Aria boosts its portfolio in Greece this summer with new properties
Aria Hotels has added new properties this summer to its portfolio in Greece and offers 32 different options in boutique hotels, villas and apartments throughout the Mediterranean in various settings and...
2019 Concordia Europe–AmChamSpain Summit Report
The inaugural Concordia Europe–AmChamSpain Summit took place in Madrid, Spain on June 26, 2019. Through a unique partnership between Concordia and the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain...
LCI successfully closes US$135m asset-backed helicopter facility
Lease Corporation International (LCI), a leading helicopter lessor and the aviation division of Libra Group, has successfully closed a new asset-backed helicopter facility in excess of US$135 million with...
Grace Mykonos: Iconic luxury boutique hotel joins Aria Hotels
Aria Hotels, the privately owned boutique hotel and villas company known for its emphasis on authentic hospitality, welcomes the luxury boutique hotel Grace Mykonos into its portfolio of properties...
LCI successfully closes US$75m financing facility led by CaixaBank
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the leading helicopter lessor and aviation division of Libra Group, has successfully closed a new asset-backed helicopter financing facility in excess of US$75 million...
The 2019 Concordia Americas Summit Report
Concordia has published the 2019 Americas Summit Report, following the event in Colombia’s culturally-rich capital, Bogotá which gathered political leaders, business innovators, global NGOs...
Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection will welcome guests to Hawaii’s Kohala Coast in January 2020
With a distinct, crafted approach to luxury and set on 32 oceanfront acres of alluring coastline marked by royal fish ponds, natural lava fields and a collection of sun-drenched beaches, Mauna Lani, Auberge...
Envolve, the global entrepreneurship support organization, invites startup businesses in Greece to participate in the 7th Envolve Award Greece
Following the successful completion of six award cycles, Envolve Entrepreneurship today announces the launch of its Envolve Award Greece 2019 cycle, and is inviting startup teams and businesses to submit their applications for the award...
Auberge Resorts Collection introduces The Lodge at Blue Sky, a modern new resort in Utah celebrating luxury with wild abandon
Situated in the mountains surrounded by dramatic soaring peaks, high alpine fields, lush hillsides and a spring-fed creek, The Lodge at Blue Sky is a new 46-room, contemporary luxury resort located on a 3,500-acre ranch outside of Park City...
The City of Athens and The HOME Project signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the benefit of unaccompanied refugee children
The City of Athens and the non-profit organization, The HOME Project, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize their commitment to collaborate...
“With the correct measures, Colombia could triple its energy potential” — Rick Perry, US Secretary of Energy at Concordia in Bogotá
Convergen pellets approved for use at LWEC in Michigan
Convergen Energy’s L’Anse Warden power plant, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, has received approval from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to utilise its own engineered fuel pellets in the power generation process...
Principal Media brings two diverse new shows to the international broadcast market
Principal Media has recently completed the sale of two new, innovative TV shows for the international broadcast market spanning cars and sports stars...
LCI Grows Australia-Based Helicopter Fleet
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, has grown its Australia-based fleet of helicopters to 14 Leonardo AW139s with the arrival of two aircraft. The two AW139s are being...
Equinox Launches Equinox Hotels with COCO-MAT mattresses
Equinox Hotels today announced the opening of the first Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards, New York, and launched their online booking platform for room reservations. In addition to bookings going live, Equinox...
Convergen Energy secures new financing arrangement with BMO Bank of Montreal
Convergen Energy has secured a new multimillion-dollar financing arrangement with BMO Bank of Montreal. Under the terms of the facility, Convergen will have access to further working capital...
LCI expands Weststar relationship with additional helicopter deliveries
Lease Corporation International has expanded its longstanding relationship with Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd with the recent delivery of two additional helicopters on operating leases in Malaysia...
Auberge Resorts Collection to manage Etéreo in Mexico
Auberge Resorts Collection, a portfolio of award-winning hotels, resorts and residences, is expanding its international presence with a fourth property in Mexico. Today, the company announced that it has been...
Envolve Entrepreneurship joins coalition of partners to announce Titan Generator
Social impact firm Generation Titans collaborates with Google, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Envolve Entrepreneurship, Common Impact, and the Soze Agency to generate resources for enterprise solutions...
11 Auberge Resorts Collection properties among the Best Hotels of 2019
Auberge Resorts Collection, a portfolio of award-winning hotels, resorts and residences, announced today that every one of its hotels that were eligible in the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean have been named...
INSIGHT: Rotorhub interviews LCI’s Nigel Leishman “Helicopter Lessors in Asia 2018”
LCI’s Executive VP, Nigel Leishman, was interviewed by Rotorhub magazine, the leading title for the aviation rotorcraft industry. Read the full article here, reproduced by kind permission of Shephard Media...
