Hotel de Russie

The architect Giuseppe Valadier erects the first building. He also designs the Piazza del Popoplo

Opening of the Hotel as "Grand Hotel de Russie et des Isles Britanniques"

Jean Cocteau when staying at the Hotel with Pablo Picasse should have said “I am in Paradise… I can pick oranges from my room window.”

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) met his first wife Olga Khokhlova, a balley dancer from Russia, while staying at the Hotel de Russie.

Pablo Picasso makes his first portrait of the Russian composer Igor Stavinsky (1882 - 1971) at the Hotel de Russie

Hotel de Russie acquired by Rocco Forte

Hotel de Russie is renovated by the architect Tommaso Ziffer.

April Hotel de Russie reopens outshining the beauty of the original Hotel.

Charles Forte, an Italian immigrant to the UK, opens a « Milk Bar » on Regents street in London … the company becomes the Forte Hotel Group (Trusthouse Forte)

the Forte Hotel group faces a hostile takeover bid from the Media Conglomerate Granada the founding family is ejected with a settlement payment of £350 million. Two of the 6 children, Rocco Forte and his younger sister Olga Polizzi decide to reinvent their fathers Hotel business.

Sir Rocco Forte founds RF Hotels.

Opening of Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh..

Acquisition of Hotel Savoy in Florence.

Acquisition of Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg.

Acquisition of Hotel Amigo in Brussels.

Opening of Hotel de Russie in Rome.

Acquisition of Brown’s Hotel in London.

Opening of Villa Kennedy (Villa Speyer) in Frankfurt.

Opening of Hotel de Rome (formally seat of Dresdner Bank) in Berlin.

Rocco Forte Hotels are renamed Rocco Forte Collection.