A closer way to travel
A landscape, a work of art or a regional kitchen can reveal far more with the right context. With Meraki brings those details into focus.
Place sets the terms
The most revealing details rarely announce themselves. Good timing and practical arrangements allow them to emerge.
The people behind the invitation
A practitioner’s choices, a family’s traditions or a local specialist’s perspective can change how a place is understood.
Barbara Kitane
Founder · Product & partnerships
Barbara develops the collection through product and partnerships, working with local hosts and collaborators to turn a strong reason to visit into an experience that can hold up in practice.
Barbara works through Ampersand Future and holds GSTC professional certification in sustainable tourism. Her experience spans more than 20 years across tourism, hospitality, culture, sustainability and experience design, including time lived in Italy.
Ria Cortez
Founder · Growth & operations
Ria leads growth and operations, shaping how guests discover the collection and how each experience moves from interest to arrival.
Ria is also the founder of Kaya Pala Media, where her work centres on media and community-led growth.
Gabe Mercado
Collaborator · Master storyteller
Gabe collaborates as master storyteller, working with hosts to clarify what belongs in the experience and how it should be told.
Gabe founded SPIT Manila and serves as President of Third World Improv. His work in performance and applied improvisation spans more than three decades.
How the collection grows
Local knowledge, judgment and considered hospitality shape the collection.
About
How We Design
How we prepare a day carefully enough that the preparation can disappear.
Photo: Sergey Sokolov / Unsplash
Field Notes
Field Notes
Occasional correspondence from the collection, sent when there is something worth sharing.
Now in the collection
From a hosted date to a private occasion, begin with the experience that interests you.
Hosted creative encounter
Creativity, LivedPractitioner's Home Encounter
A small hosted encounter with a featured creative practitioner in a space connected to their lived practice.
UPCOMING EXPERIENCES
UPCOMING
PHILIPPINES
Under Sail
Taal Caldera & Shore Stories
SAT 24 OCT · TAAL LAKE
Across Taal Lake, the wind and widening water give the familiar volcanic landscape a different scale.
TAKING SHAPE
PHILIPPINES
The Art of Gathering
Art Viewing & Dinner
METRO MANILA
Begin with art, then continue the conversation around a shared table.
TAKING SHAPE
PHILIPPINES
The Art of Movement
Body Talks
METRO MANILA
Explore movement meditation through breath and free movement, without choreography or performance.
No experiences match that combination yet.
UPCOMING EXPERIENCES
UPCOMING
PHILIPPINES
Under Sail
Taal Caldera & Shore Stories
SAT 24 OCT · TAAL LAKE
Across Taal Lake, the wind and widening water give the familiar volcanic landscape a different scale.
TAKING SHAPE
PHILIPPINES
The Art of Gathering
Art Viewing & Dinner
METRO MANILA
Begin with art, then continue the conversation around a shared table.
TAKING SHAPE
PHILIPPINES
The Art of Movement
Body Talks
METRO MANILA
Explore movement meditation through breath and free movement, without choreography or performance.
No experiences match that combination yet.