THE PERSON BEHIND THE PLACES

From building things
to creating places.

Filippo Cesarini, founder of Cesarini Collection Hotels

Filippo Cesarini

FOUNDER · ITALIAN ROOTS, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

My 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.

Filippo Cesarini
FOLLOW MY JOURNEY ↗

A JOURNEY, STILL UNFOLDING

2008–14

Italian foundations

Construction, materials, and learning by doing.

2014–17

A wider world

London, Australia, and a new perspective.

2018

A chapter in Bali

A new home and the beginning of a hospitality journey.

2021–24

From vision to reality

Eco Six and Jungleight: developed, operated, and sold.

WHAT’S NEXT

More places with soul

Dar Jiwa and the continuing evolution of the collection.