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Mani Martini
Private concierge, co-founder of The Private Keeper

Mani Martini

I learned this trade on the peninsula, then in Dubai, then at altitude. Three houses, two seasons with nothing in common, and the same conviction: what makes a stay is never what you book, it’s what you anticipated.

LanguagesFrench · English

Dubai taught me that anything can be obtained. Saint-Tropez taught me that obtaining everything isn’t enough. What stays with you from a stay isn’t the impossible table secured at midnight, it’s having had, for eight days, nothing to think about.

Career

The Private Keeper
Co-founder and private concierge · Côte d’Azur & Alpes
1 year
Alpes Hôtel du Pralong
Head concierge, then private concierge · Courchevel
2 years
Royal Atlantis
Concierge · Dubaï
1 year
Château de la Messardière
Concierge · Saint-Tropez
2 years

Destinations covered

French Riviera

Saint-Tropez · Cannes · Monaco · Antibes · Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat · Nice · Saint-Paul-de-Vence

French Alps

Megève · Courchevel · Val d'Isère

Since founding The Private Keeper, Mani Martini and Waël Yattar have looked after more than 200 clients on their stays.

Articles (22)

Opening weekend: skiing before everyone else
Season & events

Opening weekend: skiing before everyone else

The Critérium de la Première Neige: Val d’Isère opens the winter
Season & events

The Critérium de la Première Neige: Val d’Isère opens the winter

Megève’s social winter: snow polo and golf on ice
Season & events

Megève’s social winter: snow polo and golf on ice

Off-piste and heliskiing in Val d’Isère: what’s possible, what isn’t
Planning advice

Off-piste and heliskiing in Val d’Isère: what’s possible, what isn’t

Children’s ski school in Megève: what I actually arrange
Planning advice

Children’s ski school in Megève: what I actually arrange

On-piste restaurants in Courchevel and Megève
Confidential addresses

On-piste restaurants in Courchevel and Megève

The Val d’Isère ski pass: which one, and what does it cost?
Planning advice

The Val d’Isère ski pass: which one, and what does it cost?

The Megève ski pass: which one, and what does it cost?
Planning advice

The Megève ski pass: which one, and what does it cost?

Christmas and New Year in the Alps: a concierge’s calendar
Season & events

Christmas and New Year in the Alps: a concierge’s calendar

Getting to Val d’Isère: Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry or the train
Planning advice

Getting to Val d’Isère: Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry or the train

Getting to Megève from Geneva: road, helicopter, timing
Planning advice

Getting to Megève from Geneva: road, helicopter, timing

Renting a chalet in Megève: the neighbourhoods, the traps, the budget
Planning advice

Renting a chalet in Megève: the neighbourhoods, the traps, the budget

What to do in Courchevel beyond skiing (and in summer)
Destination guides

What to do in Courchevel beyond skiing (and in summer)

Val d’Isère: a concierge’s guide
Destination guides

Val d’Isère: a concierge’s guide

Megève: a concierge’s guide
Destination guides

Megève: a concierge’s guide

A private ski instructor in Courchevel: why and how much
Planning advice

A private ski instructor in Courchevel: why and how much

Transfers to Courchevel: Geneva, Lyon, helicopter — prices and times
Planning advice

Transfers to Courchevel: Geneva, Lyon, helicopter — prices and times

The 3 Vallées ski pass in Courchevel: which pass, what price?
Planning advice

The 3 Vallées ski pass in Courchevel: which pass, what price?

Après-ski in Courchevel: a concierge's guide
Destination guides

Après-ski in Courchevel: a concierge's guide

Renting a luxury chalet in Courchevel: the complete guide
Planning advice

Renting a luxury chalet in Courchevel: the complete guide

How much does a week of luxury in Courchevel cost?
Planning advice

How much does a week of luxury in Courchevel cost?

Courchevel 1850: a concierge's guide
Destination guides

Courchevel 1850: a concierge's guide

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