Rocco Forte Hotels

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Industry Hospitality Headquarters London, United Kingdom Number of employees 2,500		Services Hotels Founder Rocco Forte

Key people Sir Rocco Forte, ChairmanOlga Polizzi, Director of Design Website www.roccofortehotels.com Managing director Marco Novella (Brown's Hotel, London, Hotel Amigo, Brussels, The Balmoral, Edinburgh) Founded 1996, London, United Kingdom Subsidiaries Hotel Astoria, The Balmoral Hotel Profiles Facebook Twitter Instagram

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Rocco Forte Hotels is a group of luxury hotels and resorts. It was established in 1996 by hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and his sister, Olga Polizzi, to create a group of luxury hotels in locations around the world. The group comprises a number of properties, each with its own name and distinct personality.

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History

Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi are the children of Lord Forte, the late hotel magnate. The rights to the Forte name were initially lost in 1996, when Granada plc bought the Forte Group.

The group began as RF Hotels, changing its name to Rocco Forte Hotels in 2003 and The Rocco Forte Collection on 29 July 2007. The group name then reverted to Rocco Forte Hotels in 2011. The group's sales offices are located in London, Rome, Frankfurt, Moscow, Madrid, New York City and Los Angeles.

As a brand of Rocco Forte Hotels Limited, the group owns and manages luxury five-star hotels. Brown's Hotel, Hotel de Rome and Hotel Amigo are members of The Leading Hotels of the World.

List of hotels

Brown's Hotel in London - part-owned

The Balmoral in Edinburgh - owned

Hotel Amigo in Brussels - part-owned

Hotel Astoria in St. Petersburg - owned

Hotel de Rome in Berlin - owned

Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt - part-owned

The Charles Hotel in Munich - part-owned

Hotel de Russie in Rome - owned

Hotel Savoy in Florence - owned

Verdura Resort in Sicily

Assila Hotel in Jeddah (opened in 2016)

Angleterre Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, is also owned by Rocco Forte & Family PLC but is not part of Rocco Forte Hotels.

Hotel Endsleigh in the Tamar Valley, United Kingdom and Hotel Tresanton in St. Mawes, United Kingdom, are privately owned by Sir Rocco Forte's sister, Olga Polizzi.

Chateau de Bagnols in Beaujolais, France, was sold in 2007 to Von Essen Hotels.

St David's Hotel & Spa in Cardiff was sold in 2007 to Principal Hayley Group.

In 2013, management of The Augustine Hotel in Prague reverted to the owner, Waldeck Capital.

Rocco Forte's hotel in Abu Dhabi also changed management in 2013, initially to become the independent Al Maqta Hotel but later the Hilton Capital Grand Abu Dhabi.

Future openings

TBA in Shanghai, China (opening 2018)

Currently, the company is scouting locations in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York City, and Paris for future hotel openings.

References

Rocco Forte Hotels Wikipedia

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