Mary Gostelow
Yuriy Horovyy
About us
Almont Global is a “one-stop-shop” development and mar-comm support in the luxury tourism and lifestyle sectors.
The company offers support to destination marketing organisations, hotel owners and operators, tourism organisations and peripheral luxury industries. Almont Global combines the assets of three top figures in the travel industry with a network of service providers that are without equal in the industry. The expertise of the three managing partners stretches well beyond a century.
Richard Barnes
Mary Gostelow
Yuriy Horovyy
is CEO of Almont Travel – a luxury and VIP travel management company that provides bespoke services to high-level business and leisure clients worldwide. His team organises exclusive tailor-made VIP travel to the world’s most exclusive hotels and exotic destinations thanks to the fact that Almont is a proud member of the exclusive Virtuoso network, giving unparalleled access and a wealth of resources. Almont Travel offers highly bespoke luxury services to highest-level business and leisure clients worldwide.
“For several years, in my talks with owners and senior executives of hospitality companies, destination marketing organisations and receptive agents, it has become increasingly evident that there is a need for knowledgeable unbiased high-end advice and support when it comes to development, marketing and communication. By bringing Richard Barnes and Mary Gostelow, along with an extraordinary Advisory Board, into this equation, Almont Global offers a combination of talents and contacts that I believe are without equal in the industry” – Yuriy Horovyy – founder and director.
is the face behind luxury travel’s annual “Nobel”, the Gostelow Award, from International Luxury Travel Market ILTM. Since 2016, this unique accolade has also been given to such icons as Matthew Upchurch, Chairman of Virtuoso, and Valerie Wilson, of the eponymous travel advisory. Mary Gostelow is global ambassador for ILTM. She is owner-editor of the monthly Gostelow Report global luxury hospitality market intelligence briefing. She has weekly columns in HOTELS online, and on LATTE, reaching Australasian luxury advisors, and, monthly, on Travel Market Report, predominantly for the USA luxury advisory sector.
With over four decades of professional excellence, Richard Barnes stands as a distinguished figure in media, particularly within the realms of travel and tourism. His career is adorned with accolades and significant positions, including his role as a professor at the prestigious Nice School of Journalism. As the former editor-in-chief for the principal dailies at the globe's largest trade fairs, Barnes has a rich history of shaping industry narratives. His expertise has been sought in strategic consultancy roles by various global destination marketing organisations and tourism ministries. Additionally, he is the celebrated author of “What’s News? A down-to-earth guide to applied journalism,” a seminal book in the field.
Richard Barnes