About Us

The faces of Quietpacificretreat

A secluded resort and casino along the Mediterranean. Since 1997 we have grown from six rooms around a single conviction — that true hospitality never needs announcing.

Our story in brief

In the summer of 1997, two friends — one a former hotelier, the other a chef — acquired a strip of shoreline and turned a private villa into a six-room inn. There was no pitch deck, no campaign and no social feed. Only a notebook holding two rules: treat fewer guests better than anyone else; and never settle for what passes as "industry standard".

Twenty-nine years on we count 100 keys, three restaurants, a Michelin star, one private gaming salons, a complete spa, and a guest book that fills quietly with the same families returning, season after season. The notebook remains. The two rules have not budged.

Ownership still rests with the two founding families. We have never sold to a group, never licensed the brand, and never built a second site — though the question comes up regularly. Our reply is always the same: excel at one address.

What guides us

Service without spectacle

Flowers are fresh because that is the standard. Robes are weighty because guests deserve it. The finest work is the work you never see.

Stability over turnover

The bellman at the door has been here longer than most suites have stood. Our head sommelier has served for many years. We recruit carefully and retain for life.

Regional before global

Menus follow what the coast provides, the cellar favours growers within four hours of us, and spa formulations come from a chemist forty minutes down the road.

Calm by intention

Adults only, screen-free common areas, gentle light throughout the day and a music programme meant to settle into the background. Noise is simple. Stillness takes effort.

The team

Six leaders who shape daily life on the estate. Their paths differ; their regard for the standard does not. Behind them stands a 280-person crew across operations, food, beverage, wellness, gaming and concierge.

Adrian Albright
Managing Director

A long career in Europe's grandest houses. Has steered the property from the early years and sets the bar the team quietly meets.

Joined 1997
Anais Laurent
Founding Partner

Guides food, beverage and the guest journey. Former Relais et Chateaux board member and architect of the resort's unhurried service ethos.

Joined 1997
Julien Delacroix
Executive Chef

Le Cordon Bleu trained, with stages in some of Europe's finest kitchens. Secured the property its Michelin distinction.

Joined 1999
Ines Whitmore
Head Sommelier

Court of Master Sommeliers certified, tending a cellar of several thousand bottles with a fondness for aged Burgundy and small-grower Champagne.

Joined 1998
Oscar Marchetti
Spa & Wellness Director

Educated in Kyoto and Marrakech, he shaped the spa around the belief that rest is a discipline, not an indulgence.

Joined 2010
Freya Renaud
Gaming Director

Years on the floors of Europe's private salons. Built ours on discretion, fair play and a host model rivals now imitate.

Joined 1998

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