Leading outdoor experiential hospitality company Collective Retreats has reached an agreement with Neom, the developer of the mega futuristic city in Saudi Arabia, to open a next-generation, ultra-sustainable retreat in Trojena, the snow-capped mountain destination located in the kingdom’s northwestern region.
The retreat will feature approximately 60 open-air guest rooms and innovative meeting space concepts as well as dramatic water features, communal campfires and inspired culinary experiences, evoking the intrepid spirit of the Collective Retreats brand while showcasing a masterstroke blend of natural and developed landscapes.
Slated for launch in the start of 2026, Collective Trojena will re-imagine the outdoor hospitality experience – offering guests unprecedented access to discover and explore the region’s spectacular and incomparable beauty located 50km from the Gulf of Aqaba, stated the developer.
Collective Trojena will also offer direct access to the development’s full array of year-round and world-class outdoor activities including skiing and snowboarding, high altitude training, paragliding, mountain biking, hiking, and water sports as well as culture-forward programming around film, art, music, and food, it added.
On its new venture, CEO and Founder Peter Mack said: “We founded Collective Retreats with the singular goal of changing the way people travel. We want travellers to see the world with renewed curiosity and a greater appreciation for conservation of the extraordinary natural beauty that surrounds us,”
“Trojena provides the ultimate backdrop to achieve this mission in ways we never imagined. In addition to giving a global audience a new perspective on this spectacular mountain setting, we are committed to demonstrating that luxury travel should not be extractive and it’s possible to both preserve the environment and deliver extraordinary guest experiences,” he noted.
Set within Neom, Trojena is paving the way for the next frontier in sustainability by powering the mountain destination with a combination of solar and wind energy, while developing technology in water desalination and brine processing to achieve zero waste residual.
“Since its inception, Collective Retreats has been lauded for its innovative thinking and passionate commitment to sustainability making them the ideal partner for the Trojena Neom project,” said Philip Gullett, Executive Director and Region Head at Trojena.
“Collective Retreats will be outstanding stewards of this new outdoor retreat experience in Trojena and will perfectly complement the environmental and sustainability principles and practices that are at the core of the Neom project,” he added.
According to Neom, Collective Trojena is among several new projects the brand plans to announce in 2023.
The partnership marks the latest agreement between a prominent brand and Neom’s hotel development division which is responsible for building a future-centric hospitality ecosystem in the region.
Chris Newman, the Executive Director for Hotel Development at Neom said Collective Retreats had a well-earned reputation for connecting guests to the most spectacular natural settings, in ways that few others have done before, while staying true to its core values of conservation and sustainability.
“With Trojena, and Neom overall being home to some of the most breath-taking landscapes, we’re thrilled to have selected a partner that shares our ambition to forge a new path for our industry, one that’s characterized by travelers living with nature,” he added.
