The fi ve star Palazzo Versace in Australia is suitably opulent Versace
The Italian fashion house opened its fi rst Versace hotel, the Palazzo Versace, on Australia’s Gold Coast in September 2000, claiming to be the world’s fi rst fashion-branded hotel. It was a collaboration between Gianni Versace and Australian development company the Sunland Group. The luxury fi ve star hotel is popular with celebrities, with U2, the Rolling Stones and Sir Anthony Hopkins among its guests, and is used for the UK series of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here (the celebrities stay there when they leave the jungle).
It has 200 rooms and suites, 72 con- dominiums, an Aurora Spa Retreat, a
Cavalli
The Cavalli Restaurant & Lounge – the latest venue from Italian designer Roberto Cavalli – opened in Miami’s South Beach in December 2013. The club represents Cavalli’s ‘entertainment and nightlife’ concept, and features an Italian restaurant on the ground fl oor and a fi rst fl oor cocktail lounge. The venue was designed by Roberto Cavalli together with Milanese architect
Only time will tell whether 2014 will be the year we fi nally see the Palazzo Versace Dubai open
private marina, a fi tness and wellbeing centre, three restaurants and a 65m outdoor lagoon pool with a sandy beach. Palazzo Versace Dubai was launched in 2006 by Emirates Sunland Group. It was originally due to open in 2009, but was delayed several times. In 2011, Enshaa Services Group took control of the project in a swap deal that saw the Emirates Sunland Group take full
Italo Rota (whose other work includes the renovation of Paris’s Musee D’Orsay). It’s a showcase for Cavalli’s fl amboyant designs, with chairs cov- ered in the designer’s signature animal print and pillows, wall coverings and fl oor designs all taken directly from the Roberto Cavalli home collection. Cavalli made his fi rst foray into leisure in 2002, when he opened the Cavalli Caffè Giacosa in Florence, followed by a Just Cavalli café in Milan in 2003.
ownership of the Gold Coast Versace hotel (it was previously part owner of the Australian hotel). In March 2012, Enshaa said it would open the hotel by the end of 2013, but in May 2013 Versace CEO Gian Giacomo Ferraris announced that the opening had been pushed back to the end of 2014. According to the developer, the hotel is on track to open later this year – the website features detailed construction updates, and it does look as though things are progressing. Only time will tell whether 2014 will be the year we fi nally see the long-awaited property open its doors.
The hotel will feature 215 suites, 168 condominiums, a range of restau- rants and a Palazzo Versace Spa.
The Cavalli Club Dubai opened in 2009, the result of a collabora- tion between Roberto Cavalli and the Pragma Group. In December 2010, the two parties announced the signing of a new license agreement for the open- ing of fi ve new Cavalli Clubs and 15 Cavalli Caffes worldwide. Since then they’ve opened Cavalli Caffes in New Delhi and Beirut (in January 2013), and two further cafés in St Tropez and Kuwait City in June 2013.
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