About
The infrastructure for luxury travel in South America.
What Makes Us Unique
Most players have one half of this. We built both.
We're on the ground. Velaris is based in the destinations we operate, not remote, not outsourced. That proximity is what lets us actually know the suppliers and operate the trip well when something changes.
AI builds the trip, not just the supplier network. Our AI pipeline structures hundreds of small, non-systemized operators onto one platform, and the same AI layer builds itineraries and handles booking, turning what used to take days of manual coordination into minutes.
Founder-market fit. A decade of on-the-ground supplier and advisor relationships paired with the technical ability to structure them at scale. Most players have one or the other, not both.
AI removes the backoffice, so people do what they're best at. Quoting, coordination, and paperwork are automated. Humans focus on judgment: reviewing every itinerary and stepping in when something breaks in destination.
Founders
Francisco Escobar
CEO
Nearly a decade in luxury hospitality, most recently Senior Director of Growth at Explora. Relationships across suppliers, Fora, Internova, and anchor hotels.
Mauricio Sandoval
CTO
Data scientist, previously at NotCo. Built the AI ingestion pipeline that makes structuring hundreds of small suppliers economically viable.
Where We Operate
Chile first, then the rest of South America.
Our launch corridor is Santiago, the wine valleys, and Patagonia. Atacama, Aysén, and Rapa Nui are next.
Talk to us.
Hotel, advisor, or trip leader, we'll follow up personally to talk through fit.