The day is fast approaching for the debut of the Gran Meliá brand on 1 November in Milan.
The Gran Meliá will have 84 rooms, including 26 suites
Designed by Alvaro and Adriana Sans' architecture studio Asah, the Gran Meliá will open in Palazzo Venezia, the former Generali headquarters in Milan, in collaboration with Generali Real Estate. The Palazzo Cordusio Gran Meliá will have 84 rooms, including 26 suites and an 88-square-metre presidential suite. It will also have the Gioia patisserie on the street level run by master baker Fabio Bertoni, Giancarlo Mancino's cocktail bar. The Japanese restaurant Sachi will be helmed by chef Moon Kyung Soo, and the Isola restaurant will be on the rooftop dedicated to the cuisine of Sicily, Sardinia and Capri as well as a spa and several meeting rooms.
The Meliá Group’s fourth hotel in Milan
The new Gran Meliá in Milan will be the Spanish group's fourth property in Milan, after the Meliá Milano, the Me Milano il Duca and the InnSide Milano Torre Galfa. The conversion has preserved the historic façade of Palazzo Venezia which was designed at the end of the 19th century for the insurance company's Milan headquarters and housed its offices until they were moved to the Generali Tower in CityLife.
