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See inside the historic Santa Barbara hotel that LVMH just sold to the cofounder of Tinder for $82.2 million
See inside El Encanto Hotel, the luxury property in the Santa Barbara hills that LVMH just sold for $82.2 million.
Disgraced Tinder co-founder buys $82.2M California hotel
The El Encanto hotel in Santa Barbara, previously owned by the French luxury brand LVMH, is now in the hands of Justin Mateen ...
Tinder co-founder buys five-star El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara
The five-star El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara, a Hollywood getaway for more than a century where rooms cost north of ...
Tinder Co-Founder Dives Into 'Growing Market' With $82 Million Purchase
Justin and Tyler Mateen co-founded Tinder, the popular dating app. In June 2025, the Mateen brothers purchased a piece of ...
LVMH unloads its only hotel in the U.S.
LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton SE (OTCPK:LVMHF) (OTCPK:LVMUY) plans to sell its only hotel in the U.S., according to Bloomberg. The El Encanto hotel in Santa Barbara, California is being purchased ...
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Santa Barbara’s El Encanto Hotel sells for $82.2M to Tinder co-founder
Santa Barbara's five-star gem El Encanto Hotel is under new ownership after Justin Mateen, Tyler Mateen and the Cayton family combined to purchase the historic estate for $82.2 million. Announced July ...
Tinder co-founder swipes right on LVMH hotel in Santa Barbara
El Encanto, a 90-room luxury hotel in Santa Barbara, is being purchased by a joint partnership between brothers Justin and Tyler Mateen and Costa Mesa -based Culver Capital for $82.2 million, ...
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Hotel Acquired by Tinder Co-Founders Expected to House Private Club and Coffee Shop
Justin and Tyler Mateen, along with Garrett Cayton, acquire Santa Barbara’s El Encanto hotel and plan to invest $40 million ...