The latest hospitality market trends show a growing attraction for a " return to nature " without compromising on modern comfort.
While " Glamping " (Glamourous Camping) emerges in the mid-market range, 5-star clients will be in search of their usual standards in term of accommodation and services, but with a need for more secluded, uncrowded and environmentally preserved places.
In any industry, the luxury segment is always the most resilient, even in periods of crisis.
Wealthy travelers are in growing demand of seeking for untouched places and eager to discover new places. They know knows The Maldives, Phuket, or Bali and El Nido continues to make it to the list of top luxury global travel sites as a recommended place to travel to .
With only 200 000 international visitors in 2018 in (versus nearly 10 millions in Phuket for instance), El Nido is the next one in Asia that has much potential to make it as big. It is seen in the numbers that were growing fast before the pandemic (+25% yearly) and this trend shall resume shortly. With a limited hotel supply, and even non-existing on the real luxury segment, El Nido needed a place like ours.
Targeting these wealthy and educated travelers community in search of both luxury and authenticity, The Pavillions El Nido positions itself on a profitable and under tapped niche market.
It makes this investment proposal totally different from mid-market properties in more frequented destinations relying on mass tourism.