There has always been a fatal attraction between the world of fashion and the hospitality industry. Now it’s the turn of German fashion designer Philipp Plein, who has just announced that his first hotel in Milan will open in the middle of next year. The news follows that of his…

The new formula of the long-stay hotel by Sweetguest allows travellers to the northern Italian city of Trieste to stay for longer periods of time in designer apartments with the comforts of a 4-star hotel and with office space too. Four different sizes of apartment There are four types of…

Smy Hotels, the Logitravel Group’s hotel management chain has added a new hotel in Ostia, the seaside town near Rome, to its Italian properties. Acquired under a rental contract, the Smy Aran Blu Roma Mare is a 4-star hotel on the seafront 300 meters from Ostia’s little port. On five…

Bluserena, founded in 1985 by Carlo Maresca, manages a portfolio of 13 hotels (eight of which it owns) in the main Italian tourist destinations including Sardinia, Sicily, Apulia, Abruzzo, Piedmont and Calabria. The Bluserean portfolio of over 4,200 rooms in eleven 4-star hotels and two 5-star resorts, has now been…

The first Italian W Hotel opened its doors a few days ago in Rome. The W Hotel Rome which has 162 rooms in two adjacent 19th-century buildings is located near the Spanish Steps. The property is owned by alternative investment firm King Street Capital Management in partnership with developer Omnam…

The expansion of hybrid hospitality is taking hold in Italy, and a good example is the Corte di Milano hostel which opened its doors last September in Rozzano, which is a suburban district of Milan. Aiming to please everyone, from the university student to passing backpackers, and from business clients…

The new spa Laqua by the Lake, which has adopted the Longevity Suite Method, is on Lake Orta, west of Lake Maggiore. Extending over 200 square metres it is accessible to guests without having to leave the central area of the resort. The innovative anti-ageing procedure is the result of…