Hotel Savoy Florence by Grand Hotels of the World.com

Information

• There are 107 rooms and 8 suites.
• Incontro restaurant and the Incontro bar.
• Meeting room, Palazzo Borghese conference,
Pomario reception, a gym and fitness center with panarama view.
• Located on the historic Piazza della Repubblica, close to the l Duomo steps away from the main fashion houses, museums and galleries.

History
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History

• 1997 December: Acquisition by Rocco Forte.

• 1935: 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).
• 1993: 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.

• 1996 May: Sir Rocco Forte founds RF Hotels.
• 1997 February: Opening of Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh..
• 1997 December: Acquisition of Hotel Savoy in Florence.
• 1999 January: Acquisition of Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg.
• 2000 January: Acquisition of Hotel Amigo in Brussels.
• 2000 April: Opening of Hotel de Russie in Rome.
• 2003 July: Acquisition of Brown's Hotel in London.
• 2006 March: Opening of Ville Kennedy (Villa Speyer) in Frankfurt.
• 2006 October: Opening of Hotel de Rome (formally seat of Dresdner Bank) in Berlin.
• 2007: Rocco Forte Hotels are renamed Rocco Forte Collection

Article by « Grand Hotels of the World & VB.com »,
written from « Cremerie de Paris ».

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