You had a vision when you created your hotel.

A potential this place could fulfil.

It’s only natural to want to see it brought to life. Expressed through every experience guests feel from the moment they find you.

You could do that alone.

Plenty do. But how do you express your vision in a way that connects?

Or create marketing that evokes the emotions that you know your hotels can conjure?

What drink do you serve on arrival? What gift awaits in the suites? How do you access the poolside margarita hotline…? What feeling does each moment create?

We make visions real.

We obsess over these questions. Which is why we get to know you as friends. We listen to your passions and your ideas and your sustainability ambitions, and we crystallise them for you into something you can see, and your guests can feel.

We express them through your website. We film them for your social media. We give you the tools to generate bookings. And we pull the vision through the moments guests experience that make a stay unforgettable.

Your vision deserves excellence.

Let’s lead with emotion to make it a reality.

Who we are

  • Kim Bagayawa

    CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF VISIONARY OFFICER

    Email: kim (at) theessentialhotelier.com

  • Mike Dell

    CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF APPLIED CREATIVITY OFFICER

    Email: mike (at) theessentialhotelier.com

  • Miranda Robinson

    CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFFICER

    Email: miranda (at) theessentialhotelier.com

“This has been a game-changer for us.”

— Hans Pfister, Founder, The Cayuga Collection of Sustainable Luxury Hotels in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua