A good news journalist, writer and cultural curator, Australian-born Liam Aldous is currently based in Ibiza, Spain. Working as Monocle Magazine’s Spain correspondent since 2011, he collaborates with fashion house LOEWE to write books and direct films.

During the Pandemic years, Liam creative-directed “defiantly optimistic” content and digital narrative for The Smiley Company. In 2019, he founded ColourFeel, curating inspirational, immersive, perspective-shifting experiences for companies including Nike, Slam Jam, ByRedo, and The Stack World, while collaborating on special projects with a global network of artists and musicians.

In 2023 he launched ColourFeel’s immersive experience festival ‘Another Future’ in Marrakech, Morocco. In 2024, he began publishing chronicles of his work and other musings on Substack under the masthead The ColourFeel Dispatch. A polymath focused on cultivating connection, reflection, and introspection, Liam believes in the power of collaboration as an antidote to the ambient anxiety currently gripping the world.

“As a writer and good-news journalist, my sense of optimism once prompted a friendly collaborator to describe me as “aggressively glass half full Australian.” Growing up in a family of dysfunction made me into the person I am today: hyper-empathetic and endlessly imagining better versions of our world. In 2016, I began to feel a divergence between my love of story-telling and the digital entrapment of excessive screen time. I have been honing the craft of experiential design, immersive events, and the slowly-vanishing art of holding authentic space for conscious human connections, ever since. I believe collaboration, connection, and community are the foundational essence of a meaningful life.”

Tibor Martin Markovits is a Spanish architect based in Ibiza with over 15 years of experience in high-end residential and hospitality design across Spain and Europe. He began his career with renowned architecture studios such as Vicens & Ramos and GRAS Architects, working on ambitious residential projects where he developed a strong foundation in conceptual thinking and detailed execution.

Early in his career in Ibiza, he played a key role in the development and execution of Heart Ibiza, a pioneering hospitality concept created by Cirque du Soleil and the Adrià brothers. The project merged haute cuisine, immersive art, and live performance in a singular venue, and Tibor was involved in bringing this complex and multidisciplinary vision to life, coordinating between creative teams, technical consultants, and operators.

He then became Director of Architecture and Design for the Pacha Group, where he led the brand’s architectural transformation through the renovation of its flagship nightclub in Ibiza—a project that won the MONDO*DR Award for Best Nightclub in 2023. Tibor also developed the Casa Pacha concept, led the renovation of the group’s retail stores, and managed the design and international rollout of all new Lío venues, combining architecture, performance, and fine dining. His work at Pacha integrated creative direction, architectural design, brand coherence, and full project delivery.

Currently, Tibor leads the architecture and design team at Sabina Estates, a unique residential community in Ibiza featuring villas designed by internationally acclaimed architects such as David Chipperfield, John Pawson, and MK27. At Sabina, he is responsible for the overall design strategy, architectural coordination, and execution of both private homes and shared spaces. His work ensures a cohesive architectural identity across the development, balancing luxury with landscape, and international design excellence with local sensibility.

An Australian based in Paris by way of New York, Jenni bridges the creative and corporate realms, cultivating purpose, product and presence for companies and individuals alike.

As founder of Creative Monastery, she helps hospitality, tourism and culture firms design better futures, with a core focus on deepening human connection. Creations range from third place programming to curiosity-led ateliers and custom events for Google, Airbnb, Spotify et al.

She’s worked across four continents, her expertise in brand strategy, storytelling and stakeholder engagement pivotal to collaborations with TEDWomen, THINK Global School and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, and a host of philanthropic initiatives across the US. Previously Head of Strategy & Creative at New York agency noformat, she now advises select clients and is a Seed Consultant for Stanford Graduate School of Business.

A specialist in embodied intelligence, Jenni works 1-1 with entrepreneurs and executives, helping them cultivate strength, serenity and self-mastery via tailored coaching initiatives.

Equally fluent in sensory design, Jenni has crafted activations and employee programs for the likes of Ralph Lauren, Kickstarter and Viacom, spoken at company summits, conferences, and delivered over 200 corporate wellbeing sessions, drawing from multidisciplinary studies that span mindfulness, Meisner acting and cognitive neuroscience.

Aysegul spends her career shaping cultural landmarks, luxury resorts and urban lifestyle destinations. Her work bridges concept design to brand identity.

After working with acclaimed studios and creative collaborators, she joined Ennismore, where she now helps define design across a diverse portfolio of lifestyle and resort brands.

Over the past two years, Aysegul has played a key role in reimagining Rixos within its All-Inclusive platform by leading brand-restructuring efforts through immersive programming and purposeful design. Her work with icons such as SLS, Delano, Hyde, Morgans reflects a deep commitment to translating bold brand stories into seamless guest experiences.

Chris is a renowned leader, speaker and visionary in the wellness field. He has been creating wellbeing projects and experiences for the past 25 years. Consulting to luxury, hospitality and wellbeing brands and advising on finding clear direction and offering as the wellness industry expands and transforms.

He has been facilitating at LVMH, Kering, Belmond, Soho House, Nike and Google having previously worked as a creative and design director in the design industry.

Chris is known to be a founding influence on the accessibility of modern wellness and mindfulness.

