Natalia Hantzi (26 years old)
SECTOR: Tourism – Avaton luxury hotel & villas
Natalia Hantzi wanted to leave her own mark in the tourism industry. With a vision to share with travelers from all over the world the place where she vacationed as a child, in 2015, the then 20-year-old Natalia undertook the creation of Avaton Luxury Villas Resort in Halkidiki, which then consisted of 16 suites and villas. In just 3 years of operation, it has managed to become a member of the international group Relais & Châteaux, which includes 600 hotels that specialize in gastronomic excellence.
Thus, at the age of 23, Natalia acquired the title of the youngest (probably) General Manager of a Relais & Châteaux hotel. In fact, in 2017 Avaton Luxury Villas Resort was the first Greek company to participate in the gift package given to Oscar nominees, winning a place in the international media. In 2020, Natalia founded Avaton Hotel Management, with the goal of helping hotel and villa owners improve their results and grow their units. In the same year, Avaton, which has won many awards, expanded to 20 new luxury rooms and suites, while dynamically continuing its course with a new expansion in 2023 with another 20 “keys”, respecting the natural and social environment.
“The environmental policy we have developed in collaboration with global and national NGOs, such as Slow Food, Ethic Ocean, etc., and the goals we have set for the future continue our passion for creating a better world and “make Avaton a pioneer in the field of international partnerships in hotel sustainability,” says Natalia.
The idea of creating a better world had gripped Natalia since her adolescence. In this context, she participated in Model United Nations, where she started as an auxiliary staff and won the highest position, that of Secretary General at Anatolia College MUN. He reached out to Harvard and The Hague MUN and tried to raise awareness as much as he could so that they, in turn, could contribute to a better tomorrow. At the same time, he represented Greece in the European Youth Parliament for the solution of the Cyprus issue.
As a student at the Business School of Brunel University London, she participated in a small group of students with the aim of setting up a national signage system to promote ethics in the UK, while also volunteering at local NGOs.
Methodology: Out of the more than 100 nominations collected by “Forbes” – either through applications of the interested parties themselves or through proposals from institutions and competent bodies – the editorial team made a first selection and came up with 50. The jury, which consisted of Mr. Spyros Theodoropoulos (CEO of Chipita), Nikos Karamouzis (former President of Eurobank and the Hellenic Banking Association, President of Grant Thornton), Michalis Bletsas (Director of Informatics at MIT Media Lab), Theocharos Filipos Capital.gr, president of Attica Publications), evaluated the 50 candidacies with scores from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest), based on which the final ranking was formed. The order of publication is defined according to the rating of the members (from the highest to the lowest) and then alphabetically. Conditions for participation in the list “Forbes 30 Under 30 Greece 2022” were met by those born from 1/1/1992 onwards.
* Cleesto: The platform that offers digital solutions in the tourism industry
* Project Parenting is the first educational platform that supports parents
* Staiatis Voglis: The startupper who shares the same passion for sustainable fishing and information services
* Stefanos Douskos: He did not give up and was justified
* Marialina Tsinidi: The 17-year-old student whose experiments travel in space
* CollegeLink: The platform that connects young people with the job market
* Nikolas Varveris and OVIVIEW open the door of employers to young people
* Authentic fishing experiences in the Mediterranean via Fisea
* Thanasis Gavelas: The gold paralympian who twice broke the world record in Tokyo
* Video games and virtual reality made in Greece by eNVy softworks and V. Karavasilis
* Carge makes an appointment for charging anywhere in Europe
* Eleni Keliri has set a goal of water consolidation
* ShelfNow: The marketplace that knows traders directly from food producers
* Rebecca Paleologos with Inverzio brings revolution in the field of human interaction
* M. Tentoglou: From amateur parkour to Gold Olympian
* Wet lab: A group of 15 students in the fight against coronavirus with an edible vaccine
* ComeTogether: A revolutionary idea for buying and reselling tickets
* P. Naoum (ChromaSwap): Makes the world a better place by giving people the colors they deserve
* Alexandros Petkos: The 18-year-old who brings artificial intelligence to the garbage collection
* The Internet of Things ally of the construction industry through Embneusys
* Morphoses: An internet site that supplies tomorrow’s kids
* Swim.me: An IoT wearable swimmer assistance system for severe vision problems
* George Grammatidis puts an end to … damn diamonds with Griamond
* Wardrobly: Greek platform for renting high quality designer clothes for every occasion
* Elon: The first biodegradable highly protective surgical helmet in the battle against Covid
* Scander: The complete solution for the catering and hospitality area
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Source: Forbes
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