After years of experience in the tourism industry, Amazing Escapes Paul Kennes, CEO and Vincent Raisiere, Managing Director… Amazing Escapes has developed a huge network among local operators and hotel brands. To the benefit of Horizons Nouveaux and Amazing Escapes, they track new hotels and experiential travel trends around the world.
Selecting the right camp spot, developing relationships with local communities to guarantee land access, finding reliable local teams are part of the skills Paul and Vincent have acquired through past experiences. Along the way, they have gathered around them an international team of professionals in design, hotel management, food and beverage management, ground operations and infrastructure development, essential for a successful project.Since 2008, they've been running major experiential travel events for high profile clients in Morocco, Oman, South East Asia and South America including a joint venture operation with Six Senses Zighy Bay in Musandam Peninsula.
Amazing Escapes also invests in green technologies through a partnership with a French company who's developing self-sufficient water treatment and energy supply systems. The system provides an autonomous private bathroom with running hot water and toilets in every tent, no matter where the camp is.
In the central geodesic eco dome, where guests would rejoice over meals and unwind, a long wooden table came enhanced with a line-up of multi-colored Moroccan lanterns, directly attached to the metallic structure.
Around the domes are dozens of oversized hemp cushions stitched with bright threads on the edges were arranged around copper floor-lanterns. A few indigenous plants and bushes, low tables and primitive wooden bowls mixed cultures and influences with style.
At midday, the mirage started operating: the domes duplicated in the distance to form a lineup of astronaut helmets or space hubbles.
Later, the sky turned to shades of grey and the solar suddenly looked brownish: by contrast, the Camp had never seemed so quintessentially white. I had to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. Tis wild, crazy vision I will never forget.
At night, under the moon, the salar became crystal white and the Space Station (aka Camp 4) took another dimension: Star Trek felt at my fingertips. From inside the pods, the iridescent crust shined through, mimicking the strength of the stars. Under them, the domes looked like small telescopes. In the morning, the sun rose on the bend horizon, irradiating the salty earth with golden hues. Amazing Escapes had definitely crafted a most unique place on the surface of the globe… Leaving the Salar behind the next day at flash-speed, the scenery remained majestic, as vast and pure as a singular ocean of whiteness.
Amazing Escapes Boutique Camps develops and provides turnkey camp solutions for the luxury travel industry. Boasting original designs and unmatched comfort, our camps respect the environment implementing state-of-the-art green technology. Their range of luxury tents suits most grounds and climates.
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