Recently, he was noted as a leading name in the wellness industry by The Sunday Times. He is featured and has written for Forbes, Vogue, Sunday Times, How to Spend It and Psychologies magazine.

He has recently been appointed the chief facilitator and strategist of Slow Academy at Flussbad Campus in Berlin, a new multi-disciplinary space dedicated to inner growth and new forms of experience design and future skills for businesses – especially in the hospitality industry.

He is the Founder and Creative Director of OPO – a well-tech studio applying the wellbeing principles of mindfulness and nature. A social enterprise, OPO is creating sound and listening experiences for the hospitality industry as they strive for more holistic wellness offers. Working with many brands including Soho House, Six Senses and Mandarin Oriental.

Chris runs inner mastery retreats and solo one to one retreats for leaders from his island home of Ibiza and at many inspiring locations around the world.

Despina is the Senior Director of Design Strategy for Marriott’s Premium and Select Brands in EMEA, where she leads innovative, business-savvy design initiatives that elevate the guest experience. A qualified architect with global experience, she has delivered impactful projects across hospitality, retail, residential, and workplace sectors. Over the past seven years at Marriott, she has shaped strategic design initiatives from concept to execution.

Passionate about travel, design, and sustainability, Despina is also a strong advocate for environmentally responsible development—both professionally and personally.

Enrico Fratesi is one half of design duo Gam Fratesi, along with his partner Stine Gam. Both gained experience as architects in Japan and Scandinavia before establishing their own Copenhagen-based design studio.

GamFratesi’s design takes its creative drive from a fusion of tradition and renewal,  in an experimental approach to their chosen materials and techniques. They draw on the classic Danish furniture and craft tradition as well as the classic Italian intellectual and conceptual approach. Understanding a tradition and addressing it actively in the workshop makes it possible to expand on it. From this cross-cultural substrate they create furniture that respectfully reflects tradition while also featuring unique embedded stories, symbols and associations, often expressed in a minimalist idiom.

GamFratesi have received significant awards including Elle Decoration International design award (EDIDA) as International Designer of the Year 2020, “AD100” 100 most creative 2023 and 2022, Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration International design award (EDIDA) as International Young Designer of the Year 2013, Finn Juhl Prize 2015, Bruno Mathsson prize 2018, Invited as Guest of Honor 2014 at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2014, Best Designer from Elle Decoration Japan 2017, final selection Compasso D’Oro, IF award and Good Design Award .

GamFratesi collaborates with numerous international companies including Bang & Olufsen, Acqua di Parma , Cappellini, Dedon, De Padova, Gubi, Fritz Hansen, Hermès, Hay, Minotti, Louis Poulsen, Porro, Poltrona Frau, Gebruder Thonet Vienna, Kvadrat, etc.

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James Thurstan Waterworth founded Thurstan to create interiors that are eclectic, characterful, and grounded in architectural context. The studio has developed a strong reputation in the hospitality sector, with projects ranging from boutique hotels to destination-led concepts across the UK, Europe, and North America. This work is complemented by a selection of private residential commissions, all approached with the same commitment to integrity and detail.

As former European Design Director at Soho House, James led projects in Istanbul, Miami, Barcelona, and London, always with an emphasis on comfort, functionality, and a respect for each building’s history. Current hospitality projects include a working ranch resort in Wyoming, a family members club in New York, new openings for the Zetter Townhouse group, collaborations in Portugal with Claus Sendlinger, and a number of boutique hotels throughout the UK and Europe.

Born in the sunburnt chaos of Ibiza in the late ’70s, Jaime Fiorito emerged from a melting pot of hippies, hedonists, and cultural visionaries. The island was alive with flower power and the crackling pulse of a new era, but Jaime’s true education began with his father, DJ Alfredo—the definitive pioneer of the Balearic movement. By day, Jaime roamed the sandy trails of Salinas beach roads. By night, he listened in the backroom of Amnesia, the echoes disco, Belgian New beat, rock, new wave, electro, reggae, and early US and UK House, laying the foundation for the Balearic Beat.

At 14, Jaime hustled mixtapes on the dancefloor of Pacha, trading cassettes for cash under the laser-lit haze of early ’90s decadence. He started djing in 1996 and by 2001, got a job as a resident DJ for Manumission’s notorious afterparty “Carry On” at Space (now Hï Ibiza), where he confidently blended House, Italo, and Balearic Beats on the open-air terrace.

The next two decades were a blur of fun, beats, sweat, and experimentation. Jaime immersed himself in music while exploring distant cultures and landscapes between his travels. His notable residencies at venues like La Granja Ibiza and Tulum Treehouse brought magic to eclectic audiences.

Jaime Fiorito isn’t just a DJ; he’s a Balearic aficionado, storyteller, and keeper of the flame that ignited a global movement. To hear him play is to step into the wild, uncharted territory of your own soul—untamed, free, and vibrating with life.

With over 20 years experience, Neil has had a varied career working across almost all sectors of interior design however after falling in love with hospitality that became his main focus. Today Neil oversees design for all Starwood Hotels projects in the EMEA region, championing the brands 1Hotels, Treehouse and Baccarat Hotels. Amongst others he is currently working on projects in Rome, Florence, Crete, Paris, Dubai, Riyadh and Maldives.