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26 | 01 | 2026

Manna Featured on Haprer's Bazaar Italia

“Manna, a hotel in Arcadia, based on care and a deep connection to nature, is a childhood dream come true, in elegance and luxury.
Restored with precision by K-Studio, it features a restaurant led by Athinagoras Kostakos, offering refined dishes inspired by local flavors and seasonal ingredients.”

MANNA has been featured on Harper’s Bazaar Italia, highlighting its unique atmosphere, architectural restoration, and dedication to well-being.

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21 | 01 | 2026

Location, Location, Location in Hotel Experience

If every place is a living ecosystem, what is the line between enriching the narrative and overwriting it?
How do we design for travellers seeking connection, not tourists seeking consumption?

At Hotel Experience Vol. 2, the discussion on “the new Mykonos” framed hospitality as a force for good, with the insights of Dimitris Karampatakis, Serdar Kutucu (CEO of Slowness), Kostis Karatzas (Founder of The Greek Foundation and The Modernist), and Eva Papadaki (Founder of 10AM, 10AM Lofts and 10AM Apotheke), whose work is driven by passion tempered with responsibility, a commitment to community impact, and a clear conscience toward future heritage.

See the full panel session here.

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20 | 01 | 2026

Greek Island Homes by The Greek Foundation Feature Villa Mandra & Akri House

The latest edition curated by the team of The Greek Foundation pays homage to the contemporary residences of the Greek islands.
From restored stone dwellings in quiet villages to breezy courtyards overlooking the Aegean, each residence reflects the region’s vernacular in its most authentic form.

We are proud to have two projects from a while back, Villa Mandra and Akri House among this thoughtfully tied selection.

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15 | 01 | 2026

MOCNA included in AHEAD Awards Top 10 Global Hotels of 2025

We are proud to share that Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino has been named among AHEAD’s Top 10 Global Hotels of 2025, recognising it as one of the highest-scoring new hotel openings from the AHEAD Awards 2025 series.

Following the conclusion of regional awards across Asia, the Americas, the Middle East & Africa, and Europe, AHEAD unveiled the AHEAD 100, from which a panel of more than 65 hospitality experts selected the final Top 10 global projects.

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19 | 12 | 2025

Season's Decoration

Wishing you a restful and joyful season, and a 2026 full of health, happiness, and exciting new opportunities for creativity.

Download our DIY card, print it, follow the instructions, and create your own decoration.
You can watch our video here.

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17 | 12 | 2025

MOCNA in AHEAD 100

Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino has been included on this year’s AHEAD 100, a list of the best new hotel openings from the AHEAD Awards 2025 series.

The AHEAD 100 recognises the hotels and resorts that garnered the most votes across all four regions and leads up to AHEAD’s global panel selection of their Top 10 projects , including the Ultimate Accolade – the final and most coveted award of the series. We eagerly await the announcement of the winners in January and the crowning of the best-of-the-best.

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11 | 12 | 2025

GRAIL Awards 26

GRAIL Awards aim to highlight and celebrate works of architectural excellence, and celebrate their 3rd edition with a newly appointed jury.

Dimitris Karampatakis has joined the lineup that will evaluate and select the winners among a distinguished selection of projects that exemplify innovation, sensitivity to context, and architectural integrity.

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10 | 12 | 2025

The Architect Show 2025

We were pleased to take part in a panel discussion at this year’s the Architect Show, curated by DOMa Institution and moderated by Haris Biskos.

Through the example of Liknon, the brand house of METAXA in Samos, and with the contribution of Huity Konstantinidou -Hospitality, Heritage & Events Director of The House of Metaxa-, Konstantinos Karantzoulis -Rural & Surveying Engineer and Trail Planner at Paths of Greece-, and Panos Kostoulas -Architect and Founding Member of Boulouki-, Dimitris Karampatakis joined a session dedicated to exploring the role of paths as infrastructure and cultural heritage.

The discussion highlighted paths as living systems that carry memory, knowledge, and social practices. Through maintaining, reactivating, and re-inhabiting them, paths preserve heritage by keeping it alive, evolving, and deeply connected to contemporary life.

01 | 12 | 2025

DOMa Session at the Architect Show

We are invited to a panel discussion at this year’s the Architect Show, curated by DOMa Institution and moderated by Haris Biskos.

Through the example of Liknon, the brand house of METAXA in Samos, and with the help of Huity Konstantinidou -Hospitality, Heritage & Events Director of The House of Metaxa-, Konstantinos Karantzoulis -Rural & Surveying Engineer and Trail Planner at Paths of Greece-, and Panos Kostoulas -Architect and Founding Member of Boulouki-, Dimitris Karampatakis will join a session dedicated to the role of paths as infrastructure and cultural heritage.

28 | 11 | 2025

MOCNA Multiple Winner of AHEAD Europe 2025

Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino was distinguished in both Resort and Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces categories of this year’s AHEAD Europe Awards, in a Ceremony celebrated yesterday, 27th November, in London.

The hotel is stitched into its place -both literally and conceptually- drawing from the rural agrarian vernacular of “mandria” to unfold a world of luxury and authenticity within earth-sheltered spaces that dissolve into the lush Messinian landscape. Ribbon-like stone walls hold and articulate the terrain, highlighting the natural slope as part of the architectural experience.

We are proud to celebrate this accolade along with our collaborators, Tombazis & Associates Architects, Coopers Hill, Greenways, Afroditi, Alexander Waterworth Interiors and MKV Design, and look forward to facing all regional winners at AHEAD Global later this year.