About US
Based in San Francisco, Joie de Vivre Hospitality is a creative collection of lifestyle businesses.
Joie de Vivre Hotels is California's largest boutique hotel company. Started in San Francisco in 1987 by Chip Conley, while in his mid-twenties, Joie de Vivre has built a reputation for creating one of the most unique collections of lifestyle businesses in the U.S--from luxury campgrounds to Japanese communal baths to boutique motels. Joie de Vivre's brand personality has a lot in common with the California lifestyle experience: fresh, inventive, casual, and grass roots oriented. Given its growth throughout the state, Joie de Vivre Hotels is becoming the hotel brand synonymous with the California travel experience.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality is the parent company of Joie de Vivre Hotels and oversees all of the other businesses beyond the boutique hotels including restaurants, spas, and affiliate hotels. Joie de Vivre Hospitality is also the company that manages the various residential projects that have hotel-like services. All in all, Joie de Vivre's collection of businesses have annual revenues of just under $200 million per year.
