Hotel News Resource - Rocco Forte Hotel Industry News

The wave-shaped glass building, poised to become a new urban landmark, will official open its doors on November 7, 2011. The hotel has 281 bedrooms as well as four restaurants, two bars, a large spa, stunning ballroom and meeting rooms. A third bar will open in December 2011.

The Luxor Hotel is currently closed and scheduled to open mid-2013 following an extensive refurbishment.

The Rocco Forte Collection signed a contract to manage a new property in Abu Dhabi, marking its expansion into the Middle East.

Rocco Forte Hotels has signed a contract to manage a new five-star golf and spa resort in Marrakech.

Rocco Forte Hotels has agreed to sell The St David's Hotel & Spa in Cardiff to Principal Hotels for £32.5m.

Stefano Gegnacorsi at Rocco Forte's Hotel Savoy in Florence - Davide Bertilaccio at Rocco Forte's Le Richemond in Geneva

Rocco Forte Hotels is to open a five-star hotel in the heart of the Czech Republic capital, in the immediate neighbourhood of Prague Castle.

Elsner will be responsible for launching all three German properties currently under development. The first, Villa Kennedy, will open in Frankfurt in January 2006, followed by Berlin's Hotel de Rome in July 2006 and Munich's Hotel Ludwig in Spring 2007.

Rocco Forte Hotels is pleased to confirm that Brown's Hotel will re-open in London's Mayfair on 12 December 2005, following a £19-million renovation overseen by Sir Rocco Forte's sister, Olga Polizzi, widely regarded as one of Europe's finest hotel designers.

Rocco Forte Hotel's Munich property, which is due to open in spring 2007, will be called Hotel Ludwig. Hotel Ludwig is one of three properties that Rocco Forte Hotels is currently developing in Germany.