DESIGNING HIS
LIFE ’ S WORK healthy and have enough money to retire one day . Professionally , though , his ultimate aim is to fulfill his father ’ s request .
“ I want to be known as someone who has understood people ’ s lifestyles and translated that into hotels that bring them enjoyment ,” he says .
A-LIST PORTFOLIO Gathy undeniably has achieved his mission with a portfolio that is the stuff of A-listers ’ dreams . His relatively new studio started working with Amanresorts in 1989 , and Gathy quickly became indoctrinated in the group ’ s philosophy that less is more — that means low density , high quality and lots of privacy among 30 or so guest rooms .
Following the completion of Denniston ’ s first Aman project , Amanwana in Indonesia , the operator kept the studio so busy that it was 12 years before it found the time to work with another brand . When it did , it adapted those bespoke sensibilities learned with Aman to the 300 guest rooms of the One & Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives .
Since then , Denniston has realized some of the world ’ s most luxurious resorts : The Chedi Muscat
The St . Regis Lhasa , Tibet
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