WE DID IT!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for following us on this journey and backing Awakening your HAPPINESS Hotel experience. Because of your generosity and backing, we’ve increased our Friends & Family circle, we have future guest confirmed ready to book their reservation, and we have a HAPPY community around us, sharing support and love around us. This is a HUGE WIN! However the journey is not over yet, this is just the beginning and there is some more few step to complete our 100% of funding. If you are interested in more information, please contact us.
Our perks are still available to offer more people the opportunity to be part of our community and to be one of our First Guest to visit Awakening. We will keep you updated on our journey, sign up for updates at Awakening.mx.
We’ll keep you updated every step of the way.
But for now, it’s time to CELEBRATE!
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WHY DOES AWAKENING EXIST?
HOW HAS IT ALL STARTED
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For many years, Martin had the vision and dream of creating a hotel experience that combines action sports and adventure with personal development activities. This dream never materialized due to a lack of time, hotel experience, and a real local network - until he met Adriana, a full-blooded hotelier with 15 years of hotel experience in the Riviera Maya. She had even already created the Awakening brand and a travel concept that allows diving deeply into the mysteries of Mayan culture - a perfect match. So they joined forces, in business and in life, to turn their dream into reality and thus following down the path of their own AWAKENING.
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AWAKENING AWARDS - SHORTLISTED TWICE...
...FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL HOTEL DESIGN AWARD
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AWAKENING - IN THE NEWS...
...BECAUSE OF ITS ORIGINAL CONCEPT & DESIGN
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INTRODUCING AWAKENING
CONCEPT & DESIGN
TRAVEL TO AN INCREDIBLE DESTINATION
Travel to the latest destination in Riviera Maya on the border of an amazing biosphere reserve. Our fresh water lagoon will mesmerize you with the amazing colors of Caribbean water. Our jungle canopy will caress your inner sanctuary. The Mayan culture and spirit will open new perspectives and horizons. And your cocoon will spoil you with comfort, incredible views and extraordinary "barefoot luxury" while making you feel one with nature.
CONNECT WITH NATURE, YOUR BELOVED ONES AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITH YOURSELF
Re-connecting to this moment - this is what Awakening essentially is all about. Once you connect to nature, you connect to everything. Living this present moment with all of your attention will create a deeper connection with your loved ones, with new friends and especially with yourself. Awakening lives this reality, and we express it in the design of physical spaces, experiences, the service and the concept as a whole.
BE HAPPY BY BOOSTING YOUR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING
We create and spread happiness - for our guests, our employees, our surroundings and also for ourselves. So beyond a great time away from everyday life, we provide the opportunity to engage in Awakening experiences that promote physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Our guests choose the level and depth of their experience, which can reach from "just a fun and relaxing vacation" to personalized well-being programs, designed by our personal development and happiness coaches, so everybody can take a piece of sustained happiness back home.
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OUR HOME – LAGUNA NOPALITOS
QUINTANA ROO, TULUM, MEXICO
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Awakening is located on the shores of the Laguna Nopalitos on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, 19 km/12 miles south of Tulum, one of LATAM’s most popular and fastest growing tourist destinations. Laguna Nopalitos looks like a Caribbean beach but actually is a "Cenote" filled with crystal clear fresh water. Fed by one of the world's largest underground river systems, it is surrounded by extensive, uninhabited mangrove and jungle. While close enough to all the amazing tourist attractions the region has to offer, its position right on the border of Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest natural biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site, protects it from any type of large scale development.
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What is a Cenote and what makes it special?
A "Cenote" is a surface connection to subterranean water bodies. In the case of Laguna Nopalitos, an asteroid fractured the Earth’s surface and created this freshwater body that is connected to the sea via underground rivers. The Awakening Site occupies 230 meters of Laguna Nopalitos' shore and contains an additional seven smaller cenotes that we found in the jungle. The water of a cenote provides vitamin and mineral rich algae that nourish the skin, while also providing adventure and fun for many water sports activities. Cenotes were considered sacred by the ancient Mayans and many still claim to be able to feel the energy or even interact with "Aluxes" and other magical creatures. We have not met them yet, but Laguna Nopalitos certainly is a magical place.
