They have also saved some 550 ancient olive trees (most of them over 300 years old) from being sold for firewood in Athens and this year, Calilo has planted an additional 30,000 trees as part of their conservation project. at the helm, they have planted 68,842 trees and bushes around the island, as part of the Elektra Olive Tree project. Since the hotel has opened, with husband and wife duo, Angelos Michalopoulos and Vassiliki Petridou.
It is part of the LuxurIOS tourism project that was born out of a desire to promote tourism sustainably on the Greek island. Opened in 2019, Calilo in Ios, Greece, is another resort committed to sustainability.
