Luxury Dubai hotel company Jumeirah Group has welcomed its first hotel in Italy to its growing European portfolio, the Grand Hotel Via Veneto, Rome.
The privately-owned hotel will be integrated into Jumeirah’s global portfolio in early 2012 and rebranded Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto.
Jumeirah Group executive chairman Gerald Lawless 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 Airlines’ A380 service to Rome".
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The property, included in the Condé Nast Traveller 2011 Hot List as one of the 101 most beautiful hotels in the world, offers 122 rooms and suites, two fine dining restaurants and an Aqva City Spa.
It features an art collection of oil paintings and lithographs from artists including Picasso and Dalí, while the hotel design comprises sleek wood, Murano glass chandeliers, black granite floors and travertine stairways.
The centerpiece is a 500 m2 Royal Suite with two bedrooms, a dining room, three large Carrara marble bathrooms, a private marble hammam and more than 270 m2 of outdoor terrace with access to an open air hydromassage.
Grand Hotel Via Veneto chairman and CEO Carlo Acampora commented: ““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".
Jumeirah Group now operates five hotels in Europe — Jumeirah Carlton Tower, Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel, Grosvenor House Apartments by Jumeirah Living in London; and Jumeirah Frankfurt in Germany as well as the latest adidition in Rome — and is due to open Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa in Mallorca, Spain in spring 2012.
This year, the company has opened five new hotels including 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.
Over the next six months, new properties are expected to open in London, Rome, Mallorca, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Maldives, and Dubai — which will double Jumeirah’s portfolio from the start of 2011.
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