Anthea Ayache

2 weeks ago | theethicalist.com | Anthea Ayache

Alila Jabal Akhdar opened just over a decade ago as a remote, rugged escape perched 2,000 metres above sea level in Oman’s Saiq Plateau. Breathtaking from the beginning, it has recently transformed into something far more purposeful. Under the leadership of General Manager Puneet Singh, the resort has become a case study in real-world sustainability in the hospitality industry.

2 weeks ago | theethicalist.com | Anthea Ayache

Tucked deep within the Liwa Desert, Qasr Al Sarab by Anantara feels like something from another world, a quiet fortress rising from the sand. But behind the serenity is a growing commitment to something more lasting than luxury: a future-proof, environmentally conscious hospitality model. At the helm of this change is Jean-Paul Dentil, the resort’s General Manager and an industry veteran with time spent at COMO, Ritz-Carlton, and Six Senses.

2 weeks ago | theethicalist.com | Anthea Ayache

Dubai’s much-loved dining gem, Folly, has officially reopened, and it’s more elegant than ever. Now calling the Address Montgomerie Hotel in Emirates Hills home, the newly reimagined Folly Brasserie brings the same ingredient-led flair to a fresh, light-filled conservatory setting. With heritage-green steel, cascading indoor and outdoor fountains, high ceilings and wraparound glass, the space takes stylish to new levels.

3 weeks ago | theethicalist.com | Anthea Ayache

The sun had barely risen over the lush hills of Michoacán when cartel gunmen stormed the village of Ixtaro. They came not for drugs or money, but for avocados, the region’s ‘green gold.’ Willie, a local farmer who had resisted paying protection fees, was executed in front of his family. His 11-year-old son, now orphaned, was later adopted by relatives in California. ​This is not an isolated incident.

3 weeks ago | theethicalist.com | Anthea Ayache

I was lying on the four-poster bed of my safari-chic villa on Anantara Sir Bani Yas Island, leafing through a novel and surrounded by the hush of a wildlife sanctuary, when a whiskery nose at the terrace door caught my attention. A rock hyrax or dussie (the plump, rabbit-sized creature you’d more closely associate with Table Top Mountain in Cape Town) had come to investigate.