Belmond Group, specialized in luxury tourism (and now headed by LVMH), continues its expansion in Portofino. The group, already owner of the Splendido and Splendido Mare hotels and shortly after purchasing the Fiore di Paraggi baths in the Santa Margherita Ligure area, has now formalized the acquisition of Villa Beatrice (formerly Castello Odero), a historic...Read More

Hospitality is an industry, though this is not always clear (in Italy) And THRENDS tried to make it clearer, putting a one-year effort into the development of a database listing all properties and players of one of its core segments: luxury. Analysts convey that Italy is highly reputed as the place to be for accessing...Read More

This short focus provides a picture of the status «open/closed» of all luxury hotels in Venice, Florence, Rome and Milan, updated as of July 9th 2020. Based on web research and database analysis we found that 44% of all luxury property are still closed. We record there is no significant difference of view between branded...Read More