The district, by the register
within a few kilometres
since the start of 2020
website of any kind
These are the people you would be sitting with. The table seats twelve, a few times a year, and the names on it are drawn from this count.
For owners, founders and senior executives of an operating company here. Ask for an introduction.
The eighteen trades
- Construction and trades17
- Retail and e-commerce14
- Hospitality and food11
- Automotive and transport10
- Real estate and property management9
- Marketing, media and creative8
- Technology and software8
- Tourism, leisure and sport6
- Home services6
- Health, wellness and beauty5
- Professional services5
- Events and entertainment4
- Energy and environment3
- Finance and investment3
- Agriculture and fishing2
- Yachting and marine1
- Education and childcare1
- Manufacturing and industrial1
114 operating businesses in all, out of 267 registered entities.
What it is
A few private dinners a year, twelve people to a table. There are four rules, and a short list of questions that everyone has read before they arrive. Nobody presents anything and there is no fee.
The format comes from the club Franklin started in 1727, which seated twelve members drawn from twelve different trades and had them bring questions to each meeting instead of answers. The four rules and the eight questions are published in full, so you can read them before anyone asks you to come.
Who it’s for
Owners, founders and senior executives of an operating company connected to Aphrodite Hills or the wider Paphos district. Nothing else is asked. You can live anywhere, own property here or rent one, and be around all year or for three months of it.
How it works
Invitations go out by introduction and by hand. Anyone who sits at the table is asked afterwards for one name worth inviting, and that is how the group grows. The group is larger than the table: each dinner is composed from it, weighted towards trades not already in the room, so most people are waiting at any given time.
A good evening produces one introduction that would not have happened otherwise.
Benjamin Franklin’s Junto of 1727 seated twelve members, each drawn from a different trade. The register lists eighteen trades along this stretch of coast.
The four attributes
- Twelve members
- A few times a year
- Good questions
- What is said stays there
The form takes about five minutes. Most requests do not lead to an invitation.