FOUNDERS AND HOSTS
We are self-made with backgrounds in insurance, hospitality, teaching, travel, cleaning, cooking, and probably more that we have long forgotten.
We are now dedicated to running Villa Amalie, creating The Villa Curiel Resort, and offering people sound investment opportunities in beautiful Curaçao. We use all our experiences developed over the past 10 years, to create an amazing experience for our guests.
Our chief architect
Laura graduated with a master's in architecture from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia specializing in design and product management with extensive experience and studies in interior design. As founder and creative director of LD ESTUDIO, she created a vision being “To design experiences that are realized” and LD ESTUDIO became a multidisciplinary design studio focused on architecture and interior design and creating unique, functional, and exciting spaces.
LD ESTUDIO has implemented creative design processes based on Thinking Design and associated the process with innovation to understand the needs of their clients to realize the design they experience. And in doing so, they practice co-creation between LD ESTUDIO, the client and creative providers to ensure the delivery of the dreams designed.
We wanted to offer something different at Villa Amalie by offering personal, warm service and creating the feeling of being at home.
A place where you relax and enjoy life.
We started with very little, survived a pandemic, and we are now having an average occupancy of 70% and a score of 9.1 out of 10 on booking.com.
COME AND JOIN OUR SUCCESS!
Our architect, Laura, has been a gemstone in visualising this project. Getting our crazy visions on paper is quite a task.
Royer, a talented designer, has done most of the planning/conceptualizing with Laura.
A special thanks to our friends at LOT1038, our main interior supplier, who have inspired and shown us the possibilities that interior design can offer.
With an engineering background, Poul is a technical nerd who created the overall look, including the central building components, security, and the whole technical set-up.
We are focused on leaving as small an environmental impact as possible, so we think smart when building and managing the resort.
When you leave your home in Curaçao and turn on the alarm, everything else turns off. Now that is smart!
We envision employing and educating young residents so that they can also have a bright future.
Our time here is short. Let's make it count