The People
Our Tribe
Melanie Stauffer
Founder & CEO · lic.oec.HSG
Two homelands, two lessons that rarely share a room: Swiss precision, and Arab generosity. I was raised on the first and have spent my working life among the second. And Farman, our Chief Operating Officer, was born on this soil. Between us, the two homelands are not a story we tell. They are simply who is in the room. This house exists so our guests never have to choose between them. Every journey that leaves here crosses my desk.
Melanie
Farman UllahChief Operating Officer
Cindy AguilarOffice Manager & Luxury Experience Curator
Mohammad AftabHead of Desert & Peak Experiences
Sandra MacnamaraSenior Luxury Journey Curator
Behind them stands the house itself: mountain guides and city storytellers, our falconer, our camel handlers, drivers who know every dune road, hosts, a chef, and a farm full of animals who take their jobs seriously.