PORTRAIT. Eric De Vocht (77), project developer of Antwerp’s five-star hotel Botanic Sanctuary

Placing a barrier on the public domain because you want to keep a ‘certain people’ from the environment of your luxury hotel: who is project developer Eric De Vocht (77) – owner of five-star hotel Botanic Sanctuary in Antwerp and number 124 on the list of the richest Belgians – knows a little, does not fall off his chair at his as remarkable as contested action. “I like doing business on gut feeling.”

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