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PRIVÉ EXPERIENCES

Privé Experiences is the signature experiential division of Privé Hospitality Group — a lifestyle management platform serving a discreet community of high-net-worth individuals. Rooted in a commitment to excellence and guided by an unwavering standard of privacy, we operate at the intersection of luxury, culture, and wellbeing.

"Privé Experiences are programs we built for ourselves first — the trips we would take if we could go anywhere and do anything. Now we're opening them to a small number of clients each season." Jennifer Yu, Chief Experiences Officer

Market Context & Founding Rationale

Why Now.
Why Privé Experiences.

The demand for extraordinary travel has never been stronger. But demand alone does not create an extraordinary experience — taste does. Judgment does. A decade of relationships and the willingness to actually go, to test, to refine, and to say no. That is what Privé Experiences was built on. And that is precisely what this moment requires.

$1.6T

GLOBAL LUXURY TRAVEL MARKET, 2025

GRAND VIEW RESEARCH

44%

OF HIGH-EARNERS INCREASED EXPERIENCE SPEND

MORNING CONSULT, 2025

8.5%

CAGR — LUXURY TRAVEL THROUGH 2033

GRAND VIEW RESEARCH

Market Context & Founding Rationale

A Structural Shift

A fundamental reordering is underway in how the world's most affluent individuals spend. The era of accumulation is giving way to something more deliberate. 58% of Americans now prefer experiences over material purchases — and that preference is most concentrated among high earners, where experiences are outpacing goods by a 7-point margin.

This is not a trend. It is a value system reorientation — and the luxury travel market, now on track to double to $3 trillion by 2033, is its clearest expression.

The Market Gap

The category is scaling faster than the quality of its curation. Every major hospitality brand is pivoting toward "experiential." AI tools now generate itineraries on demand. The result is a market flooded with options that look like luxury but were never actually lived — never tested against the standard of someone who knows the difference.

Research confirms it: the companies capturing the largest share are those offering end-to-end curation, because HNW travelers value time savings and personalized precision over price. The gap is not in access. It is in authorship.

The Curation Argument

Curation With Taste Is Not a
Feature —
It Is the Product.

"Any algorithm can generate an itinerary. What it cannot do is walk those streets, sit at that table, know which room faces the water and which faces the wall — and care enough about the difference to only offer one."

THE PRIVÉ STANDARD

01

Built, Not Generated

Every Privé Experience is the product of firsthand research, proprietary relationships, and a genuine point of view. These journeys do not exist in any catalog. They exist because Privé built them.

02

Tested Against Reality

The team has been there. The standard is not aspirational — it is observed. What is offered has been measured against the highest possible version of each experience and refined until it meets it.

03

Limited by Design

A small number of signature journeys each season. Strictly limited availability. The constraint is not artificial scarcity — it is the only way to deliver at the standard Privé will put its name on.

01 Our Mission

To redefine what it means to experience the world at the highest level. Privé Experiences exists for individuals who demand more than access — they demand meaning. We design journeys rooted in precision, guided by discretion, and shaped by a deep understanding of what truly matters to the people we serve.

02 Our Purpose

We believe the most extraordinary experiences don't happen by accident. They are built — thoughtfully, quietly, and without compromise. Our purpose is to create the conditions for transformation: whether that's a regenerative beauty journey in Seoul, a private cultural immersion, or simply the rare feeling of being somewhere that was designed entirely around you.

"We don't just arrange travel. We architect experiences for those who move through the world with intention — where every detail is considered, every moment is earned, and nothing is left to chance."

For those who value access, discretion, and precision.

PRIVÉ
EXPERIENCES

FOUNDER'S STORY

MY JOURNEY

For over 25 years, I built experiences for the world's most demanding audiences. Not itineraries — experiences. The kind that required knowing the difference between what looks impressive and what actually is. Working alongside LVMH, Diageo, Apple, and the athletes who define a generation, I learned something that no brief can teach you: taste is not a preference. It's a standard of care.