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OUR EXPERIENCE - TRAVEL TO GROW
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HAPPINESS
Which is our mission?
Our mission is to offer our guests an extraordinary, potentially transformational TRAVEL experience that combines high-end comfort, profound relaxation, exhilarating adventure and tons of fun with the option to engage in personal development activities for our body, mind, and spirit. At Awakening our guests RECONNECT with nature, with others and ultimately with themselves as they take a step beyond just a vacation, taking home great memories, new perspectives and skills, and increased consciousness for an even HAPPIER, healthier and more abundant life.
Creating well-being and happiness is our mission. So in addition to an unprecedented location, we offer our signature AWAKENING PROGRAMS, designed by our transformation experts for those seeking a more profound personal development experiences and connection with themselves. Individual guided tours and recreational activities for you to renew your creativity, initiative, sensuality, passion, romance, friendship, family… or whatever part of your life that you would like to "awaken".
AWAKENING PROGRAM EXAMPLES
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OUR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
DESIGNED TO CONNECT AND EVOLVE
Inspired by our Awakening philosophy about happiness, personal growth, and connection, our architectural team came up with an extraordinary design concept.
WE DESIGNED A COCOON (OR "CAPULLO") AND OTHER AMENITIES...
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Our understanding of a hotel room is a "Cocoon", designed to protect and help you evolve.
... THAT MIMIC NATURE'S SHAPES AND FORMS...
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The organic lines are based on geometry found in the natural forms of nature. Not by replicating these forms, but by understanding and applying the rules governing them.
...AND USE ELEMENTS OF SACRED GEOMETRY
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"Sacred geometry" has its roots in the study of nature. We use elements of sacred geometry to synchronize you inside the "Cocoon" with your surroundings and, ultimately, the Universe.
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OUR "CAPULLOS'" INTERIOR
"BAREFOOT LUXURY" - BEYOND A HOTEL ROOM...
Awakening is made for travelers seeking extraordinary and exclusive experiences combined with what we call "barefoot luxury". To us, nature is the ultimate luxury so our version of luxury has nothing to do with marble floors and golden faucets, but revolves around providing a way to experience nature in the most fun and comfortable way possible. So you can smell the jungle, feel part of nature and listen to the orchestra of life while being embraced by comfort and intimacy.
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HOTEL FACT SHEET
A SMALL, BUT HIGH-END ECO-BOUTIQUE HOTEL WITH A MAXIMUM OF 40 ROOMS
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SUSTAINABILITY
HOW WE MANAGE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Mother Nature is the main protagonist in our experience so a design integrated with and adapted to nature is a key component of our concept. We are implementing high standards of sustainability in our architectural design, construction, and operation in order to minimize environmental impact. We are striving to be a leader in the area of sustainable hotel operation in the Riviera Maya. Use of clean energy, waste reduction strategies, and high-end water treatment will allow us to minimize environmental impact. Low impact building materials are just one element of our sustainability strategy:
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SOCIAL IMPACT
SPREADING HAPPINESS IS OUR CONTRIBUTION
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Awakening will generate impact by increasing happiness on three levels:
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AWAKENING FOUNDERS
The Driving Force Behind the Concept
As a couple working together, we can further deepen our relationship based on respect, freedom, and individuality, facing the challenges that working together involve and thus strengthening our spiritual connection and profound love.
"Is it always easy to be a mother, father, lover, best friend and business partner at the same time – of course not. But especially overcoming our challenges, consciously and with lots of love and mutual respect, is our path of personal growth, our path towards our own “Awakening”.
