Hospitality development track record — named projects, and the part Gabriel played in them.
Nine engagements across beach clubs, desert resorts, branded residential and independent hotels — three now in development, then six delivered, opened and run.
Scorpios Jumeirah, Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Targeting 2028
A beach club masterplan for a market with its own rules on climate, licensing and seasonality. Work at this stage is about what the property is and what it will cost to run — established before drawings harden.
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Typology
- Beach club masterplan
- Scope
- Masterplanning, concept and product definition
- Stage
- In development · Targeting 2028
- Role
- Managing Director of Development
Scorpios Residential, Mykonos
Mykonos, Greece · Targeting 2028
Branded residential on the brand's home island: bungalows, villas and a clubhouse planned so that private ownership and club life can share one site without either diluting the other.
- Location
- Mykonos, Greece
- Typology
- Branded residential masterplan
- Scope
- Bungalows, villas and clubhouse
- Stage
- In development · Targeting 2028
- Role
- Managing Director of Development
Scorpios Athens
Athens, Greece
An Athens expression of the brand, currently in development — positioning and product being defined ahead of design.
- Location
- Athens, Greece
- Typology
- Beach club & hospitality
- Scope
- Concept and development definition
- Stage
- In development
- Role
- Managing Director of Development
Scorpios Bodrum
Bodrum, Turkey · 2022–2025

A second home for a brand built on a single site — the work was to translate Mykonos into Bodrum without copying it. Gabriel led development across wellness, interiors, restaurant and bar, and villas, holding the design intent through procurement and construction while the commercial model stayed intact.
Material reuse was treated as a design discipline rather than a sustainability line item: 95% of construction materials were repurposed, which shaped sequencing, sourcing and the detailing conversations with each interiors team.
- AHEAD Global Awards — Ultimate Accolade (2024)
- Best Hotel Newbuild — AHEAD Europe Awards (2024)
- German Design Award — Excellent Architecture (2025)
- International Design Awards — honoree
- Location
- Bodrum, Turkey
- Typology
- Beach club & hospitality resort
- Scope
- Wellness spaces, interiors, restaurant and bar, villas
- Stage
- Delivered & open · 2022–2025
- Role
- Managing Director of Development, Scorpios Hospitality Global
- Design collaborators
- Geomim (architecture), with interiors by Lambs & Lions, StudioMacBride and Annabell Kutucu




Habitas Al Ula
Al Ula, Saudi Arabia · 2021

A resort delivered in a protected desert landscape using prefabricated modular rooms and Airstream units — a construction logic chosen so the site could be occupied lightly and the programme held tight.
Gabriel led the opening: readiness, staffing, systems and the operational detail that decides whether a fast build can actually run.
- AD Design Awards 2021 — Best Project in Hospitality Design
- HD Project Awards — Lifestyle Hotel Winner
- Location
- Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
- Typology
- Desert resort
- Scope
- Prefabricated modular hotel rooms and Airstream units
- Stage
- Delivered & open · 2021
- Role
- Executive Director of Openings, Habitas






Habitas Bacalar
Bacalar, Mexico · 2021

Built with lightweight canvas structures and sustainably sourced lumber by local Mayan artisan crews — a method that put the craft of the region into the fabric of the property rather than its decoration.
Opening work covered staffing, training and systems for a property whose character depends on the people running it.
- AD's 2022 Hotel Awards — Exceptional Properties
- Location
- Bacalar, Mexico
- Typology
- Lakeside resort
- Scope
- Lightweight canvas structures, sustainably sourced lumber, local Mayan artisan construction
- Stage
- Delivered & open · 2021
- Role
- Executive Director of Openings




Habitas Agafay
Agafay, Morocco · 2022

Lightweight tented structures raised with local Bedouin artisan construction in the Agafay desert outside Marrakech. Remote logistics, a short build window, and an opening standard that had to hold from the first guest night.
- Location
- Agafay, Morocco
- Typology
- Desert camp resort
- Scope
- Lightweight tented structures, local Bedouin artisan construction
- Stage
- Delivered & open · 2022
- Role
- Executive Director of Openings






Selina — Regional Rollout
Central & South America · 2017–2019

A rollout measured in months, not years: five properties opened and stabilized across Central and South America in fourteen months, with roughly 40% Gross Operating Profit reached within the first month of operation.
The transition from pre-opening to regional operations meant the opening standard and the operating model were authored by the same hand — which is why the numbers held after launch.
- Location
- Central & South America
- Typology
- Multi-property rollout
- Scope
- Pre-opening and regional operations across five properties
- Stage
- Completed engagement · 2017–2019
- Role
- Director of Pre-Opening, then Regional Director of Operations, Selina Hospitality






Pelican Eyes Resort & Spa
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua · 2011–2016

Five years of full P&L ownership at an independent resort: total revenue up 14%, 34% year-over-year ADR growth, profitability improved to 35% GOP and 23% EBITDA, leading a team of more than 150.
The operating discipline behind the later development work was formed here — rate strategy, cost structure and service standards argued out on the floor.
- Location
- San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
- Typology
- Independent resort & spa
- Scope
- Full P&L ownership as General Manager
- Stage
- Completed engagement · 2011–2016
- Role
- General Manager


