Alison Rosen 
I’ll never forget the moment a client from Manhattan described her morning routine at her newly acquired villa in the Bahamas. She woke at dawn, asked her smart home system to gradually illuminate the bedroom as the sun rose over the water. The espresso machine had already brewed at her specified time. Her solar panels … Read more
I’ll be honest with you: when I first heard about the wave of boutique luxury apartment developments reshaping urban island communities in 2026, I was skeptical. Another “luxury” label slapped on cookie-cutter units? But as I’ve traveled through the Caribbean and coastal destinations over the past year, speaking with developers, residents, and real estate professionals, … Read more
Small Luxury Hotels of the World: There’s a particular kind of silence you notice at dawn in a small luxury hotel. Not the silence of emptiness, but of intentional restraint. You wake in your suite overlooking a private cove in the Caribbean, and instead of the distant thrum of a thousand other guests, you hear … Read more
I’ll never forget that third morning at Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa. I sat on my private deck, coffee cooling beside me, completely lost in the shifting colors of Muri Lagoon. The water moved from soft pearl to vivid turquoise as the sun rose, and time seemed to pause. My phone reminded me of … Read more