Aperture

🏁 Leonardo Hotels opens the Leonardo Boutique Hotel Paris Opera in the heart of Paris’ Opera district, offering sport enthusiasts a chance to immerse in the 2024 Paris Olympics atmosphere. Designed by Marie-Agnès Louboutin, the 19th-century building features contemporary interiors, sophisticated ambiance, and rooms with air-conditioning, free Wi-Fi, and L’Occitane amenities. Services include a 24/7 reception and welcome boxes with chocolates and cookies, plus a breakfast buffet and themed gifts during the Olympics.

🏖️ Valtur expands its portfolio with the Valtur Marsa Alam Reef Oasis Suakin Resort, a 5-star hotel in the Red Sea region. Michele Matone announced the resort's inclusion starting 20 July, with full operations expected by autumn-winter. Flights are scheduled from Milan Malpensa, Bergamo, Verona, Rome Fiumicino, Naples, and Bari.

✈ On July 12, easyJet inaugurated flights from Milan Malpensa to Salerno – Costa d’Amalfi, with regional president Vincenzo De Luca welcoming the first arrival. The company will expand connections on July 12 to Basel, Geneva, and Berlin, and on July 13 to London Gatwick. The summer season will see about 50,000 seats available for trips between Salerno and these destinations, offering three weekly frequencies to Malpensa and two to the international locations. EasyJet projects nearly 3 million seats in Campania for the season, with 50 routes to 13 countries. Over 25 years, easyJet has carried nearly 35 million passengers to and from Campania. The new Salerno airport terminal is set to open in 2026, spanning 16,000 square meters and meeting high environmental standards.

🏡 Roma ranks second in the world for new luxury hotel openings, behind London, with a projected 30% increase in luxury rooms by 2025 and a doubling in the next five years. The Corinthia Rome, featuring 60 rooms and 21 suites, is set to open this year. Casa Monti by Leitmotiv, Orient Express, and Romeo Collection's Romeo Roma with 74 luxury rooms and suites are also launching. Nobu Hotel and Restaurant Roma, with 122 rooms including a 500 sqm suite, is yet to announce its opening date. By 2025, Grand Hotel Nazareno, Baccarat Hotel Rome, Thompson Rome by Hyatt, and Rosewood with 157 rooms and 44 suites will open. A Four Seasons hotel, representing over €500 million investment, is coming to Piazza San Silvestro. Mandarin Oriental's luxury complex, a €80 million investment, is due in 2026.

🏡 Hilton unveils DoubleTree by Hilton Nice Centre Iconic in Nice, joining Cannes and Montecarlo to complete its presence on the French Riviera. The lifestyle hotel features 105 stylishly decorated rooms, family rooms for up to five guests, a sea-view fitness center, and event space. Guests are greeted with a signature DoubleTree cookie and experience a unique check-in at the fifth floor offering panoramic views. The Iconic Bar and a soon-to-open rooftop restaurant, Pesca, with a "Fish Theatre" concept are part of the amenities. Hilton's senior vice president, David Kelly, highlights Nice's appeal due to its UNESCO World Heritage status and coastal environment. This is Hilton’s third property in the French Riviera following last year's openings of Canopy by Hilton Cannes and Columbus Hotel Monte-Carlo, Curio Collection by Hilton.

Palazzo Paoletti, built in 1895 and located in the center of Florence near Piazza della Repubblica and Piazza della Signoria, has become the site of the five-star La Gemma Hotel, owned and managed by the Cecchi family. The hotel, with 39 rooms and a focus on high-end services and local experiences, aims to offer personalized stays with an ambiance akin to a noble residence, offering fine dining, a private lounge, a rooftop with a view of the Duomo, and a luxury spa called Allure by Biologique Recherche.

The Quark Hotel in Milan, which debuted in May of the previous year, is a 4-star urban oasis that combines business and leisure and is located in the heart of Milan's Vigentino district, near the Bocconi University and the Iulm. Featuring over 200 luxurious and spacious rooms, a state-of-the-art convention center, and impeccable services, the hotel has enhanced security with dormakaba's advanced access control solutions, including Quantum locks and the Ambiance system, contributing to a comfortable and secure stay for guests.

The Gran Melià Palazzo Cordusio in Milan is a significant and anticipated new hotel situated in a historical building designed by Luca Beltrami in the late 1800s, now strategically located in the city center and artistically renovated by Studio Marco Piva. Studio Marco Piva oversaw the delicate transformation of the building from the former Generali Assicurazioni office space to a hotel with 84 rooms, requiring structural changes and the creation of new openings in load-bearing walls for effective internal distribution.

Heaven & Hell is a wellness area at the Hubertus hotel, featuring an astonishing platform 15 meters high, supported by two larch-clad pillars, accessible by a suspended walkway, and designed to create a sense of disorientation with hut-shaped microstructures. Aluvetro, established in 2014, specializes in transparent glass and aluminum railings for hospitality, offering solutions that provide unobstructed views and maximize natural light, with their products contributing to the project's illusion of reflections and transparency.