Att: Adri y Martin
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OUR "AWAKENED" TEAM
OUTSTANDING EXPERTISE & EXCEPTIONAL HUMAN BEINGS
The key to realizing our entrepreneurial dream of Awakening is the team we gather around us. While excellence in their respective area of expertise is of course very important, we also make sure that we have strong ties forged between us by common values and a shared vision: to awaken and spread happiness around our precious planet:
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AWAKENING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
OUR DREAM TEAM FOR YOUR PERKS AND BEYOND
Our own guides have strongly influenced our personal and professional development and, as a consequence, have inspired part of our vision for Awakening.
These guides are already part of our team today and happy to help you continue on your own personal Awakening path. No reason to wait - you can start investing in yourself now by selecting one of our perks...
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CONTRIBUTORS WANTED
WHAT IS IN IT FOR US - WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU
It is time to introduce AWAKENING to the world and spread the invitation to start investing in yourself. We made sure to wait until we were sufficiently far along with development before inviting you to back Awakening.
We as the founding team invest approximately 150K USD ourselves plus two years of our work, still, significant additional funds are required.
We have been approached by several interested investors and know that we will find financing and turn Awakening into a reality. However, we would like to strengthen our personal investment position before entering more deeply into investor negotiations to make sure we maintain a comfortable majority vote in the business. Why is that important to us? Awakening has a mission – to create and spread happiness. Yes, we will be making profit – for the business, for our future shareholders and for ourselves, but that is not the main purpose. Maintaining a comfortable majority share, and consequently vote in Awakening, will help us protect the essence of Awakening and keep a good balance between financial, social and environmental value creation.
What have we done and invested into up to now?
- Concept Development
- Land search and contracting
- Branding and communication
- Architectural design concept
- Environmental, topographical and geological studies
- Detailed design and engineering of the “Capullo” and all other facilities.
What are we looking for?
- Contributors that share our vision of creating this new hotel experience.
- Financial contributions
- Other contribution such as knowledge sharing, contacts, and maybe even volunteering
How much do we need and what will your contributions will be used for?
- We are looking for 50,000 USD of funding. These funds will be used to...:
- Finalize Capullo design and to construct the first Capullo (09/2017-08/2018)
- Further, develop and launch our “Awakening Programs” (we plan to launch and test these programs before the actual hotel construction is complete).
What do we offer?
Participation in our social, environmental, and conscious business – an opportunity to improve lives and be part of the AWAKENING Family. And, of course, we have many great perks that allow us to provide...:
- Early bird discounts and co-founder benefits for our first hotel guests
- Awakening programs for those ready to embark on their own personal Awakening
- Opportunities to connect with our local Mayan community and their “Abuelos” (Sages) that are happy to share their wisdom and healing powers.
* What Terms & Conditions apply to our Perks?
For all Perks:
- After choosing your Perk you will receive a personalized certificate via email.
- With this certificate, please contact us to check availability and make your reservation.
- All Perk offerings are subject to availability.
- Individual sessions will be scheduled based on your and the trainer's availability. For Group sessions, we will provide the session's execution dates (several options will be provided).
For Room Night Perks:
- Your Room Night Perk certificate will be valid once the hotel has started operation and remains valid for the next three years after the opening date (planned for Q4/2018).
- When you call to make your reservation, we will ask for your Perk certificate number and the donor's name. All certificates can only be used once and cannot be replicated.
- Blackout dates may apply
- These Perks are created specifically for this Crowdfunding campaign and cannot be combined with any other offer, current or future hotel promotions or discounts.
- The Perk is valid for two adults with a max of two children under 12 years old. Additional guests may cause additional cost.
- Perks do not include any applicable prevailing government taxes at time of occupancy.
- Service Charge not included in Perk amount.
What To Do Next?
Please go on the top of the page and press "Back it" or "Respaldar" and fell free to shoose the amount of donation..... or........ choose your favorite PERK.
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THANK YOU!
ADRI Y MARTIN
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