The Hellenic Initiative supports The HOME Project by granting $32,400
The Hellenic Initiative stands by The HOME Project donating $32,400 and aims to reinforce its work to help the thousands of unaccompanied minors who have been registered in Greece since 2015 to find a real...
Aria announces Urban Stripes – boutique apartments in Central Athens
Aria Hotels welcomes Urban Stripes into its portfolio of properties in Greece. Housed in a stylish Athens apartment building known as a ‘polykatoikia’ (literally ‘multiresidence’ or condominium), it dates...
New Principal Media content streaming deals
Principal Media, Libra Group’s media production and distribution company based in Beverley Hills, Los Angeles, has secured a number of new streaming deals for its diverse content. Shows including Bounce...
Envolve Award Greece 2018 winners announced
The winners of the 2018 Envolve Awards Greece were announced this week in Athens at a celebratory ceremony on Monday. The annual entrepreneurship competition for start-ups and early-stage businesses...
INSIGHT: Vertical Integration in fuel and power generation industry
Vertical integration for Libra’s renewable fuels and power generation, Convergen Energy, has become a daily reality since its acquisition of the L’Anse Warden Electric Company (LWEC) power plant in late 2016...
Envolve Award Greece 2018 Finalists Announced
Envolve Entrepreneurship has announced the 15 finalists of Envolve Award Greece 2018 (formerly the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award) who are competing for interest-free start-up funding, mentorship and...
Elandis announces sale of multifamily Amber Ridge, LV, for $21m
Elandis, an international hospitality and real estate ownership, development and property management company, has announced that it has sold Amber Ridge Apartments...
The HOME Project announces grant from the IKEA Foundation
The HOME Project, an international humanitarian non-profit organization which was founded in December 2016 and provides safety for refugee and migrant...
The Island Concept: A new Aria Hotels boutique property in Crete
Aria Hotels, the boutique hotel and villas company wholly owned by Libra Group, has announced the latest addition to its portfolio of properties on Crete. The Island Concept is a luxury boutique hotel at...
Auberge Resorts to Manage Grace Hotels
Auberge Resorts LLC announced today that the company has entered into a strategic partnership with Libra Group, owners of Grace Hotels. Auberge will welcome five award-winning Grace properties in...
LCI AW139 transitions across continents, customers and roles to land with Elitaliana
Lease Corporation International has today completed the transition of a Leonardo AW139 helicopter to enter service with Elitaliana S.r.l. (“Elitaliana”) in Italy. The helicopter, which is being converted for full...
Greenwood Energy’s 7 MW Elizabeth Mine Solar Project Wins Engineering Award
Greenwood Energy’s 7 MW Elizabeth Mine Solar Project, located between Strafford and Thetford, Vermont, was a winner at the 2018 American Council of Engineering Companies VT Engineering Excellence...
Envolve Award USA: Applications for up to $25k in startup funding extended an Additional Month Through October
Following the great response to its new locations, Envolve Entrepreneurship has announced an extension to the application deadline for the 2018 Envolve Award from September 2018 to October...
Aria Hotels expands into Spain
Aria Hotels, the renowned collection of boutique hotels and holiday residences around Greece, has announced its expansion into Spain, joining forces with local entrepreneur Ignacio Moreno de los Ríos...
Greenwood Energy closes solar portfolio financings with ORIX Corporation USA
Our North American solar energy investment and development subsidiary, Greenwood Energy, has completed two solar project portfolio financings with ORIX USA. Marathon Capital advised...
Libra Interns at Concordia Americas Summit 2018
In July, a number of our Libra interns had the opportunity to travel to Bogotá, Colombia, as part of the official delegation for the 2018 Concordia Americas Summit. Here they reflect on the experience, including...
Greek celebrity Nasos Papargyropoulos speaks out on behalf of The HOME Project
Last month in Greece, media celebrity and TV personality Nasos Papargyropoulos made an impassioned plea for child migrants and refugees. Speaking at the finals of popular television show Survivor...
Lomar completes delivery of new COSCO Ultramax bulk carriers into the fleet
Lomar Shipping has completed a renewal of its bulk carrier fleet earlier this month with the delivery of the eighth ‘Dolphin’ 64,000 dwt vessel from the COSCO Shipping Group in China. These ‘Ultramax’ bulk...
Envolve partners with City of Charleston Business and Neighborhood Services
The city of Charleston Business and Neighborhood Services (BNS) Division is partnering with Envolve Entrepreneurship (Envolve), a 501(c)(3) entrepreneurship organization, to provide various support services...
