Smeralda Holding is wholly owned by Qatar Holding , the investment house of Qatar Investment Authorithy(QIA), which manages the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar. Ranked among the world’s largest funds, the QIA invests more than US0 billion in a range of asset classes. Smeralda Holding is the owner of a portfolio of luxury hotel resorts located in Sardinia’s exclusive and prestigious Costa Smeralda. Smeralda Holding is internationally renowned for the excellence of its hospitality, which elevates the art of food and lifestyle, architecture and design to the highest expressions of the sublime. Costa Smeralda was discovered in 1962 by Prince Karim Aga Khan, who gave it the name ‘Emerald Coast’. The Aga Khan’s dream was to create a paradise within a paradise, an elite tourism destination framed by the unique charm, wild beauty and sparkling blue-green seas of the island of Sardinia. This heritage and the dedicated people who work for Smeralda Holding are its most prized assets. Smeralda Holding has embraced the Aga Khan’s vision and, in the pursuit of ever more challenging goals, continues to make the Costa Smeralda dream come true. Working together with the local community and in full harmony with the natural environment, Smeralda Holding is guided by the new management appointed in 2016 to chart new directions and to give fresh impetus to the luxury resort concept.