IHG will open its first Kimpton in Rome in 2029, at 57 Via Sicilia: 114 rooms, a rooftop bar and the former Teatro delle Arti returned to the public.
Meliá announces The Meliá Collection Rome for 2027: 67 rooms on Via XX Settembre, near Via Veneto, franchised with Gruppo Stay. The project in detail.
The Duke Milan, Curio Collection by Hilton: 44 rooms in the wing of Milano Centrale station, €11m investment, interiors by Studio Marco Piva, completion in autumn 2027. The first hotel in an Italian station.
In Venice, The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection hotel on the Grand Canal, is offering its guests private tours this autumn of the restoration projects it finances with Save Venice, including the Porta del Senato at the Doge's Palace.
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Twenty-six suites and villas, a bathing lake of 4500 square metres and a 25-metre heated outdoor pool, in the Passiria valley a few kilometres from Merano. Our full review of the adults-only Quellenhof See Lodge.
The Bra Hotel, ten rooms in Bari's Murat district, enters the 2026 Michelin Key selection with one Key, the only address in the city to make the list. A 95 sq m suite with private spa, a rooftop skypool, in a Puglia that now counts sixteen Key-rated hotels.
The Falkensteiner Resort Lake Garda has opened in Salò: 85 rooms designed by Matteo Thun on the former Tavina site, 5,500 m² spa, rates from €495 to €1,550. All the details.
Chef Akira Back is to open a restaurant at the St. Regis Rome, the Grand Hotel created by César Ritz (1894), marking his second Italian address after W Florence. Here is what we know.
Palazzo Venezia, an 18-room five-star hotel opened in December 2025 on Piazza Cavour in Como by Villa d'Este: an 1870 palace, prices recorded in 2026, Altariva rooftop restaurant and Caffè Cavour this autumn.
In Anacapri, the Jumeirah Capri Palace houses the island's only medical spa. Its Leg School, developed by Professor Francesco Canonaco, treats leg circulation, in a location accessible on foot, with walking structuring the experience from the Scala Fenicia to Mount Solaro.
On 18 September 2026, the MICHELIN Guide unveiled its global Key selection: 2,832 awarded hotels and ten countries entering the list. Italy overtakes France with 224 addresses to become Europe's leading hotel destination.
Venice's first Dior Spa opened on 15 July 2026 at Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, on Giudecca: two levels designed by Peter Marino, five treatment rooms including a double suite, a boutique and three rituals created for the city of masks, Mascarade, Grand Bal and Théâtre Corporel.
