Auberge Resorts will manage Grace Hotels in Europe and the US after the company entered into a strategic partnership with Grace's owner, the Libra Group.
Auberge will add five Grace properties in Europe and the northeastern US into the Auberge Resorts Collection portfolio, as well as additional properties currently under development over the next two years. The existing Grace properties and those in the pipeline will be branded under the Auberge Resorts Collection name and managed by the Auberge team.
The expanded Auberge portfolio will now include the Grace Santorini, which overlooks the Aegean Sea; the historic Mayflower Inn & Spa in the Connecticut countryside; and in 2020, a lakeside hotel in the heart of St. Moritz, Switzerland.
In the next 90 days, the Grace properties in Mykonos and Santorini, Greece, along with the Mayflower Inn & Spa in Washington, Connecticut, US.; White Barn Inn & Spa in Kennebunk, Maine, US; and the Vanderbilt Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island, US, will join Auberge Resorts Collection.
Over the next few years, the collection will scale even further with the addition of other properties that are under development in Athens, Kalamata, Kea and a second resort in Santorini, Greece; Marrakech, Morocco; Buenos Aires, Argentina; as well as St. Moritz, Switzerland.
As part of the agreement, the Libra Group will have a strategic interest in Auberge Resorts Collection, establishing a relationship between the two family-owned companies.
“Our strategic partnership with the Libra Group will expand our portfolio of acclaimed properties and build on Auberge Resorts Collection’s reputation as a premier hospitality brand,” said Dan Friedkin, chair, Auberge Resorts Collection. “With the Logothetis family, we have found like-minded partners who share our desire to deliver exceptional quality and unparalleled guest experiences.”
Plans are underway to integrate the properties into the Auberge Resorts Collection and welcome the Grace employees into the Auberge family over the next three months.
Following the transaction with Libra, Auberge Resorts Collection will include:
United States Operating Hotels Auberge du Soleil, Napa Valley
Calistoga Ranch, Napa Valley
Element 52, Telluride, Colorado Hotel Jerome, Aspen
Madeline Hotel, Telluride, Colorado
Mayflower Inn & Spa, Connecticut*
Solage, Napa Valley
Vanderbilt Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island*
White Barn Inn & Spa, Maine*
Properties currently under developmentAuberge Beach Residences, Fort Lauderdale (opening 2018)
Bishop’s Lodge, Santa Fe (opening 2019)
Commodore Perry Estate, Austin (opening 2020)
Mauna Lani, Hawaii (opening 2019) The Lodge at Blue Sky, Park City (opening 2019)
Mexico, Caribbean, Central & South America Operating hotels Chileno Bay, Los Cabos, Mexico
Esperanza, Los Cabos, Mexico
Hacienda AltaGracia, Costa Rica
Malliouhana, Anguilla
Mukul, Nicaragua
Properties currently under developmentBuenos Aires, Argentina*
Susurros del Corazon, Punta de Mita, Mexico (opening 2020)
Europe & Africa Operating hotelsMykonos, Greece*
Santorini, Greece*
Properties currently under developmentAthens, Greece*
Kalamata, Greece*
Kea, Greece*
Marrakech, Morocco*
2nd Hotel in Santorini, Greece*
St. Moritz, Switzerland*
Asia Pacific Operating hotelsNanuku, Fiji
Properties currently under developmentKoh Samui, Thailand*
*Added to Auberge Resorts Collection as part of a strategic partnership with Libra Group