"A discerning person doesn't want a transaction. They want an experience thought through at every level, by someone with a genuine point of view and an uncompromising standard of taste." Jen Yu - Chief Experiences Officer

Every event I produced, every brand moment I architected, was rooted in a single discipline — understanding what a person truly wants before they know how to ask for it. That instinct doesn't belong to a boardroom or a brand campaign. It belongs to travel. For as long as I can remember, friends and clients have called me first. Not a travel agent. Not a concierge. Me. Because they knew that whatever I recommended had been lived — not researched, not aggregated, not templated. They trusted my eye. They trusted my taste and style. They trusted my judgment. They wanted to move through the world the way I move through it: with intention, with access, and without anything left to chance.

Privé Experiences is what happens when 25 years of branding, production, and cultural fluency converge with a deep, genuine love for travel. It's the natural answer to a question people kept asking me: Where should I go? What should I do? Who should I trust?

The answer has always been the same: let me build it for you.

Signature Programs

THREE WORLDS. ONE STANDARD.

That's how our three signature programs came to life. Each one is a different expression of the same philosophy: that the most extraordinary experiences don't happen by accident. They are built — thoughtfully, quietly, and without compromise.

REFINE

SEOUL

Born from the understanding that meaningful journeys aren't about escape. They're about returning to yourself. Better. Clearer. Renewed. Seoul wasn't chosen because it was trending. It was chosen because we built a program at the intersection of ancient Korean ritual and clinical precision that no one else had the relationships to create.

WINTERSET

ASPEN & COURCHEVAL

Built for those who understand that Aspen & Courcheval in its purest form isn't a ski trip. It's a state of mind. From private alpine expeditions and backcountry adventures to intimate dinners and the quiet electricity of the mountain at its peak — every moment is designed for complete immersion in winter at its most refined.

LINKS

IRELAND

The world's greatest golf courses deserve more than a tee time. Built around Royal Portrush, Royal County Down, Portstewart, and Ballyliffin — this is a rare invitation to move through storied links with private helicopter transfers, Michelin-starred dining, and access that simply cannot be purchased through conventional channels.

We built each one for ourselves first. Now we're opening them to a small number of clients each season.
Because some things are worth doing right, or not at all.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

A skin regeneration and longevity immersion in the heart of the world's most advanced medical aesthetic destination. Seoul doesn't just lead in clinical innovation — it has understood regeneration for centuries. This is not a spa trip. This is not a trend. This is a precisely sequenced, five-day program built around the science of how skin actually heals — and the culture that has always known why it matters.

Every treatment is ordered with intention. Every appointment is earned by what came before it. And in the hours between, Seoul reveals itself through private cultural immersion, Michelin-level dining, and neighborhoods that move between ancient and electric without missing a beat.

For art lovers and collectors, REFINE offers a special edition timed to Frieze Seoul — granting VIP access to one of the art world's most important moments, with private curator-led walkthroughs and closed-door acquisition sessions. The same regenerative program. The same standard of taste. Layered with the depth and access that serious collectors demand.

From barrier repair to cellular renewal, every step exists for a reason — and every moment outside the clinic is as considered as every moment inside it.

Privé Hospitality Group

Privé Experiences

The signature experiential division of Privé Hospitality Group — a global lifestyle management and membership concierge platform serving a discreet community of individuals who move through the world with intention. Rooted in a commitment to excellence and guided by an unwavering standard of privacy, we operate at the intersection of luxury, culture, and wellbeing. We hold nearly twenty years of direct relationships with the world's most trusted clinics, specialists, and cultural institutions — not sourced on request, but cultivated over time.

MuLux Retreats

MuLux Retreats

For over fifteen years, MuLux Retreats has created transformative experiences where luxury travel and wellness converge. Guided by a discerning eye and a passion for the extraordinary — further informed by the founders' international life and work across multiple continents — MuLux reveals destinations of exceptional beauty and culture well ahead of wider acclaim. Visionary teachers, renowned therapists, artful excursions, and culinary narratives are seamlessly woven into each experience. That treasured guests return year after year speaks to an ethos of resonance that cannot be manufactured.

