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Upstyle Travel is the hospitality investment arm of Upstyle Consulting GmbH, based in Vienna, Austria. Led by Dr. Conrad Pramböck, we specialize in partnering with eco-resort founders in emerging and frontier markets worldwide.
Unlike traditional investors focused purely on financial returns, we’re hospitality operators who’ve successfully navigated remote construction, community partnerships, and the countless challenges of building exceptional properties in unconventional locations.

Upstyle Travel partners with proven boutique eco-property operators in established emerging markets to scale exceptional properties through equity partnerships. We provide capital for expansion, comprehensive digital sales infrastructure (website, booking systems, OTA distribution), and operational expertise while you maintain day-to-day control and local relationships. Target markets include accessible regions with tourism infrastructure—Mediterranean alternatives, Southeast Asian boutique zones, Central American coasts, African coastal regions, and South American established destinations—where demand exists but boutique eco-luxury options remain scarce.

Upstyle Travel partners with local landowners in frontier markets worldwide to develop eco-resort properties using a 50/50 equity model where we provide capital, marketing, and expertise while you provide land, local knowledge, and operations. We focus on “luxury of simplicity” designs that preserve natural beauty while delivering comfort—not five-star excess that contradicts the setting. We’re actively seeking partnerships in remote coastal regions, pristine islands, and unique natural environments across Melanesia, Polynesia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central/South America. Our capped return structure for additional investors ensures local partners retain long-term ownership control. We’ve proven this model across multiple frontier markets and bring experienced crisis management, community relationship building, and operational setup expertise to every new partnership.

Building remote hospitality properties requires navigating supply chain challenges, training local teams, managing construction in difficult conditions, and maintaining vision through inevitable setbacks. Upstyle Travel partners through the entire journey—from initial land assessment through construction management to operational launch and first-season optimization. We bring experienced crisis management during construction problems, capital flexibility for unexpected costs, operational expertise for team training and service standard development, and the digital infrastructure that connects remote properties to global travelers. Success comes from treating the first season as learning phase, investing in local community relationships, and maintaining flexibility to adapt when circumstances change. We’ve built this experience across multiple projects and bring those lessons to every new partnership—your unfair advantage in turning vision into viable revenue-generating hospitality assets.

Upstyle Travel invests in unconventional hospitality concepts that prioritize guest experience over traditional construction. We’re agnostic about architecture—tiny houses, shipping containers, glamping tents, adaptive reuse—and location—deserts, jungles, mountains, remote coastlines—as long as the project creates compelling reasons for guests to travel there. We favor modular concepts that allow starting small (2-4 units) to prove market demand before scaling, and we evaluate projects based on whether they create shareable experiences, whether local operations are feasible, and whether the effort required to reach the property is justified by the uniqueness of the experience. Remote isn’t a limitation; it’s often a competitive advantage creating genuine differentiation in an overcrowded market.

Upstyle Travel provides complete digital infrastructure for remote tourism properties—professional websites with integrated booking engines, channel management systems that unify distribution across all OTAs, and payment processing that handles international transactions seamlessly. We adapt marketing strategy to your specific niche (adventure, wellness, romantic, cultural) and provide ongoing analytics to drive data-informed growth decisions. The result: founders reclaim 4+ hours daily previously spent on digital admin, occupancy increases through better visibility and easier booking, and properties scale based on proven demand rather than speculation. We build the technical bridge that turns hidden gems into consistently booked revenue generators.

Upstyle Travel structures tourism partnerships that protect founder ownership and operational control while providing capital, strategic support, and market access. We adapt legal structures to local contexts—from equity participation to revenue sharing to land-secured arrangements—based on what works for your location and goals. Our focus is long-term sustainable cashflow, not quick exits, with flexibility for founders to eventually buy us out, sell together, or continue growing the partnership. We’re looking for committed partners, not employees, because authentic tourism properties can’t be controlled into existence—they have to be partnered into reality.

Upstyle Travel partners with tourism project founders who have land and vision but lack seed capital. We provide initial investment for resort construction—glamping sites, tiny houses, surf camps, eco-lodges—along with strategic hospitality expertise and global booking infrastructure from day one. Our flexible approach supports diverse locations and accommodation styles, from beach resorts to mountain retreats, with a focus on authentic, sustainable experiences and long-term founder partnerships.

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