Humane Hospitality in India: Inside Elivaas and the Rise of Luxury Villas | EP 3

Episode Overview

In this STRA special episode, Justin Sun speaks with Ritvik Khare, Founder and CEO of Elivaas, about how India’s luxury villa market is evolving through technology, trust, and a deeply human approach to hospitality.

Episode Description

This episode is part of The Art of Short-Term Rentals in Asia, a six-part special series created in collaboration with Short Term Rental Asia (STRA).

India’s luxury villa market is entering a new chapter. Travelers are demanding more space, privacy, and control, while owners are looking for professional, hotel-grade operations beyond simple listing management.

In this episode of The Curious Concierge, Justin sits down with Ritvik Khare, whose career spans finance, online travel, and entrepreneurship, to unpack how Elivaas is redefining luxury villas through fully serviced experiences and what he calls “humane hospitality.”

Ritvik shares how Elivaas was born out of personal frustration managing a second home, why consumer control and privacy have become central to modern travel, and how technology can support hospitality without replacing its emotional core. The conversation also explores India’s rapid travel renaissance, multi-generational travel trends, sustainability, and what it takes to scale trust across hundreds of homes.

Why This Conversation Matters

As India’s short-term rental market matures, this episode offers a rare founder’s perspective on how branded villa operators can become the next generation of hospitality companies. It is a conversation about building consistency, empathy, and long-term value in one of Asia’s fastest-growing travel markets.

Timestamps

(00:00) Introduction to Elivaas and Ritvik’s journey

(02:20) From finance to hospitality and real estate

(04:07) Building India’s online hotel ecosystem at scale

(07:52) How Indian travelers are changing

(10:01) Control, privacy, and the modern luxury guest

(12:32) Villas, intimacy, and experience-led travel

(14:41) Founding Elivaas and solving a personal pain point

(17:19) Brand philosophy and naming Elivaas

(18:38) What humane hospitality really means

(21:35) Training caretakers and protecting service quality

(23:57) Monitor, monetize, and maintain, the operating backbone

(27:09) Leadership, values, and scaling culture

(28:58) Sustainability and responsible luxury

(31:24) India’s villa market over the next decade

(33:17) Rapid fire round

(36:22) Advice for founders entering hospitality

(37:12) Closing reflections

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