Rosewood Venice stopped the development in Hotel Palazzo Donà, whose repositioning and rebranding project was overseen by Arsenale SpA. Instead, the asset will be branded Orient Express by Accor. After the first pipeline in Rome, the Grand Hotel De La Minerve, the brand lands in the Lagoon for the second opening in Italy, scheduled for...Read More

Covivio has just concluded an important asset & brand management operation with B&B Hotels for a portfolio of 31 hotels in France. The 31 hotels (2,565 rooms), already owned by Covivio and which were managed under Accor’s brands (Ibis, Novotel and Mercure) with variable rent leases. Now, Covivio and B&B Hotels have signed new fixed-rent...Read More

A new 5-star hotel will be inaugurated at the end of 2022 in Venice. The hotel will be developed by Evok Collection L, a Luxembourg company, and will be launched as Nolinski Hotel Venice, under the Nolinski brand, the first hotel of the brand in Italy. The hotel will be developed in Calle Larga XIII...Read More

Meininger Hotels continues its growth plans in the markets already penetrated in Italy. In January 2022, the group opened its fourth property in France. In Germany, the chain’s main market with 13 facilities, two new openings are planned this year, in Bremen and Dresden. In Italy, on the other hand, after Milan (Milan Garibaldi for...Read More

Two weekends ago (21-22 June), Venice was still definitely still. We had found ourselves visiting the island for work, discovering that visitors, all mainly from Veneto, walked around very comfortably among the usually unviable streets, with backpacks but no trolleys. No rows on the steamers, indeed free seats in the bow in the early hours...Read More

The next 3 years will be crucial for Venice hotel development. As it becomes almost impossible to find room for development in the Island, Mestre district is destined to play the role of the substitute. Having planned to invest further into the repositioning of the area, with the opening of the M9 museum and the...Read More