It will be called Airelles Venezia, will be located on the island of Giudecca in Venice and will offer its occupants a sumptuous view of Saint Mark’s Basilica. The French group Airelles, Bloomberg announces, will open its ninth establishment in the fall of 2025. To afford a stay in this luxury hotel, you will have to break your PEL: a rate of minimum 1,000 euros per night is envisaged.
The Airelles company already owes several luxury accommodations in France, such as the Grand Control, the only hotel located on the grounds of the Château de Versailles where the staff wears period costumes, or Les Airelles in Courchevel. These establishments regularly attract wealthy visitors like Prince William or Beyoncé.
Interviewed by Bloomberg, Anne-Laure Ollagnon, general director of Airelles, justifies this new project outside French territory. “We know the Iwaistwe are neighbors, of course, but many of our guests regularly visit places like the TuscanFlorence and Venice. So it made sense to start with such an iconic city.”
Airelles, who is used to collaborating with historic buildings, found three remarkable buildings in Venice in which 45 rooms will be installed. The hotel’s main entrance will be located in a sumptuous 16th-century palace designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The whole will be located around the church of Santa Maria della Presentazione. Guests will benefit from exclusive access to the religious building. The church can also be rented for weddings. Several private gardens, a 1,700 square meter spa and three swimming pools complete the program. The famous St. Mark’s Squarefinally, can be reached in 5 minutes by boat.
Airelles is considering expanding into other Italian regions, although no other projects have yet been confirmed. “We are exploring Tuscany, Florence and the Amalfi Coast, concludes Anne-Laure Ollagnon. We want to be where our customers love to go.”
Johanna Seban is a journalist for the Travel section of Geo.fr. After studying in London and then training in journalism at the CFPJ in Paris, in 2003 she joined the editorial team of a cultural weekly. Attached to the music department, she stayed there for 12 years, carrying out numerous reports and interviews with people with impenetrable Scottish accents. His desire for independence coupled with a tendency to move around then encouraged him to embark on the adventure of freelance journalism and work simultaneously for different national media. Her field of investigation then broadens, covering arts, travel, town planning, architecture, mobility… At the same time, Johanna participates in the writing of collective works devoted to travel in its new variations (train travel, exploration of Greater Paris, family adventures) and swaps the pen for the microphone for the production of a cultural podcast. She joins the Travel section of Geo.fr in spring 2024 with the desire to explore travel in its societal dimension – ecotourism, local travel, slow travel (even if she is wary of the “slow” label, a fantastic greenwashing tool ). And to infuse his reports with a little of what motivates him on a daily basis – walking, architecture and facades, the Breton islands, train stations, maps or photography.
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