Ines Devereux
Managing Director
Decades in luxury hospitality across Europe's grandest houses. Has led the property since the early days and quietly defines the bar the rest of the team upholds.
Joined 2002
About Us
The people behind Silver Lagoon Resort
A private resort and casino along the Mediterranean shore. Opened in 2002 with six rooms and a single conviction — that the finest hospitality is the kind you never need to announce.
Our story in three paragraphs
In the summer of 2002, two friends — a former hotelier and a chef — acquired a stretch of coastline and turned a private villa into a six-room inn. No pitch deck, no marketing roadmap, no social feed. Only a notebook holding two principles: look after fewer guests better than anyone else; and decline anything that is merely "industry standard".
24 years later we have 160 keys, two restaurants, a Michelin star, three private gaming salons, a full spa, and a guest book that fills, quietly, with the same families returning year after year. The notebook remains. Those two principles have not moved.
Ownership still rests with the same two families that began the property. We have never sold to a chain, never franchised the name, and never opened a second location — though the invitations arrive often. Our answer never changes: do one place well.
What we believe
Hospitality without theatre
The flowers stay fresh because they ought to. The robe is heavy because it ought to. The work that counts is the work you never spot.
Continuity over churn
The bellman who greets you at the door has been here longer than most of our suites have stood. The head sommelier has stayed with us for many years. We hire slowly and we keep people for a lifetime.
Local over global
Our menu draws on what the coast offers, our wine cellar favours growers within four hours of the property, and our spa products come from a chemist who lives forty minutes away.
Quiet by design
Adult-only, screen-free public spaces, soft lighting around the clock and a music programme shaped to dissolve into the room. Loud is easy. Calm is hard.
The team
Six of the people who steer the property day to day. Their paths differ; their devotion to the standard does not. Behind them stands a 280-person team across operations, food, beverage, wellness, gaming, and concierge.
Theo Albright
Founding Partner
Guides food, beverage and the guest experience. A former Relais et Chateaux board member and the source of the resort's no-rush service philosophy.
Joined 2002
Sofia Merrick
Executive Chef
Trained at Le Cordon Bleu, with stages at some of Europe's finest kitchens. Brought the property its Michelin recognition.
Joined 2023
Oscar Vaughn
Head Sommelier
Court of Master Sommeliers-certified, shaping a cellar of several thousand bottles with a particular affection for old Burgundy and small-grower Champagne.
Joined 2023
Clara Moreau
Spa & Wellness Director
Trained in Kyoto and Marrakech, and shaped the spa programme around the notion that rest is a skill, not a luxury.
Joined 2023
Freya Fontaine
Gaming Director
Years on the floors of Europe's private salons. Built ours around discretion, fair play, and a personal-host model that other houses now imitate.
Joined 2010
By the numbers
- 2002 — year established
- 160+ suites, villas and bungalows
- Two restaurants, one of them Michelin-starred
- Three private casino salons
- 280 staff across every department
- 4.9 / 5 guest score across 2,400+ reviews
- 65%+ of bookings from returning guests
- 9 languages spoken by our concierge team