Renovation of the Hotel de la Minerva in Rome is underway

The Arsenale Group, an Italian company active in the world of luxury hospitality, in partnership with the Orient Express brand of the Accor Group, entrusts the furnishing and restyling of the historic Hotel de la Minerva in Rome to the architect and designer Hugo Toro. Minerva, after the acquisition of the Arsenale Group last February, thus starts a restructuring phase at the end of which, by 2024, the new furnishings will be unveiled. The choice of Rome and the historic Hotel is part of Arsenale’s development strategy, which envisages the enhancement of Italian assets in the luxury sector, alongside the largest international brands, to create a new avant-garde hospitality of the highest level. Part of this project, together with the Orient Express La Minerva, is also Palazzo Donà Giovannelli in Venice, recently announced by the two realities. “The history of a hotel like La Minerve will have new life with Hugo Toro at a time of general historical Renaissance for the city of Rome itself, which will become the nerve center of luxury tourism – says Gilda Cotzias, Head of Real Estate and Construction at Arsenale – With La Minerve we inaugurate a first chapter of a project that with the departure of La Dolce Vita Oriente Express will unite the country, from art cities to small villages, in an integrated and complete luxury offer for millions of foreign travelers who in the next 50 years they will choose Italy as their first destination. ”Stresses Stephen Alden, CEO of Raffles and Orient Express:“ The first Orient Express Minerva hotel in Rome will be inspired by a city of history and legend. After a first test with the inauguration of the temporary Orient Express space during the reopening of La Samaritaine, Hugo Toro continues the journey with us. His passion for history, his sensitivity and his atmospheric style, imbued with a new contemporaneity, will undoubtedly enhance the first Orient Express hotel in the world. “