BEYOND2026 Your Guide to Luxuriously Different Places

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WHY EMOTION, RESTRAINT, AND PARTICIPATION ARE REDEFINING LUXURY

A Living Prototype Crafted by Nature, Shaped by Innovation Where 3D-Printed Architecture Meets Regenerative Luxury At Kisawa Sanctuary, sustainability is not an add-on — it is the very foundation of design. Set within the protected landscapes of Benguerra Island, Kisawa pioneers a new architectural language for luxury hospitality: residences partially 3D-printed using local sand and seawater, reducing environmental impact while anchoring each structure authentically to its place.

This radical yet restrained approach allows technology to disappear into nature — yielding architecture that feels elemental, tactile, and timeless. Here, innovation serves preservation; luxury serves the land. Kisawa stands as a global benchmark for how future sanctuaries may be built: lighter on the earth, deeper in meaning, and enduring by design.

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A considered perspective on luxury travel— for those who choose depth over headlines, and make decisions based on meaning, not momentum.

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very January, luxury travel is re-invented.

Or so we are told.

Glossy lists circulate with impressive urgency: The New Icons, The Ultimate Openings, Where to Go This Year—Before Everyone Else Does. The destinations change, the adjectives rotate, the countdowns reset. What remains remarkably consistent is the premise: that luxury must always be new, louder, further away— and preferably still under construction.

BEYOND2026 is an invitation to pause, recalibrate, and look sideways.

Toward quieter places. Smaller scales. Slower rhythms.

Toward hospitality that values participation over performance, legacy over launch, and emotion over excess.

These are not the usual suspects.

They are, however, the ones worth your attention.

Because in the end, luxury does not announce itself every year.

It simply endures.

Glossy lists circulate with impressive urgency: The New Icons,

The Ultimate Openings, Where to Go This Year—Before Everyone Else Does. The destinations

change, the adjectives rotate, the countdowns reset. What remains remarkably consistent is the premise: that luxury must always be new, louder, further away—and preferably still under construction.

We have always found this curious.

Not because novelty has no place in travel—far from it—but because true luxury has rarely depended on opening dates or ribbon cuttings.

It depends on something far less promotional and far more demanding: meaning.

This LookBook is therefore not a prediction exercise. It is a counterproposal.

Rather than spotlighting what is about to open, we turn our attention to what has quietly earned relevance. Places that do not rely on buzz, but on coherence. Properties that resist the temptation to impress quickly and instead choose to matter slowly.

Some are remote. Some are discreetly urban. Some have existed for years, unnoticed by trend radars precisely because they were never designed for them. Others are emerging with unusual restraint— eschewing spectacle in favor of stewardship, intimacy, and emotional resonance.

In a world increasingly saturated with “must-see” destinations, we believe the more interesting question is no longer where to go next— but how to go deeper.

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The Return of Meaningful Travel Why emotion, restraint, and participation are redefining luxury From Emotion to Intention

Why the Future of Luxury Hospitality Is Not Louder—Just Deeper If emotion is today’s ultimate luxury, then intention is its most credible proof.

What follows is not a trend report, nor a catalogue of novelties. It is a reflection on how the world’s most thoughtful hospitality concepts—quietly, almost stubbornly—are redefining value, scale, food, and place. Not by adding more, but by meaningfully subtracting. Not by dazzling, but by anchoring.

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Value, Re-Valued Wine, Art, Harvests—and the Return of Participation The new value equation in luxury hospitality is no longer transactional. It is participatory.

At Dievole, value is not confined to thread count or square meters. It emerges in moments that cannot be replicated elsewhere: walking the vineyards with the winemaker, participating in the harvest, discovering contemporary art in dialogue with centuries-old terroir. Wine is not consumed—it is understood. Art is not displayed—it is inhabited.

This shift is echoed globally. Shinta Mani Wild and its sister retreat in Nepal demonstrate how conservation, adventure, and craftsmanship can converge without spectacle. These are places where luxury feels earned—not purchased.

Meanwhile, Great Plains Conservation has shown, with quiet consistency, that Indigenous community partnerships are not a philanthropic afterthought but a core luxury value. Education, employment, stewardship—these are the new amenities.

In this same spirit, the SIRIUS Academy Campaign curated by Lindsey Ueberroth of the Preferred Hotel Group extends the definition of hospitality beyond the guest, creating scholarships for African female students and investing directly in the next generation of custodians.

And looking ahead, the planned lodge within Bodega Garzón signals a new chapter: a place where South American viticulture, landscape, and understated hospitality intersect—without importing European clichés.

Through Alejandro Bulgheroni's Tuscany Collection — Where Luxury Slows Down and Meaning Emerges There are journeys designed to impress.

And there are journeys designed to change you.

The Wine & Culinary Safari across ABFV’s Tuscany Collection belongs decisively to the latter. It is not a tour, not an itinerary, and certainly not a tasting marathon. It is a carefully choreographed passage through land, culture, and time— one that unfolds quietly, confidently, and without spectacle.

