Creators

Meet the Teams Behind Viceroy Anguilla

Starwood Capital Group Global, LLC

Starwood Capital Group is a privately held, U.S.-based investment firm with a core focus on global real estate. Since the group's inception in 1991, the firm, through its various funds, has completed over 400 transactions representing assets of $28 billion. Starwood Capital currently has approximately $18 billion of assets under management. It maintains offices in Greenwich, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and affiliated offices in London, Luxembourg, Paris, Mumbai and Sao Paulo. Starwood Capital has invested in nearly every asset class, including multifamily, office, retail, hotel, residential and commercial land, senior housing, mixed-use, golf and industrial assets. Starwood Capital Group and its affiliates have successfully executed an investment strategy that includes building enterprises around core real estate portfolios in both the private and public markets.

Starwood Capital Group has an extraordinary 18-year track record in hotel-related investments and has proven to be a successful acquirer, asset manager, brand builder and operator of hotels. It currently owns, manages and franchises more than 1,000 hotels valued at more than $7.6 billion. In 2006, Starwood Capital completed the $3.2 billion acquisition of Groupe Taittinger and Société du Louvre, one of Europe's largest hotel networks. SDL's assets include a unique collection of 10 luxury hotels and Europe's second largest budget hotel company with more than 800 properties, as well as the legendary crystal company Baccarat and Annick Goutal Perfumes.

Barry S. Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, is also chairman of the board of Société du Louvre. A dynamic visionary leader, Mr. Sternlicht has revolutionized the world of hotels with a modern approach that combines exceptional amenities and service with outstanding design. From 1995 to 2005, as chairman and CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Mr. Sternlicht honed several distinct brands: Westin, Sheraton, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection and Le Meridien. He also conceived and launched W Hotels in 1999, a unique brand of accessibly hip hotels renowned for its iconic products and innovative design.

Viceroy Hotel Group

Formerly known as Kor Hotel Group, Viceroy Hotel Group delivers one-of-a-kind lifestyle experiences that bring together provocative design and intuitive service in some of the world's most sought-after destinations. Its three distinctive collections of properties – Viceroy Hotels and Resorts, The Tides Resorts and Urban Retreats – redefine the very concept of luxury hospitality.

Recognized as one of the most innovative operators on the current hotel landscape, Viceroy Hotel Group has magnetized contemporary travelers, the hospitality industry and lifestyle media alike with its pacesetting hotels and resorts.

With a diverse portfolio of 15 properties, including projects under development, Viceroy Hotel Group has created a collection of distinctive luxury properties offering innovative style, unique design and advanced service in the world's most sought-after destinations.

Kelly Wearstler

Interior Design

Internationally acclaimed tastemaker Kelly Wearstler—the muse and signature designer for Viceroy Hotel Group—envisioned Viceroy Anguilla's uncluttered spaces as a fusion of the island's aquatic and geographic landscapes, and punctuated them with sculptural and organic elements.

Wearstler is recognized among design aficionados and contemporary culture devotees for her enchanting take on interiors and the luxury lifestyle, and has fine-tuned contemporary notions of elegance since establishing her firm, Kelly Wearstler, Inc., a decade ago. Her award-winning and influential designs for hotels and resorts, residences and offices, restaurants and boutiques are frequently profiled in travel, fashion, lifestyle and business publications and continually magnetize design cognoscenti around the world. Named to Time magazine's "Style & Design 100," Wearstler has also appeared on House Beautiful's honor roll of the nation's best designers for four years running. She is currently preparing the lifestyle and design experiences for multiple residential and hotel projects underway in the United States and the Caribbean.

Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo

Architecture

The foremost international design consultant for hospitality, leisure and mixed-use entertainment developments, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), directed architecture for Viceroy Anguilla. Specializing in creating a unique sense of place with indigenous materials, as well as building techniques and architectural details that reflect the surrounding culture, WATG has been behind more successful hotels and resorts than any other hospitality design firm, according to Travel+Leisure. Past clients include Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita; Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur; and Le Saint Géran Belle Mare, Mauritius.

George W. Girvin Associates Inc.

Landscape Design

Landscape architecture for Viceroy Anguilla was overseen by George W. Girvin Associates, Inc., a Southern California-based firm specializing in creating environments for people to experience and enjoy while protecting, preserving and enhancing the beauty of natural surroundings. Among the firm's resort projects are Karmina Palace Hotel in Manzanillo, Mexico, and the One & Only Palmilla and Esperanza Auberge Resort, both in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Hilgendorf Corporation

Construction

Direction of Viceroy Anguilla's flowing spaces was overseen by Hilgendorf Corporation, a firm specializing in precisely crafted, technically demanding projects. Using a sophisticated combination of specialized talent, accumulated knowledge and thoughtful use of technology, the firm is able to complete projects with uncommon ease, aesthetic and technical ability. Founder Kenneth Hilgendorf has been immersed in the architectural industry since childhood and received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Among the firm's many notable projects are the International Exchange Bank in Manila, Philippines, and private residences in Bel Air, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, California.