Elandis announces sale of The Beach House Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine
Elandis, an international hospitality and real estate ownership, development and property management subsidiary of Libra Group, announced today that it has sold The Beach House Inn located on the...
First AW139 EMS Lease Helicopters with China’s Kingwing
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, today announces its first helicopter lease in China with the placement of three new Leonardo AW139 aircraft with Shanghai Kingwing...
Envolve launches $25k entrepreneurship award across eight USA cities
Today, Envolve Entrepreneurship, a 501(c)(3) entrepreneurship organization, launches the Envolve Award USA (formerly the American Entrepreneurship Award), a regionally-focused business plan...
2018 Concordia Americas Summit Announcement
Serving as the first global platform through which to engage the incoming Presidential Administration prior to the inauguration in August, Concordia returns to Bogotá, Colombia on July 16-17 for its...
The HOME Project grants scholarships for refugee children
International non-profit organization The HOME Project, which offers shelter and work for children and young refugees in Greece, has announced a first of its kind opportunity to grant 18 full-time...
Lomar takes delivery of new container ship Delaware Trader
Lomar Shipping has taken delivery of the latest ‘newbuild’ vessel in its fleet. The Delaware Trader was handed over this week by the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (GWS) in China and will begin...
EuroEnergy constructs new 13.8 MW wind farm at Delphi in Greece
EuroEnergy has begun construction on a new wind park in Delphi, Greece. The 13.8 MW asset is expected to be fully operational by March 2019. The six wind turbines, with an individual capacity of 2.3MW each...
Elandis Multifamily Residence Restoration
Serenity Lake is one of the multifamily properties owned and maintained by our global real estate investment, development, and management company, Elandis. A number of its residences are based...
Grace Hotels Launches Strategic Labor Partnership
Grace Hotels has successfully launched its Strategic Labor Partnership, a new initiative to help retain talent at its seasonal hotels in Greece. The program involves a collaboration with other luxury hotel brands to...
Convergen supports L’Anse Area Schools and helps build two new baseball diamonds
L’Anse Area Schools in northwest Michigan have just completed the construction of two new baseball fields made possible by the support of local businesses. Convergen Energy, one of our renewable energy...
Aria expands its presence in Athens
Aria Hotels has expanded its presence in Athens with two new luxury properties characteristic of the Greek capital and its style. The residences, in the neighbourhood of Plaka and the other close to the...
Concordia Announces 2018 Americas Initiative and Colombian Presidential Debate
In partnership with the Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga, Fenalco, Noticias RCN, and NTN24, Concordia, a global nonprofit, nonpartisan convener, idea incubator, and partnership...
The HOME Project receives funding from The Shapiro Foundation
The HOME Project, the international humanitarian non-profit organization which houses and employs refugee children and youth stranded in Greece during the current crisis, has received a generous...
INSIGHT: Grace Santorini turns 10 – an interview with Executive Chef Spyros Agious
To celebrate the tenth birthday of Grace Santorini, the hotel's Executive Chef gives us an insight into his time with Grace Hotels and a sense of what life is like on the world-famous Mediterranean island...
Benaki Museum and Aria collaborate at Leigh Fermor House
The Benaki Museum and Aria Hotels have today announced an alliance for the Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor House, situated in Kardamyli, Southeast Peloponnese, Greece. In 1996 Sir Patrick...
Elandis announces Hyatt Place Macae opening
Elandis today announced the opening of Hyatt Place Macaé, a smartly designed, high-tech and contemporary hotel in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Hyatt Place Macaé is the first ocean-front Hyatt Place...
Envolve, a new global entrepreneurship support organization
Envolve, a new entrepreneurship organization, aims to serve as a catalyst for investment in early-stage businesses by providing entrepreneurs with easy access to capital, knowledge...
Grace Hotels eyes expansion in EMEA, the Americas and Asia
Having entered its second decade, privately owned Grace Hotels is now planning a significant period of growth. The award-winning luxury boutique hotel brand aims to have 30 more hotels open or...
LCI expands CHC partnership with second H175
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of Libra Group, has today announced that it is expanding its partnership with CHC through the placement of a second Airbus Helicopters H175...
Elandis acquires Playa Miramar Hotel in Valencia, Spain
Elandis, an international hospitality and real estate ownership, development and property management subsidiary of Libra Group, announced today it has acquired the Playa Miramar Hotel...
LCI Partners with CIT and Prudential Capital on $55m capital financing
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the leading helicopter lessor and aviation division of Libra Group, has closed its inaugural capital markets term loan financing, with a value in excess of US$55 million...