Charlotte Lilley on Creating The Retreat Company and Redefining Luxury in the Mountains
Tim’s Take: In this edition of Behind the Stay, we meet Charlotte Lilley, the founder of The Retreat Company, a…
Domaine Chardonnay — How a husband-and-wife design duo turned 2,000 vines into a wine-country hideaway
Tim’s Take: Laura and Mike Wieters didn’t buy a hotel; they built one vine by vine, literally. What started as…
Behind the Stay: Anna & Olivier on Redefining Luxury Through Insider Villas
Tim’s Take: In this edition of Behind the Stay, we step into the world of Anna and Olivier, two hoteliers…
Chateau de Candes, the hidden gem in the heart of the Loire Valley
Tim’s Take: From fire dancer to château host, Bertrand Pignet shares how he and Jingwen, his life partner, transformed heritage…
Mitja Mirtic, Founder of Goolets: My Journey into Luxury Yacht Chartering
Tim’s Take: Most luxury charter companies sell boats. Mitja Mirtic sells something harder to package, the feeling of time slowing…
Not Just a Hotel: Why I Brought Lou Calen Back to Life – By Graham Porter
Tims Take: In this edition of Behind the Stay, Graham Porter takes us beyond bricks and mortar to share the…
The Healthy Hour: Redefining How We Gather
Tim’s Take: A five-day wellness retreat is useless if your daily social life constantly fractures your nervous system. Clinical neurotherapist…
Soul Alive Retreats: Why the Nervous System Craves a ‘Safe Space’
Tim’s Take: Many wellness retreats treat recovery like a strict clinical checklist, ignoring the profound biological impact of unstructured joy…
What is the Restorative Index?
The Restorative Index is a structured evaluation framework created by Tim Kroeger to measure whether a luxury wellness hotel genuinely…
