Friday, Dec 09, 2011
Gulf News
Dubai The Jumeirah Group has been appointed to manage the five-star luxury Grand Hotel Via Veneto in Rome.
The privately-owned hotel will be integrated it into the group’s global portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts in early 2012, when the property will be rebranded the Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto.
Located in the heart of Rome, on the exclusive Via Veneto, the hotel has 122 rooms and suites, a spacious lobby, two fine dining restaurants, an award-winning bar, a rooftop solarium and the state-of-the-art Aqva City spa.
Complementing the sleek wood furniture, handmade by Italian master craftsmen, are large, custom-made Murano glass chandeliers, black granite floors and travertine stairways.
The hotel has an impressive art collection of oil paintings and lithographs by such celebrated artists as Picasso, Miró, Nespolo, Dalí, Carrara, Burri, Guttuso and de Chirico, with an original Plan of Rome created by Giovanni Battista Nolli in 1748. Gerald Lawless, executive chairman of the Jumeirah Group, said: “Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto is an important and fitting addition to Jumeirah Group’s portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts.
“It is also a key part of our global expansion plans following our hotel openings in Dubai, Frankfurt, Shanghai, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi this year.
“From a Dubai perspective, we are also encouraged that it coincides with the launch of Emirates’ A380 service to Rome.”
‘Global reputation’
Carlo Acampora, chairman and CEO of the Grand Hotel Via Veneto, said: “I am delighted that the hotel will benefit from the global reputation that Jumeirah has for the very top end of luxury.
“Our guests will get the very best hotel experience in Rome, coupled with all the benefits that Jumeirah brings in terms of service excellence and brand.”
With the addition of Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto, Jumeirah Group now has five luxury properties under management in Europe — Jumeirah Carlton Tower, Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel and the recently announced Grosvenor House Apartments by Jumeirah Living in London and Jumeirah Frankfurt in Germany.
In spring 2012 the company will open Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel and Spa in Mallorca, Spain.
hospitality
expansion
five new properties
So far this year, Jumeirah Group has opened a total of five new hotels: Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in Dubai, Jumeirah at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, Jumeirah Frankfurt in Germany, Jumeirah Dhevanafushi in the Maldives and Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai in China. With new properties opening in London, Rome, Mallorca, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Maldives, and Dubai in the next six months, Jumeirah Group expects to have doubled its portfolio of hotels, resorts and serviced residences under management since the start of 2011.
— Staff Report
Staff Report
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