Villa Thriller: Better Than A Hotel For Privacy, Security And Value

Financial Times, December 2008 Summary

Sophy Roberts highlights the rising preference for private luxury villas over hotels, spotlighting Blue Parallel and founder Emmanuel Burgio for their high-end private estate rentals in Latin America, including coastal island villas in Brazil’s Angra dos Reis and 6,000-hectare private mountain estancias in Argentina’s UNESCO-listed Quebrada de Humahuaca.

Key Quotes

“Emmanuel Burgio, a 30-year-old former investment banker, is behind Blue Parallel. His US and Buenos Aires-based team can organise rentals from waterside fiefdoms in Angra in Brazil to a 6,000-hectare private estate within Argentina's Quebrada de Humahuaca—a Unesco World Heritage site located at 3,000m above sea level amid dazzling peaks.”