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Mary Moses, Michael Moldauer, and Michel Seiner

It’d be hard to find three people who like to blaze their own path more than Mary Moses, Michael Moldauer, and Michel Seiner.

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Alessandro Sironi

The visionary behind this exciting Lake Como property understands that true hospitality comes from understanding the past.

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Grant Maunder

When he’s not running his wealth management business in the U.K. or spending time with his family in the U.S., Grant Maunder is most likely found championing his homeland of Wales while careening down a hillside on skis in Switzerland—always with his eye on his next project.

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Mario Plasencia

This fearlessly creative man from Mexico is anything but common—he shapes images and builds dreams that always take into account the bigger picture.

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Yuta Oka, Akihiro Matsui, and Takahiro Homma

These three young entrepreneurs are in the business of transforming neighborhoods into communities—gathering spots for creatives and today’s global nomads.

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Roy Kalfopoulou

Roy Kalfopoulou has lived and breathed hospitality since birth. Born into a family of Greek hoteliers, her childhood unfolded against a backdrop of hotels, and then her degree in psychology allowed her to approach her “destined” profession with an academically empathic angle—taking her from internships and front-facing positions in London hotels to her own properties in Greece.

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Prisca Llagostera

This bold trailblazer possesses a visionary’s heart, an artist’s temperament, a hotelier’s warmth, and not an ounce of fear.