The Westin Excelsior, Rome

Rome, Italy. Located on the Via Veneto, its corner cupola a landmark of the street.

The Westin Excelsior, RomeRome, Italy

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Address: The Westin Excelsior, Rome
Via Vittorio Veneto 125
00187 Rome
Italy
Telephone: +39 06 47081
Official website: www.marriott.com
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281 rooms and 35 Signature Suites, including the Villa La Cupola, a two-storey suite with frescoes and a private cinema beneath the dome.
Restaurant Doney, Café Doney and the ORVM Bar.
Indoor pool, 24-hour fitness studio with sauna, massage centre and meeting spaces.
Located on the Via Veneto, its corner cupola a landmark of the street.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

18 Jan. 1906
The Hotel Excelsior opens, designed by Swiss architects Emil Vogt and Otto Maraini for a Lucerne-based hotel company.
World War I
Two floors are converted into a military hospital run by the Italian Red Cross.
1923
The hotel is sold to CIGA, the Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi.
1943
After the German invasion it becomes the residence and offices of Kurt Mälzer, military commander of Rome.
1944
Following the liberation of Rome, General Mark Clark makes the hotel his temporary headquarters.
1947
The hotel reopens to guests.
1953
CIGA buys the adjoining Banco di Napoli building, rebuilds its façade to match and adds a sixth floor.
1958 – 1962
The hotel hosts the cast and crew of Ben-Hur; La Dolce Vita is filmed around it in 1960, and Two Weeks in Another Town inside in 1962.
1985 – 1994
The Aga Khan IV buys CIGA in 1985, then sells the chain to ITT Sheraton in 1994, which places the hotel in its Luxury Collection.
1 March 2000
Now owned by Starwood, it becomes The Westin Excelsior, Rome, and is fully renovated that year.
2015
Starwood sells the hotel to Qatar-based Katara Hospitality for €222 million.