Born and raised in Israel, Liza Singer is certified as a lawyer and accountant (CPA), with an MBA, main in Finance and expertise as an funding supervisor in each non-public fairness and enterprise capital funds.
Liza joined with late British entrepreneur David Lewis CBE in 2002 to provoke the bold mission to ascertain Karpaz Gate Marina on the distant Karpaz peninsula in North Cyprus. Because the Proprietor’s Consultant and Managing Director of the funding, Liza has handled the precise improvement, design and development of the marina since 2005.
On this Q&A Liza tells us extra in regards to the high-end resort, her journey thus far, together with key insights into the luxurious journey sector. Learn on to find extra.
For readers not but conversant in Karpaz Gate Marina please present a quick overview of the resort.
Karpaz Gate Marina is a particular haven and a novel, pioneering improvement. Immersed within the surrounding nature of the untouched Karpaz Peninsula, the resort was designed to encourage a way of freedom and leisure whereas delivering excellent services and repair. The resort is nestled in its personal non-public bay and incorporates a 52-key boutique lodge overlooking our award-winning, Platinum marina – the primary worldwide yacht marina in North Cyprus.
At this time, there’s a promenade space with retailers together with: Hemingway’s Resto-Bar, providing conventional and worldwide delicacies, and a particular Chef’s Desk; a Seashore Membership, with its sandy seaside and out of doors infinity pool, seaside restaurant and bar; a hamam and spa; The Gallery, overlooking the marina and promenade, with indoor pool, jacuzzi, gymnasium and assembly rooms, and a multi-function studio. We prioritise a excessive commonplace of service throughout all our operations, from the lodge and the spa to the marina.
The spectacular setting and services place Karpaz Gate Marina as an idyllic location for intimate holidays, peaceable retreats, particular events, enterprise conferences and gatherings.
For these wishing to take pleasure in the fantastic thing about nature and to flee the busy vacationer routes, that is the best vacation spot.
Please inform us extra about your transition from the world of finance to MD of a luxurious independently owned boutique resort. Was this all the time an ambition of yours?
I’ve all the time been captivated with journey and extremely appreciative of tremendous motels designed with a way of place with out compromising on performance. I additionally extremely worth attentive operation. Nonetheless, I by no means imagined I might be liable for the event and operation of a luxurious independently-owned boutique resort.
My unique ardour undoubtedly assisted and enhanced my capability to create the ideas, concepts and service-oriented operation of Karpaz Gate Marina. My authorized, finance and accounting background served as the right instruments to have the ability to carry out quite a lot of duties from a to z.
Describe a typical day for you – if such a factor exists!
It doesn’t exist. When I’m in Cyprus, the day will begin early with some yoga workout routines in my house subsequent to the marina. That is adopted by conferences on the marina with the completely different departments’ workforce members and administration. I’ll tour the entire web site, in addition to particular areas that require consideration. There’s all the time one thing to repair, construct or preserve in such a giant and complicated web site. If I’m not in Cyprus, the morning begins with working or exercising after which Zoom, e mail and cellphone calls with the marina workforce. I can even take part in numerous board conferences wherein I sit.
The lodge represents your imaginative and prescient to supply travellers by land the chance to loosen up within the lovely nautical environment, enabling them to benefit from the barefoot life-style and expertise of being onboard a supersized crusing yacht. The place did this imaginative and prescient come from? And please inform us extra in regards to the journey to creating it a actuality.
From the second we chosen the location in a secluded bay on the peninsula of the island, our imaginative and prescient was to create our personal micro cosmos – a relaxed, unique haven assembly the very best worldwide requirements.
Our intention was for the resort to mix touches of nautical aptitude, imaginative design, first-class service and trendy services, all working in concord with a deep affinity with the ocean, connection to the atmosphere and respect for the pure fantastic thing about North Cyprus. The Karpaz peninsula is a novel location, distant and off the crushed observe. Now we have used and supported the event of the native financial system, serving to to create the welcoming ambiance felt by our visitors.
Designed to assimilate completely with the marina setting, the lodge is meticulously specified and adorned to current visitors with an unforgettable sensation of being onboard a lavish crusing yacht. New arrivals are transported to a nautical world from the occasion they step into the primary reception space, whereas every room is specified to make sure they’re enveloped in intimate and indulgent environment, with entry to the very best requirements of facilities.
The event of Karpaz Gate Marina Resort, was carried out so with nice respect for the pure fantastic thing about the world and the infrastructure adopts an eco-friendly strategy. Please inform us extra about how this strategy has been delivered and shall be maintained.
From the start, we recognised the significance of respecting and defending the unspoilt space within the improvement of Karpaz Gate Marina Resort. We carried out an eco-friendly strategy inside the infrastructure and at this time the resort is immersed, but additionally reliant, on its pure environment. Vibrant bushes and flowers thrive within the on-site nursery, whereas the vegetable and herb backyard and inexperienced home present recent produce straight to the plate alongside home-made bread and recent, locally-sourced dairy, fish and meat. To encourage inexperienced vitality, an on-site photo voltaic plant provides over half of the entire electrical energy utilization, whereas ecological and recycling initiatives embrace minimal utilization of non-recycled supplies like plastics. Creating an aquarium within the marina basin, a no fishing rule is in place to defend the wildlife and protect the crystal-clear water – in help of the safety of the various species which thrive all through the peninsula, each on land and within the heat, clear waters and sea caves alongside the coast. The lodge’s design and ethos preserve the marina improvement’s sensitivity to the atmosphere and help sustainability by its selection of ecological supplies and equipment.
Study extra about Karpaz Gate Marina Resort right here.
Who’s a typical Karpaz Gate Marina visitor?
I’m inclined to say there isn’t any typical visitor, since marinas are all the time a combination and hybrid of nationalities and characters. Nonetheless, we naturally see visitors who recognize nature and the dearth of noise of any type aside from acceptable music. These people who find themselves on the lookout for seclusion and recognize consolation and good meals would be the ones who will take pleasure in our resort essentially the most.
Which three phrases describe the way you’d like your visitors to really feel after their time at Karpaz Gate Marina.
I’ll be again.
The posh journey sector is a extremely demanding one – what has been essentially the most pivotal change you’ve noticed to this point and the way do you anticipate it to evolve within the subsequent 5 years?
I’m seeing that attentive and clever service, above and past the standard, is turning into much more extremely regarded. Additionally, design that gives creativity with a connection to the place the place the lodge or resort is positioned is necessary and most well-liked above the generic lodge services and structure. Demand can also be growing for a pampering expertise with the appropriate parts, reminiscent of high-quality linen, an distinctive sleeping expertise, luxurious bathe and sufficient residing house within the rooms. The specified ambiance will create an atmosphere wherein there isn’t any want to decorate up and really feel up tight. Barefoot luxurious is one of the best feeling.
Luxurious is a extremely subjective time period – what does it imply to you?
As above, for me, luxurious is feeling relaxed, pampered, free and linked to the vacation spot.
Lastly, what’s your life motto?
Preserve authenticity as a lot as doable; set a private instance and practise what you preach; and love, in its broad scope in addition to inside your circle of shut household and buddies, is crucial factor in life.
