How to Merge Luxury, Sustainability, and MICHELIN-Star Experiences — The Story of the Kabn Company

Meet Amber and Charlie Pledge — the founders of Kabn Company, a new hospitality brand focused on creating luxurious, and sustainable nature-immersed escapes.

Amber and Charlie have always loved to travel. The couple has been fortunate enough to live and work in major hubs of innovation like London, San Francisco, and Dubai.  

And while Amber and Charlie both love working hard, climbing the corporate ladder just started to feel, well, a bit unfulfilling.

Tune in to hear the story behind how this couple left their day jobs to go and build their first two escapes on the west coast of Scotland.  

In this conversation we discuss:

• How their travels to Japan, India, and Africa all helped inspire the design of their first cabins
• The benefits of long-term leases when building your first site
• What Amber and Charlie learned about how to balance sustainability and luxury when building their cabins
• How they secured a MICHELIN-Star chef to offer incredible personalized dining experiences for their guests
• And so much more

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