CHAPTER 5beCuriou
By Edward Wendel (CEO and Owner), Celina Sofie Gylthe (COO/CFO), and Kenneth Cai (Cofounder and Travel Design)
About beCuriou
beCuriou is a niche travel company targeting high- and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) discerning clientele across the world, in addition to organizing group trips for quality-oriented firms in the legal, finance, property, technology, and energy sectors. The value proposition is to provide the best combination of personal service, sophisticated insight, and competitive prices.
The company started in 2013 in Oslo, Norway, and now has offices in London, Singapore, and Cape Town, along with a Paris office opening in 2021. Moreover, beCuriou has been among the fastest-growing companies in Norway for several years (according to Dagens Næringsliv) as well as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe in 2019 (per Financial Times).
beCuriou focuses on recruiting a diverse set of talent and industry-leading skill sets with backgrounds from luxury travel brands such as Singapore Airlines, Swiss hospitality, finance companies, private banking/wealth management, and clients with science and economics university degrees.
beCuriou has also taken a leading role within Impact Travel by building a bridge between high-end travel, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), and finance. Through our ESG partnerships across our destinations, we create opportunities for our clients to visit organizations that we support, meet the social entrepreneurs, ...
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