INTRODUCING VIRTU RESORT & RESIDENCES, WHERE LUXURY, DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY “INSPIRE Your SPIRIT” THROUGH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE
Award-winning global real estate and resort placemakers bring personal purpose to wellness experiences by designs rooted in nature and local and Indigenous culture.
Net-zero development opportunity to support a cutting-edge startup pioneering the future of sustainable wellness through global hospitality and real estate.
For Immediate Release, April 15, 2024, Vancouver, BC: Founder and CEO Sandi Lesueur introduces VIRTU Resort & Residences Ltd. as a privately-owned boutique Canadian company pioneering sustainable luxury real estate and resort development, bridging scientific innovation with natural healing traditions to redefine lifestyle medicine.
Founded by visionary women committed to radically sustainable legacies, VIRTU unites distinguished professionals across disciplines, borders and cultures to build and operate differently. For example, VIRTU’s leadership team includes:
Winner of “The Best Sustainable SPA of the Year” award with Lefay Resorts’ Gargnano project, architect Alberto Apostoli and his atelier Studio Apostoli oversee the wellness architecture and design for all VIRTU projects. Apostoli is considered an international leader in a sector that he has contributed to for more than 25 years.
Sheila McCann of Enflingo Global Limited informs future-forward lifestyle-medicine services and spa programs including performance-sport, culinary health and therapeutic arts, operated by Armonia Wellness
A strategic partnership with luxury asset management group Mocinno International led by Jeroen Gulickx unlocks feasible, zoned development opportunities in beautiful places around the world, starting in Portugal, Canada, Scotland and the USA
Pepperdine Professor and luxury market expert Dr. Daniel Langer of Equité Brands and the BLLA Luxury Academy guides the brand culture to delight an influential and motivated international target market with a focus on Gen Y and Z.
Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), VIRTU champions excellence with a goal for net-positive to drive change and record results through environmental preservation, social advancement, and economic prosperity (ESG) measured by UK-based FuturePlus, all with oversight by sustainability and wellness expert Lucy Brialey.
VIRTU is in the pipeline to join the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (SHA) Accelerator Programme, poised to be a vanguard of sustainable luxury for its business practices and robust financial returns.
“VIRTU’s pursuit of sustainable resorts is a blueprint the industry must seek to learn from, and we look forward to engaging VIRTU in our Accelerator Programme in the future,” says Glenn Mandziuk, CEO, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance. “By seeking to engage Indigenous groups, VIRTU is embracing a truly net positive approach to hospitality, where the industry gives back to the destinations more than it takes.”
VIRTU is ready for growth with four projects in the pipeline – in rural Portugal, a Canadian mountain resort, on Northern Nevada lands and on the Fijian waterfront – with anticipated revenue streams from luxury property sales, hospitality and resort service and experience, lifestyle-medicine spa, private club memberships and e-commerce retail sales.
VIRTU derives distinction through culture and is formalizing alliances with Indigenous groups for development projects that respect their unique insights and ambitions for business, cultural and medical legacy and land use.
"VIRTU financial objectives emphasize growth, stability, and optimal returns for the company and its investors who embrace the ESG imperative," says Lesueur. "Our long-term vision is to delight guests while leaving only a positive impression upon the planet. Our approach prioritizes exceptional architecture and design, cultural partnerships and prudent financial management while seizing opportunities for responsible expansion and expert-led innovation."
VIRTU Resort & Residences is now conducting its inaugural investments to power expansion initiatives. With a team of seasoned international leaders in design, building and operating at a luxury level and employing the latest advances throughout its projects, VIRTU aims to set new sustainable hospitality and real estate standards. Details about a founder’s capital raise are forthcoming and inquiries to CFO Suzara Viray are welcome at invest@virturesorts.com.
“We become where we build.And we build for the future.”
- Sandi Lesueur VIRTU Founder and CEO
About VIRTU Resort & Residences, Ltd.
Redefining luxury hospitality with lifestyle-medicine, cultural experience and local and Indigenous partnerships, VIRTU Resort & Residences is a design-forward enterprise with a mission to “inspire your spirit.” Devoted to creating responsible recreational real estate communities and wellness hospitality experiences and sustainability standards, VIRTU is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its approach fosters regeneration like no other: fiscal to cultural, personal to planetary. VIRTU honours the Indigenous Peoples as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate, committing to respect their heritage, values and ongoing contributions to communities globally.
DISCLAIMER
This news release does not constitute an offer of sale of any of the foregoing securities in the United States. None of the foregoing securities have been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or any applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) or persons in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor will there be any sale of the foregoing securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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VIRTU Resort & Residences Ltd.
1055 W. Hastings Street, Suite 300
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 2E9
+ 1 844 41 VIRTU
virturesorts.com
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Media and investor contacts:
Heather Kirk
EVP Partnerships and Communication
+ 1 416 500 1752
heather.kirk@virturesorts.com
Suzara Viray
Chief Financial Officer
+1 604 329 9553
suzara.viray@virturesorts.com
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