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Wander discovered it didn’t need to own the view
Wander began by buying beautiful vacation homes. Its more interesting discovery was how much of the holiday it could control without holding the deed.
The Luxe Nomad
The Luxe Nomad is a Singapore-based luxury vacation rental company and villa management business, positioned as Asia-Pacific's largest of its kind. Founded in 2012 by Stephanie Chai, it began as a booking portal for hand-picked luxury villas and has grown into a full-service operator that both markets and manages more than 1,400 rooms across destinations including Bali, Koh Samui, Phuket and Japan's Hokkaido (Niseko, Rusutsu, Furano). It pairs an e-commerce booking platform with on-the-ground property management and concierge services for high-end travellers and villa owners.
KEY.co
KEY.co is an Austin-based luxury travel company that reimagines the vacation rental as a hotel-grade service experience. It curates design-forward homes and pairs them with in-home services - pre-arrival grocery stocking, private chefs, in-home spa and massage, and a dedicated guest-services team - across dozens of destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico and Canada. Founded in 2014 by Kim Lalande, the company operates as a three-sided marketplace connecting travelers, property managers and local vendors, and has raised roughly $15.8M to date.