Ambassadors of Luxury

Evoking a perception of exclusivity, quality, comfort, and elegance, “luxury” is a term in evolution, representing a variety of things to people around the globe.

Luxury has a different meaning to people from different generations and various cultures, depending on their lifestyle goals and how they view the world.

In our “Luxury defined by…” series, the world’s Ambassadors of Luxury share with us what luxury means for them.

For more information or to request an interview, please email info@luxurialifestyle.com

LUXURIA LIFESTYLE INTERVIEWS

Luxuria Lifestyle Interviews Angelo Collins Founder of Marbella & Beyond

I was initially invited to work as a sales director by a colleague who had just opened a real estate company. From there I embarked on my real estate journey.

Luxuria Lifestyle International interviews Matteo Atti CMO of VistaJet

VistaJet is renowned for its distinctive silver and red fleet and that it is equipped for all needs — whether you need a fully enabled business suite or a restful home away from home space.

Luxuria Lifestyle interviews Johan Bülow

Born and raised in Svaneke, a tiny rock island of Bornholm in Denmark, Johan was raised by a family of entrepreneurial spirits, which led his dreams of building a world-class liquorice brand into a reality.

Luxuria Lifestyle interviews Filip Hoste

Mr. Hoste is an entrepreneur in the property development, hotel and leisure industries with more than 25 years of experience in the island of Tenerife. We talk to him about his experience, projects and market tendencies.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean Interviews Hon. Lisa Cummins

When you think about the existing product on the island in terms of rooms, hotels, and villas, you can see that Barbados is very much as people describe it – a playground for the rich and the famous. But I think the beautiful thing about Barbados is that although people come and they’re able to enjoy the luxury.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean Interviews Brian Dobbin

Brian Dobbin first became familiar with citizenship investment in the 1990s in Canada, creating a citizenship program with a provincial government and providing jobs for hundreds of families. Since then he has assisted governments in the creation of citizenship programs in the West Indies and Ireland.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Paula Veiga Ortiz

Paula is a professional with 15 years of experience on the venue side, goal and brand awareness oriented and coordinates different channels and business units. She leads all communication of the casino both external and internal.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Julián Romaguera

Julián Romaguera, General Manager of Los Naranjos Golf- Marbella’s career in golf, luxury hospitality, and real estate has rapidly evolved over the past decade, developing his skills as a modern business manager.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean interviews Jean-Christophe Martinez

The welcoming attitude of our team and the beauty and picturesque scenery of our West Coast beach. Guests have the opportunity to reconnect with nature and enjoy a restful holiday.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbbean interviews Simon Christey-French

As well as the three restaurants, we also have an events company and look after private villas, so sometimes we have five different operations on the go at the same time. It’s a lot, but I love a challenge.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Klaus May

Klaus May has been designing and building high-quality houses, villas and hotels for three decades, focusing on the Costa Blanca, Ibiza and Mallorca.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean interviews Sylvain Hervochon

Sylvain Hervochon’s culinary experience has taken him around the globe, from owning a restaurant in France, working in the Galapagos and as Executive Chef at Jumby Bay in Antigua.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Alejandra Vanoli and Javier Fur

Alejandra Vanoli leads the Viva Sotheby’s International Realty franchise since 2013 and has 30 years of experience in the Spanish real estate sector.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Pablo Nieto of De La Torre

What is your definition of Luxury?
The meaning of “Luxury” I consider very variable depending on the needs that each person has created or yearned for.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Andreas Hoffmann and Caroline Hillier of Ocean Independence

Ocean Independence is a full-service superyacht business, specialising in charter, sale and purchase, operational management and new build, with approximately...

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews Stephanie Skinner

Stephanie has been working in the yachting industry for over 16 years and even after so many years, her passion for her job still grows every day...

Luxuria Lifestyle interviews Jean Michel of Artwide

Artwide was established in 2013 by specialists across the art, legal, banking and technology sectors, Artwide provides an alternative solution for the art world.

Luxuria Lifestyle International inteviews Martin van der Reijden

Cora Cora opened on the 1st of October 2021 and at this point, travel had started to open to various countries, we decided that our focus was to ensure our guests start to feel free once more after the challenging COVID-19 restrictive measures.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbbean interviews Dr Christopher Ashby

Luxury is most definitely a subjective label. In general, our guests and owners are predominately comprised of ‘affluent explorers’. They are all high-net-worth individuals and citizens of the world who demand a specific level of service.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean interviews Sir Paul Altman

Sir Paul Altman is the Managing Director of Altman Real Estate. He has been at the forefront of developments in Barbados’ luxury residential market and was instrumental in the establishment of the Royal Westmoreland golf residential community

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean interviews Chef Antoine Poitevin

5 Senses is a “vintage-chic” restaurant with nice music and atmosphere. With a fine-dining experience with table cloths and a menu that changes daily to reflect what is fresh. You can have champagne or rose for brunch/lunch, or dinner and lounge setting in the evening.

Luxuria Lifestyle Caribbean interviews Patricia Affonso-Dass

Patricia Affonso-Dass is the CEO and Group General Manager of Ocean Hotels Group in Barba-dos. After a multi-million renovation, their 5-star all-inclusive hotel, the O2 Beach Club & Spa, is now open and welcoming guests.

Luxuria Lifestyle Spain interviews CEO of Remax/ Spazio Group

We draw a clear line of where we are and where we want to take our customer, and have the ability to antecipate anything that comes...

Luxuria Lifestyle London Interviews Tom Gozney

Gozney was founded by Tom Gozney with one simple mission: to combine wood-fired engineering and beautiful design to create products that will forever change the way we cook, connect and live.