UJ#5 Paracas

INTERVIEW
Right: Weavers
from the Colca
Valley at the
Aranwa Pueblito
Encantado del
Colca Hotel.
Below: Enjoying
views of the valley
from the hotel pool.
WE WILL NOT BE
OPENING ANY NEW
HOTELS IN 2014, BUT
INSTEAD WILL
CONCENTRATE ON
CONSOLIDATING OUR
EXISTING
HOTELS AND
IMPROVING THEM IN
TERMS OF SERVICES
AND
HUMAN RESOURCES
and maintain a chain of four and five-star properties.
We will not be opening any new hotels in 2014, but
instead will concentrate on consolidating our existing
hotels and improving them in terms of services and
human resources. Looking into 2015, we are studying
three projects we hope will develop. One of them is a
boutique hotel in Arequipa’s beautiful Ricketts House,
a colonial mansion constructed of the local white,
sillar rock. We also are looking at a project in Lima
that would involve developing a shopping plaza, which
is something we think is synergistic with corporate
tourism. And finally, we own land in Puno and in the
medium term, we would like to develop that.
What makes a destination interesting
to Aranwa?
The most important thing for us is to be able to
develop a destination and create an increased value
for visitors. In the Sacred Valley, for example, we
restored a 17th century, colonial hacienda. In Cusco,
it took us five years to refurbish a 16th century,
colonial house. In the Colca, we found an old, rock
mill on our hotel property that we have restored to
working order. A destination is interesting for Aranwa
to the extent that it has a history that can be restored
and recaptured. That, in turn, creates a value that can
be shared with locals and international visitors.
Aranwa