Business View Carribean l January 2023

19 20 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1 “The hotels’ eight different owners hire us to manage their hotels, so the focus of each hotel is very different. However, what they have in common is they’re all small, between eight and thirty-seven rooms, all are in the luxury segment, and all have a solid focus on sustainability.” Hans founded Cayuga Collection in 2003 after an unlikely visit to Costa Rica in the nineties. “I grew up in southern Germany and studied hotel management in upstate New York at Cornell University. I fell in love with a Costa Rican and followed her to Costa Rica. I fell in love with the country and its beauty on my first visit. I thought to myself; I could put my hospitality skills to work here.” On a sustainability project for a large US chain hotel in the country in 1995, Hans was appalled at the use of single-use plastics, which planted a seed in his mind about eco-friendly hospitality. “I wanted to ensure this country stays pristine and doesn’t get trashed by the wrong kind of tourism. Soon, I was drawn into luxury hospitality through an American couple that had a luxury lodge and was looking for management. THE CAYUGA COLLECT ION