New chapter for Blue Palace, Elounda Crete !

The legendary Blue Palace in Crete will re-open in May 2024 as a completely renovated luxury boutique hotel of 47 bungalow, suites and a 3 bedroom in-resort villa with private chef & pool.

The remaining part of the resort, will be taken over and managed by Rosewood and will re-open as Rosewood Blue Palace from summer 2025 following a complete refurbishment.

Both properties will operate  separately side by side and will remain under the complete ownerhip of the Cretan hospitality group Phāea. 

Pieve Aldina, part of Les Domaines de Fontenille and the Relais & Chateaux collection opens in Tucany

Discovering Tuscany: boutique hotel Pieve Aldina, part of the Relais & Châteaux collection, has opened in July 2023 in Radda in Chianti, an ancient Italian town that has hardly changed over the centuries, set among gently rolling hills, olive groves and vineyards, the project by Pierattelli Architetture is a jewel of hospitality ...

Sustainability is an investment in human resources, and vice versa

Hotel Company's Comitment to its people pays dividends says Hans Pfister, CEO of The Cayuga Collection.

Hans Pfister shares his beliefs that sustainability is mainly about people....

A Symbiosis of Luxury and Sustainability

Business View Caribbean interviews Hans Pfister, CEO of The Cayuga Collection, as part of their series on Sustainable CaribbeanResorts. Hans Pfister explains, “My partner, Andrea Bonilla, and I have had the same focus since beginning the company in 1999. We manage small, sustainable luxury hotels in fairly remote places....