Our passion for hospitality is our driving force, but also the philosophy of GOLDEN Hotels & Resorts, a group that began its operation as a family business in 1988, with the first hotel, Golden Beach Hotel in Hersonisos, Crete. The vision of the owners was – and still is – to offer their guests high quality holidays, luxurious and comfortable accommodation and an overall experience of what “Cretan Hospitality” means in its modern version. Thanks to the consistent quality services, the values that govern the business, but above all, its people who are its soul, the expansion to other accommodations was not long in coming. The Group today includes 5 privately owned hotels, SENSEANA Sea Side Resort & Aquadventure, INSULA ALBA Resort & Spa, AKASHA Beach Hotel & Spa, Golden Beach Hotel as well as KING MINOS RETREAT Resort & Spa.
Today, 30 years later, GOLDEN Hotels & Resorts , a constantly growing Group characterized by love for luxury, reliability, excellence, style and social sensitivity, decides to reposition itself on the map of Greek hospitality as a strong player, with a renewed profile .
The idea behind the Brand
Gold is precious. Anything made of gold has a high value. The jewelry is made of gold. Treasures contain gold items. The word “gold” also describes the sun. Its reflection in the water in the summer, its light but also its precious entity. Beauty and high value are characterized as precious. GOLDEN Hotels & Resorts have value because they embrace Cretan Hospitality in a landscape bathed in light, in a pristine nature, with a temperate climate. Crete itself is a manifesto of the great Minoan culture, healthy cuisine and good quality of life, prosperity, abundance and authentic lifestyle. All these values have been adopted by GOLDEN Hotels & Resorts and their entire philosophy is based on the authentic and the precious.
OUR PEOPLE ARE THE HEART OF OUR CULTURE, AND OUR CULTURE IS THE HEART OF OUR OFFERINGS
With four properties within our embrace, GOLDEN Hotels & Resorts is heedful of the power we possess to positively contribute to Crete’s employment landscape, and beyond.
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide, and we accept the challenge that this growth trajectory presents to us as a business active within this sphere. We believe in access to opportunities, support and life-long learning, in nurturing the creation of esteemed professionals passionate about their role within the wider company, and are focused on diversifying our workforce based on equal opportunities for all. At present, over 250 associates are actively employed at our properties.
INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY: OUR PROMISE TO YOU
GOLDEN Hotels & Resorts’ growth is built upon a foundation respectful of the three core pillars of our business: our people, our society and our environment.
Our mission is to honour this foundation and continue to enrich it. To achieve this, the decisions we make daily are supported by a series of standards, which explicitly express our duties – our promise – towards our shareholders, guests, employees, business associates, and local community. Our standards demand integrity, transparency and responsibility: the uniting forces of our business, and our promise to you.
MOULDING INDIVIDUAL ASPIRATIONS INTO A COMMUNITY OF AMBITION
Regardless of changing economic tides, our values endure as benchmarks of excellence: the supreme standards to which we hold ourselves.
We know that integrity and open communication give rise to enhanced knowledge, and – for us – knowledge is power. It allows us to deliver inherent value to our guests – in terms of their experience and the heartfelt service we extend – and also allows our business to grow as a living entity, learning, innovating and achieving. These core values succeed in moulding the aspirations of our individual stakeholders into a united community of ambition, safeguarding our future.