Quintessentially almost quadrupled staff in Middle East and Asia less than year before wealthy began to flee Gulf Quintessentially almost quadrupled staff in Middle East and Asia less than year before wealthy began to flee Gulf The embattled luxury concierge service co-founded by Queen Camilla’s nephew Ben Elliot embarked on what appeared to be an inopportune hiring spree in the Middle East and Asia before wealthy individuals began fleeing the region because of the US-Israel war on Iran .