Issue 11

InterContinental Maldives — the brand's first all-inclusive property in the Raa Atoll, adjacent to the Baa Atoll UNESCO Reserve and its manta rays, where the reef…

Acharya Chhaya Goyal Ji on applying Vastu Shastra in Dubai — the bed that was under a ceiling beam, the couple whose marriage was saved, and…

Portrait Firenze — the Ferragamo family's hotel on the Arno, facing the Ponte Vecchio, where a century of Florentine craft tradition informs every decision from the…

Rizwan Sajan of Danube Group — from sharing a toilet with 30 families in Mumbai's slums to inventing the 1% payment plan that made Dubai home…

Portrait Milano on Via Montenapoleone — the Ferragamo family's palazzo hotel in the heart of Italian fashion, where the staff's insider knowledge comes from actually belonging…

Anastasiia Kozlovskaia of Aria Star — the investor who spent three days enjoying office coffee before buying 70 properties, and 6 billion dirhams in transactions built…

Datcha Club in Fujairah — the Russian concept of the dacha reimagined on the shores of the Gulf of Oman, for the community that understands exactly…

Michael Belton of Mered Development — from Alaska to Millhouse Capital to Dubai, and the Pininfarina partnership that puts Italian design philosophy into a building near…

Irina Kremko of Green City Real Estate — deceived buying her own Dubai property, she built an agency with AI that monitors broker honesty and refused…