Together

"The most extraordinary experiences don't happen by accident.
They are built — thoughtfully, quietly, and without compromise."

Privé Experiences and MuLux Retreats share a foundational belief: that true luxury is not acquired, it is felt. It lives in the precision of a clinical sequence designed entirely around one person, and equally in the quiet restoration of a retreat that attends to the senses and the soul in equal measure. For Seoul 2026, we have brought our two worlds together. The result is REFINE — an engagement that honors both the science of renewal and the art of transformation.

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AVAILABLE EXPERIENCES

A refined methodology informed by Seoul’s leading clinical protocols — prioritizing cellular health, lasting skin resilience, and the deliberate intervals between treatments. Every phase is curated for restorative impact rather than haste.

A precisely paced experience rooted in Korean clinical practice — designed around skin renewal, long-term integrity, and the space between appointments. Each session is sequenced with intention, not speed.

NORTHERN IRELAND

There are golf courses. And then there are the links of Northern Ireland — ancient, elemental, and shaped by a coastline that has been indifferent to everything except the game itself. This is not a journey mapped by convenience. It is a journey rooted in precision, guided by discretion, and shaped entirely around those who understand that the world's greatest courses deserve more than a tee time.

Over seven days, guests move through four of the most storied championship links on earth — Royal Portrush, Royal County Down, Portstewart, and Ballyliffin — via private helicopter transfers, with every round, every table, and every moment between secured with singular intent. A bespoke dinner by world-renowned chef Niklas Ekstedt on the Irish coast. An after-hours journey through Old Bushmills Distillery, closing with a tasting of whiskies that have never been offered to the public. Accommodations across The Rosses, Slieve Donard, and The Merchant — coastal lodges and grand Victorian hotels where contemporary luxury meets the deep grain of Irish tradition.

Along the rugged shores of the North Atlantic, this is links golf and landscape at their most elemental.

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AVAILABLE EXPERIENCES

Experience Ireland's legendary links courses at their peak autumn condition. This curated journey features priority tee times at Royal Portrush and Royal County Down, enhanced by bespoke whisky tastings, private cultural immersions, and exclusive Michelin-starred dining experiences.

A precisely paced closing season experience offering intimate access to the marquee links. Enjoy crisp coastal golf followed by fireside culinary artistry, deep-dive architectural course tours, and uninterrupted tranquility on the world's most coveted fairways.

ASPEN, COLORADO & COURCHEVEL, FRANCE

Winter at its most uncompromising takes two forms. One is American — bold, exhilarating, and alive with the particular electricity that only Aspen at the height of the season can produce. The other is European — precise, discreet, and held to a standard that the continent has been perfecting for generations. WINTERSET is both.

Across two of the world's most legendary mountain destinations, Privé architects a 4–5 night immersion into winter as it was always meant to be experienced. In Aspen, private backcountry expeditions with Olympic-caliber guides, untouched powder fields accessible only to those with the right connections, precision recovery in the exclusive Privé Wellness Suite, and evenings that move seamlessly from slope to table. In Courchevel, the Three Valleys, private chalet accommodations, Michelin-starred dining, and the kind of access that only comes from years of building the right relationships in the right places.

Two mountains. One standard. Nothing left to chance.

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AVAILABLE EXPERIENCES

Aspen & Courcheval at its most electric. The first week of the season sets the tone — freshest snow, the mountain fully alive, and the social world arriving in full force. Privé opens the season with first tracks access, private alpine experiences, and entry into the moments that define winter before it belongs to anyone else.

The season deepens. Snow conditions at their peak, the mountain fully in rhythm, and both Aspen’s and Courcheval’s most intimate social world settling into its own. Each week is built around what the mountain offers that moment — no two itineraries identical, every detail placed with the same precision.

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