The Set Assortment is delighted to announce that certainly one of Mexico’s most lauded motels, Resort Esencia, is becoming a member of the Set Assortment as its first member lodge within the Americas.
Resort Esencia is an imposing 50-acre property on the midpoint between Tulum and Playa del Carmen in Mexico. Initially constructed as a non-public hideaway for the Italian duchess, on probably the most lovely seashore of the Mayan Riviera, the mansion later turned a lodge. A brand new chapter started in 2014 with the arrival of a brand new proprietor, Hollywood producer and entrepreneur Kevin Wendle. The property’s provenance as a spot of leisure for the Aristocracy is the guiding inspiration for its fashionable reimagining – this can be a place the place child sea turtles emerge on the sandy seashore under, whereas work by Picasso and Eduardo Santiere cling inside. The Essential Home is the lodge’s centrepiece, round which footpaths result in simply 47 white-painted suites and 4 villas overlooking the Caribbean, the place visitors take pleasure in each gorgeous design and full privateness.
One of many lodge’s most lavish lodging for visitors is the Esencia Mansion. Unveiled in 2022, the 12,000-square-foot retreat is the last word sanctuary on the Riviera Maya. The four-suite manse, designed by architect Peter Svenson and Resort Esencia’s inventive director Juan Carlos Gutiérrez in collaboration with Studio Giancarlo Valle, options three swimming pools, a 20-seat cinema, blue-chip paintings, and an underground cocktail lounge. It’s a true illustration of the area’s majestic magnificence in addition to Mexico’s artisanal traditions.
Resort Esencia’s eating places embody Mistura, a sea-to-table restaurant serving specialities from the Yucatan peninsula and past; Beefbar, which has outposts in Paris, Mykonos and Dubai and Taiyo, a Japanese sushi restaurant full with an omakase bar and a Mexican twist. The lodge’s spa is watched over by a statue of the goddess Ixchel, the Maya deity of affection, the moon, and fertility; lots of its luxurious therapies are Mayan-inspired. Ideally located removed from big resorts and the roar of delight boats, the stainless bay of Xpu-Ha is a pure haven for wildlife, swimmers and divers, with every part from the Mayan ruins of Tulum to immaculate reefs to discover, all inside straightforward attain of the lodge.
The Set Assortment is constructing a portfolio of non-competing motels while offering a platform that may encourage them to work collectively to realize their enterprise goals. One of many tenets of The Set Assortment is to work solely with distinctive and like-minded venues that really embody the spirit of their areas, one thing Resort Esencia does with each ease and charm. The Set Assortment’s 4 founding member motels – Resort Cafe Royal in London, Conservatorium in Amsterdam, Lutetia in Paris and Mamilla lodge in Jerusalem had been joined by 4 motels in Asia, The Reverse Home in Beijing, The Higher Home in Hong Kong, The Temple Home in Chengdu and The Center Home in Shanghai, and now Resort Esencia in Mexico.