Opening up his own beach resort has been a dream for my husband since his youth. Over the years he collected a lot of experience from helping out in the backpacker guest houses as a student to working as a manager for some of the most prestigious international hotels in Bintan.

For me Asia had always had a special fascination since my first holiday trip to South East Asia. As a fresh graduate from university I decided to try my luck and got a job for Japan, then Indonesia and Singapore followed.

After many years in Asia I decided to make Bintan my permanent home and my husband and I went out to start full-filling our dream. For the design of our resort we decided to model the roof each beach villas after the different style of traditional houses to show some of the diversity of the Indonesian archipelago.

But just finding the perfect beach location for our resort took us a few years and good negotiating skills. The first day I saw the beach I immediately fell in love. The weather was perfect that day and the beach was all white sand and clear shallow water surrounded by unspoilt nature, the kind of scenery you normally only see on photos.

So now after a lot of hard work the resort is finally ready to open and we welcome you to share our dream.

• To continue improving our facilities and service to offer you the most memorable holiday experience
• To help promote tourism in Bintan and to introduce the culture and history of the region through our resort and our website
• To offer a meeting place for both visitors from overseas as well as local people in our resort and restaurant
• To contribute to the local community and environment by sourcing and employing locally

Bintan, February 2009

Cornelia and Ian