Presenting 2024 Hotelie Hall of Fame Story - Hans Pfister '95

Published on September 28, 2024

An excerpt from Hans's story...

Hans Pfister is co-founder and CEO of the Cayuga Collection of Sustainable Luxury Hotels and Lodges.  Hans is the “real deal” when it comes to sustainability, having started when, as he has said, “…everybody just stared at me as if I was from another planet.”  Currently, the Cayuga Collection has eight hotels in Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua.

Core to the Cayuga Hotels mission is sustainability in all aspects of the operation; his hotels employ more than 400 local staff year-round, he supports local schools and health clinics, and his properties help reforest and protect more than 1,500 acres of Central American rain and cloud forest.

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