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000 Sgoumpopoulos Family Thumb Square

Alexandra, Anastasia, and Konstantinos Sgoumpopoulos

The Sgoumpopoulos siblings believe in the importance of upgrading the historic center of Athens and giving something back to the neighborhood, so they each invested a piece of their personality into their Perianth Hotel.

004 Blique By Nobis Alessandro Catenacci

Alessandro Catenacci

The driving force behind many of Stockholm’s top hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs isn’t Swedish at all. It’s Italian-born Alessandro Catenacci.

000 Circe Sher Paolo Petrone Thumb

Circe Sher & Paolo Petrone

The name of Circe Sher and Paolo Petrone’s Piazza Hospitality group sums up what the pair dreams to create: a piazza-like hub of inclusivity, community, and culture in Healdsburg, California.

004 Hotel Pacai Saulius Mikstas

Saulius Mikštas

A native son and ongoing champion of Vilnius, this visionary architect layers his work with the Lithuanian capital’s rich, colorful history.

001 Mirkku Kullberg

Mirkku Kullberg

How a creative visionary is challenging the way a hotel is made.

002 Freigeist Hotel Goettingen Georg Rosentreter

Georg Rosentreter

One man is helping transform an off-the-beaten-track town in Lower Saxony from an intellectual hotspot to a design-lover’s dream.

001 Toru Iwasa

Toru Iwasa

From the flurry of Tokyo to the peaceful respite of rural Japan, Toru Iwasa’s journey has been a step-by-step commitment to the goodness of an organic lifestyle.

007 Kimamaya By Odin Nicolas Gontard Kid

Nicolas Gontard

A fiercely independent spirit brought him great success in the business world, but a giving nature and a desire to leave the world a better place has brought him true joy.

001 Elizabeth Unique Hotel Vittorio Curatella

Vittorio Curatella

Though he had more experience building hotels than running them, this small-town Italian brings big-city expertise and sophistication to his singular hospitality projects.

001 Gerhard Zenka Thumb

Christian Zenka, Kai Hollmann, Stephan Gerhard, and Christoph Hoffmann

The four high-flying hospitality kings behind Bikini Island & Mountain Hotels converge to discuss their own pathways to success, the hippie movement mentality, and more.

001 Guenter Weilguni Manfred Weilguni Daniel Mani

Daniel Mani, Günter Weilguni, and Manfred Weilguni

Each of these three hospitality wizards has achieved great success on his own. Together, they have transformed the very concept of what a Swiss Alpine hotel should be.

006 Myconian Avaton Brothers Helicopter

Vangelis, Panos, Markos, and Marios Daktylides

Following in the footsteps of Mykonos’ leading hospitality figure, the four brothers stand united in their quest to provide truly authentic island experiences.

001 Marcello Murzilli

Marcello Murzilli

A barista turned fashion designer turned circumnavigator turned pioneering hotelier reimagines luxury (again).

002 John Chen

John Chen

With his two new properties in the Taiwanese capital, mathematician John Chen proves that a beautiful mind can create great hospitality.