The Thinking Traveller?s Founders Huw & Rossella Beaugié on nurturing quality
Masseria Cardinale is one of The Thinking Traveller’s larger villas in Sicily, located in the countryside with authentic design features
The Thinking Traveller is a villa rental company that offers exclusive access to some of the most desirable properties in the Mediterranean. Guests of The Thinking Traveller also gain access to local insider knowledge through the company’s on-the-ground concierge team who plan bespoke itineraries and experiences. Here, we speak to the founders Huw and Rossella Beaugié about their villa selection process, luxury retreats and their intrinsically sustainable ethos
Rosella & Huw Beaugié
LUX: How did was the concept for The Thinking Traveller conceived"
Huw Beaugié: We started the company in 2002. Prior to that [Rosella and I] had been living in Paris, where we met in ?98. Rosella was a cell biologist doing her PhD in Paris and I was an engineer working in marketing at that time. Rosella is from Sicily, so we had been travelling to Sicily a lot already. We went there in November 2000 and that was the kind of the catalyst. We climbed up a mountain called Stromboli, and doing that made us decide that we would like to move there for a bit, which we ended up doing two years later. Rossella Beaugié: We started doing walking tours first of all and then very soon my friends started saying ?oh we?ve got this nice house on the island, would you want to try renting it out"?. So the first brochure we put together had three w...
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