From Chianti to Montalcino, from inland hills to the Tyrrhenian coast, this safari does not ask guests to consume Tuscany. It invites them to enter it.

Dievole — Where the Story Begins At Dievole, the experience finds its natural opening chapter. Few places articulate the idea of AgriLusso more convincingly: vineyards that speak before architecture does; olive groves older than most nation states; a rhythm governed by harvests rather than headlines.

Here, wine is not introduced—it is contextualised. Guests walk the land with those who tend it, taste vintages where they are born, and dine on cuisine that has no interest in being clever. Participation replaces performance. Conversation replaces choreography.

Luxury, at Dievole, is not added. It is revealed.

If Dievole is the overture, Podere Brizio is the pause that follows—a quieter, more introspective movement.

Brizio is about scale with intention. Fewer rooms, deeper encounters. Here, the safari slows noticeably. Meals feel almost private. Wines are discussed rather than presented. The surrounding landscape encourages reflection, not distraction.

Moving south to Montalcino, Poggio Landi introduces a different register: structure, depth, and authority.

Brunello, by nature, commands respect. Yet at Poggio Landi, power is never theatrical. Tastings are grounded in soil and altitude, not superlatives. The experience honours the seriousness of the wine without turning it into ceremony.

Every great journey deserves an ending that surprises.

Tenuta Meraviglia provides exactly that.

Perched above the Bolgheri coast, Meraviglia shifts the emotional palette. The air changes. The light softens. The wines speak of maritime influence and modern restraint. Here, land meets horizon, and Tuscany quietly opens itself to the sea.

The safari concludes not with grandeur, but with perspective.

Size Doesn’t Matter When Intimacy Becomes the Ultimate Luxury More rooms meant more relevance. More facilities meant more prestige.

That era is quietly over.

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Once upon a time, size was a selling point.

Florence, Venice, Paris—these cities remain eternal. But the way one inhabits them is changing. What once meant proximity to landmarks now means distance from crowds, choreography, and noise. The question is no longer where you stay, but how deeply you stay.

This is where places like Palazzo La Réserve in Florence enter the conversation—not as a rejection of the city, but as a refinement of how it is experienced. A private palazzo rather than a grand hotel; not consumed—it is lived.

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The same recalibration is visible beyond cities. Tuscan wine estates increasingly replace urban palazzi, not to escape culture, but to encounter it unmediated—through land, labor, and lineage rather than queues and itineraries.

Likewise, safaris are quietly replacing cruise ships. Not because they understands where one is, who one meets, and what one impacts.

Fewer passengers. Clearer consequences.

This is not a rejection of the classic.

It is an evolution in discernment.

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Luxury today is not about going where everyone goes

Today’s most compelling hospitality concepts are deliberately small—not out of constraint, but out of conviction. Fewer keys allow for greater presence. Reduced scale creates space for silence, discretion, and genuine human exchange.

The barefoot philosophy championed by Soneva was never about informality for its own sake; it was about removing friction between guest and place. Slowness, here, is not inefficiency—it is refinement.

The same holds true for intimate safari lodges and treehouse retreats in Africa, where proximity to nature demands humility rather than dominance.

These properties do not compete with the landscape; they defer to it.

Within the ABFV vision, the planned lodge at Otronia follows this logic precisely. Patagonia does not reward excess. It rewards restraint. Vastness needs no amplification.

In the new luxury equation, scale is no longer impressive.

Relevance is.

Mara Moto Treetops Camp

When Luxury Learns to Lower Its Voice Mara Moto Treetops Camp is not a safari camp in the traditional sense. It is an act of restraint—almost a whispered correction to decades of over-designed “luxury” in the wilderness.

Set high above the plains of the Maasai Mara, the camp’s elevated tents and treehouse-like structures are designed to disappear rather than dominate. There is no attempt to compete with the landscape. The drama belongs entirely to nature: migrating herds, distant calls, the slow choreography of dawn and dusk.

Luxury here is expressed through absence: the absence of noise, excess, and artificial separation from place. Nights are lit by stars rather than spectacle; mornings unfold without agenda. Service is intuitive, never performative.

One feels hosted—not managed.

For this LookBook, Mara Moto represents a core principle of Beyond 2026: that the future of meaningful travel lies not in going further or faster, but in learning when to step back. To observe. To listen.

It is not about seeing more.

It is about seeing clearly.

Conservation tourism in full action.

Protecting habitats across Botswana, Zimbabwe & Kenya

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Where Conservation Becomes Culture Set deep within the Okavango Delta, Xigera Safari Lodge is not merely a place to stay—it is a statement of intent.

Xigera redefines safari luxury by placing conservation, craftsmanship, and contemporary African art at its very core. Architecture rises lightly above the floodplains, designed to leave no permanent trace.

Interiors are curated with museum-level seriousness, featuring commissioned works by African artists and artisans—each piece rooted in place, story, and hand.

Luxury here is not imported. It is grown.

