Giorgio Armani opened a luxury hotel in the centre of Milan today. It is in via Manzoni, near to La Scala, the Montenapoleone shopping district, and that other great Milanese hotel Grand Hotel et de Milan where Verdi lived and composed and everyone from Maria Callas to Rufus Wainwright has stayed.
Armani’s new hotel will surely attract some superstar names too. Jessica Alba and Isabelle Huppert were among guests at a cocktail party to launch the new Armani Hotel Milano which is the second hotel in the Armani hotel and resort portfolio. The opening follows the success of the Armani Hotel Dubai, located in Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
The designer said he wanted to merge aesthetic excellence with the concept of comfort.
I have concentrated all my efforts on delivering my personal aesthetic vision within a precisely defined ambience of total comfort.”
The hotel has 95 rooms and suites including presidential suites, ranging from 170 to 200 square metres. Prices not yet announced…
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.