The man behind The View
Daniele Rampini, on Boa Vista since 1998.
From Cortemaggiore to Boa Vista: the story of the entrepreneur who has been developing property on the island since 1998, from his first apartment to the White Hotel and The View.
From sales to property
Daniele Rampini was born in Cortemaggiore, in the province of Piacenza, Italy. Since boyhood he dreamed of building: he chose to train as a surveyor and, as a child, followed his father around building sites.
After his diploma and military service, however, he took a different path: he became a sales agent in Food & Beverage, working with major brands such as Moët & Chandon, Unilever and Amaro Lucano. These were formative years, in which he learnt to listen to clients’ needs and to read the market.
Why Boa Vista
In 1998 he visited Cape Verde for the first time and bought an apartment on Boa Vista. It was not an impulse decision: first he studied the market, the political and economic situation and the prospects for tourism, and he had a lawyer assist him with all the legal paperwork.
His first projects were a hard school: a small renovation took four years, with materials in short supply and contractors in difficulty. It was that very experience that gave him first-hand knowledge of the practical challenges of building on an island, and convinced him that Boa Vista had a great future.
From holiday homes to apart-hotels
With Residence Delfino and the projects that followed, the group grew quickly: helped by the arrival of the international airport, it built and sold 250 property units in ten years.
Listening to clients – often people aged between 45 and 65 who already owned a home in Italy – gave rise to the idea of the apart-hotel: a real property, registered in the buyer’s name, with management entrusted to hospitality professionals and the option of using it for holidays. The model took shape with the White Hotel and continues today with The View.
Today
Today Daniele Rampini has built over 350 properties on Boa Vista and works alongside Boavista2000.com, the island’s long-established portal. In 2026 he brought the White Hotel experience to the Cabo Verde Investment Forum in Milan and presented The View, the new apart-hotel of 65 suites on Praia Cabral.
His work has been covered by Forbes Italia, Fortune Italia, Il Sole 24 Ore, ANSA and Il Messaggero, among others: you will find all the articles in our press coverage section.
Milestones
From 1998 to today.
- 1998
The first trip and the first purchase
On his first visit to Cape Verde he bought an apartment on Boa Vista, having studied the market, the political and economic situation and the tourism outlook, with the help of a lawyer.
- Early years
The first renovation
With a partner he bought and renovated a small building of four units. It took four years: a tough experience that taught him what it really takes to work on an island far from the mainland.
- The leap
Residence Delfino
The first major project: 17 apartments of around 50 square metres, designed for holiday use and letting, all sold off-plan.
- Ten years
250 units built and sold
Working with a tour operator, and with the arrival of Boa Vista’s international airport, the group built and sold 250 property units in ten years.
- 2022
The White Hotel
The group’s first apart-hotel opened in Sal Rei: 69 suites, all sold, now an operating 4-star hotel.
- 2026
The View
In February he presented the White Hotel case study at the Cabo Verde Investment Forum in Milan; in June he unveiled The View, 65 suites on Praia Cabral designed by architect Giò Gozzi; on 4 July, groundbreaking.
Press coverage
In the press.
From Italy to Cape Verde: Daniele Rampini’s entrepreneurial vision
Daniele Rampini’s journey in tourism property on Boa Vista and the condo hotel model, from the White Hotel to the new project in Sal Rei. From the June 2026 issue of Forbes Italia.
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Cape Verde: The View, 65 ocean-front suites on Boa Vista
The presentation of The View with Daniele Rampini, architect Giò Gozzi and Edna Lopes, Honorary Consul of Cape Verde in Milan: the island’s second condo hotel after the White Hotel.
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Boa Vista: condo hotel model attracts European capital to tourism property
Tourism growth in Cape Verde, Boa Vista’s role as a hub of the archipelago and the condo hotel model, with the new project in Sal Rei.
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Daniele Rampini, Boa Vista and the condo hotel model: an industrial bet on tourism property
An interview on why he chose Cape Verde and on the condo hotel as a long-term industrial project, covering the country’s stability, tourism and energy sustainability.
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Cabo Verde Investment Forum 2026: Milan as a strategic bridge between Italy and Cape Verde
At the Milan forum promoted by Cabo Verde TradeInvest, Daniele Rampini presented the White Hotel case study and Boa Vista’s potential for international investors.
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Investing in Cape Verde, the island chosen by investors
Video interview (askanews): why Cape Verde and Boa Vista, and how the condo hotel model works, with personal use for 4 weeks a year.
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Daniele Rampini talks about Boa Vista
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