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creAting insPiring sPAces This vision was created by our owner, Michel Palaces are the part of the luxury industry
Theatre director and interior designer extraordinaire Jean-LUC reybier, and is shared by all hotels and teams so of course the latest trends of this industry
Antonis Kalogridis is behind the fascinating interiors
nareT more diversification of products, and we work
of the Myconian Collection Properties on Elia Beach. of La R�serve. affect them directly. clients want more and
Is personalisation a form of luxury? on this every day to be able to always surprise
ceO, la reserVe HOTels apparTemenTs It is an essential part of it. Personalised touches guests with something new. Hotels do the best
Villas & spa have the power to make every moment truly they can to be sustainable and think about
amazing and unforgettable. Being able to nature. Moreover, personalisation has become
La R�serve Hotels & Spas state that their guests offer a personalised service, knowing all the one of the key points in this industry so more
luxury to run wild in their veins. I make up experience a different vision of luxury. Does luxury preferences and important dates of our clients, and more hotels implement it in their services.
bodies. When guests live in them, I want need to be different – and in what ways? surprising them every time with something
them to feel like they are being reborn into rethinking luxury through personalisation new – these are the key aspects of the vision Tell us your most treasured experience at La
the royalty of leisure, that they can bring and creation of story between the place and of luxury at La R�serve. R�serve Hotels & Spas.
together their own kingdom. Sure, it is also the guest. We create a home away from home The experience of La R�serve is always
about objects, placement, colour, patterns, for all our guests and share a way of life rooted How do the latest luxury trends influence the treasured. It depends on what the person
textures – all the things that make up an in excellence, authenticity and simplicity. hospitality industry? is looking for: it can be a tour of Bordeaux
aesthetic. But to aestheticise literally means vineyards by plane or by private helicopter to
“to feel”. So it is ultimately a kingdom of the discover the vineyards of our owner, a boot
senses. That is what my spaces, my bodies, camp experience on the south of France,
are for: To be felt, to be used as the senses travel to Normandy in a helicopter, landing
that explore and arouse the possibilities of in the park of the Ch�teau de Champ de
space and the people in it. Bataille, a culinary experience for children
at our apartments in Paris, exclusive spa
How did you combine the architecture of a Cyclades programmes by our brand Nescens or exclusive
island with your contemporary style to bring them masterclasses with our sommelier.
together into reality?
The cyclades are unique in that nature here What clientele do La R�serve Hotels & Spas
dominates through subtlety. Elytis, the Greek particularly target?
Nobel laureate in literature, has said that if The clientele of La R�serve Hotels is very
you were to deconstruct Greece, you would wide. Every hotel of La R�serve is particular
be left with an olive tree, a vine and a boat – somehow, but we are all united by the same
“which means it takes as much to put it back vision of luxury. Our clients are looking forward
together”. Beauty in the cyclades is always raw to discreet elegance, high level of service, and
AntoniS How does interior design affect a traveller’s and therefore always present. If you approach want to experience a unique story, always
different yet always unforgettable. Details
it with respect, it is always amenable. My style
KALogridiS experience? is equally raw. If it is about luxury, it is a raw are very important for these clients – as well
It has to do with that revolving moment. Interior
as the authenticity of the place.
luxury. Nothing is superfluous. There is no
design must make it easier for people to see luxury in something you can’t or don’t need
designer FOr THe mycOnian clearly in all directions, to choose their path to use. So I break down reality and find the Personally, what is the “luxury” you choose when
cOllecTiOn HOTels among many. At the same time, it must help best ways to express it. For me, that is the travelling?
them to be inspired by what is unique in the definition of being contemporary. Being welcomed with your name wherever
What are the key ingredients of true luxury in specific time and place they find themselves. It you board an aeroplane or check-in at a hotel.
travelling? is a fine line, like the horizon. Interior design What has been your most memorable travel
The greatest privilege has to do with the must make you feel good about where you experience that you classify as true luxury? What has been your most memorable travel
destinations – not about choosing the place are, but also remind you not to stay still. It Despite my work in hospitality, I still see experience that you classify as true luxury?
but about choosing what that place means. has to be the perfect match between the real myself as primarily a theatre director. I stage Flying in a helicopter from cannes to ramatuelle
Any place you find yourself can be a finish and the possible, and it must allow guests to experiences and I explore the roles people take in winter with travel agents to show them our
line or a starting line – compensation or break on through to whichever side works on in their lives. Working on these amazing jewel of the south, la réserve ramatuelle.
inspiration. The defining moment of luxury best for them. hotels is my way of bringing about the spaces
in travel is bringing the two together, about I have always wanted to have available to me;
turning your travels into a revolving door, You’ve done a lot of high-end hospitality work. What spaces that can take their surroundings and
an experience so strong that it moves you do you consider most important in such projects? their guests further. These resorts, this Villa
to any direction you choose. you might be I think of space as a body. you know, nobility collection, my quest to bring out the royal,
travelling to celebrate an achievement, or has always been symbolised by the body – the Imperial element of luxury and to challenge
because you are gathering up the strength to think “blue blood”. That is luxury, and how the Avaton of privilege, they are products of
go after one. Ideally, the two should not feel I see hospitality. It is the blue blood running my own identity as a Panoptis, as someone APOSTOLIS KOUKOUSAS
different, because you will always be getting through the veins of a living organism. It can who strives to see more and more of what is
HosPitAlity mAven
ready to reach a higher peak, and you will accommodate a noble mind and a restless soul. out there, and to bring it all in my work. It is Jean-Luc Naret is at the helm of the French capital's La
always deserve to be rewarded for it. So I make up hospitable spaces that allow challenging, but such is the task I choose. Réserve apartments, created for exacting guests.

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