Days unfold according to nature’s cadence: mokoro journeys through papyrus channels, wildlife encounters without choreography, silence broken only by birds and water. Service is intuitive and respectful, never intrusive. One feels guided rather than hosted.

What makes Xigera particularly resonant within the Beyond 2026 philosophy is its refusal to separate beauty from responsibility. Sustainability is not an overlay—it is the operating system. From solar power to low-impact construction, every decision reflects long-term stewardship rather than short-term spectacle.

Xigera stands as proof that the future of luxury travel lies in cultural intelligence and ecological humility. It offers immersion without appropriation, sophistication without excess, and an experience that feels both deeply local and globally relevant.

Not designed to impress quickly.

Designed to endure thoughtfully.

A place where luxury listens first— and speaks only when it has something meaningful to say.

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here are places where luxury is defined not by abundance, but by restraint. Where innovation serves purpose rather than spectacle. Kisawa Sanctuary is one such retreat — less a destination than a statement about the future of hospitality.

Set on Benguerra Island within Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago, Kisawa spans more than 300 hectares of dunes, forest, and coastline, yet feels almost invisible within its setting. Conceived not as a resort placed upon the land but as one grown from it, the Sanctuary offers a rare sense of calm, privacy, and spatial generosity.

At the heart of Kisawa’s quiet revolution is architecture.

Select residences incorporate 3D-printed structural elements created from local sand and seawater, reducing material transport and environmental impact. It is innovation deployed with humility — technology in service of place. As one publication observed,

“The future of luxury may be printed — yet remain profoundly human.”

Residences dissolve boundaries between indoors and out: thatch, timber, and mineral tones frame private infinity pools, shaded decks, and direct beach access. Each sits on its own generous parcel, ensuring seclusion that feels natural rather than engineered. @kisawasanctuary

Sustainability at Kisawa is not an add-on but a philosophy — from marine conservation partnerships to wellness practices rooted in tradition.

Kisawa stands as a living prototype for a new luxury paradigm — lighter on the earth, deeper in meaning, and enduring by design.

MINDFUL FOOD Luxury dining once aspired to theatre.

Today, it seeks truth.

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he most memorable meals are no longer defined by complexity, but by clarity—of origin, of technique, of intention. Fire replaces foam. Time replaces manipulation.

AtThe Quiet Authority of Fire In the cuisine of Francis Mallmann, nothing is rushed—and nothing is disguised.

Fire is not a technique here; it is a philosophy. Animals are cooked whole, slowly, suspended between earth and flame. Time replaces precision. Instinct replaces choreography. What emerges is not spectacle for its own sake, but an almost ceremonial respect for ingredient, place, and patience.

Mallmann’s cooking rejects the modern compulsion to over-explain. There are no foams, no distractions, no performative complexity. Instead, there is smoke carried by the wind, the sound of embers settling, and food that tastes unmistakably of where it was prepared.

One does not consume a Mallmann meal—one witnesses it.

When Mindful Cuisine Is Led by Intuition, Discipline, and Care At Passalacqua, cuisine is neither a performance nor a manifesto. It is a daily practice—quiet, disciplined, and deeply human.

At the heart of the kitchen stands Viviana Varese, a chef whose authority comes not from provocation, but from mastery. Her cooking reflects the confidence of someone who understands Italian tradition so thoroughly that she feels no need to compete with it.

This is mindful cuisine in its most cultivated form. Recipes are anchored in memory, technique, regional truth, gently guided by seasonality, yet never trapped by them.

Dining at Passalacqua feels closer to being welcomed into an exceptional Italian home than entering a temple of gastronomy.

This is food that understands its setting. Lake Como does not demand culinary drama. It rewards elegance, restraint, and continuity.

The Quiet Authority of Fire

In the cuisine of Francis Mallmann, nothing is rushed—and nothing is disguised.

Fire is not a technique here; it is a philosophy. Animals are cooked whole, slowly, suspended between earth and flame. Time replaces precision. Instinct replaces choreography. What emerges is not spectacle for its own sake, but an almost ceremonial respect for ingredient, place, and patience. Time replaces precision. Instinct replaces choreography. What emerges is not spectacle for its own sake, but an almost ceremonial respect for ingredient, place, and patience.

Mallmann’s cooking rejects the modern compulsion to over-explain.

There are no foams, no distractions, no performative complexity. Instead, there is smoke carried by the wind, the sound of embers settling, and food that tastes unmistakably of where it was prepared. One does not consume a Mallmann meal—one witnesses it.

This is mindful food in its most unfiltered form: cuisine that remembers its origins, acknowledges its sacrifice, and allows nature to lead. Luxury, here, is not refinement layered upon refinement. It is restraint.

Confidence. The courage to do less—and therefore mean more.

For this LookBook, Mallmann represents a defining principle of Beyond 2026: that the future of luxury dining is not about invention, but about reconnection.

Reconnection to fire, to land, to rhythm —and to the simple truth that food becomes extraordinary when we stop interfering with it.

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