THE PERSON BEHIND THE PLACES
From building things
to creating places.

Filippo Cesarini
FOUNDER · ITALIAN ROOTS, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVEMy story began in Umbria, Italy, with construction, materials, and a curiosity about how places are made.
Working in the family construction business gave me a practical foundation. London followed in 2014, then Australia, where I worked in polished concrete. Travelling and photography changed how I saw spaces: their light, textures, and the emotions they could create.
In 2018, that journey brought me to Bali. Hospitality became the meeting point of everything I had learned — building, design, photography, and understanding what makes people choose a place.
Eco Six and Jungleight became projects I developed, operated, and later sold. NUMA brought the opportunity to build for investors. Dar Jiwa is the next expression of that journey: smaller, personal, and full of character.
Today, Cesarini Collection Hotels is where these chapters come together, with the same curiosity about what comes next.
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