Hotel Cipriani

Infobox hotel
hotel_name = Hotel Cipriani


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location = flagicon|ITA Venice, Italy
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opening_date = May 26, 1958
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operator = Maurizio Saccani, (Managing Director)
Giampaolo Ottazzi, (General Manager)
Andrea Filippi, (Director of Sales & Marketing)
owner = Orient-Express Hotels
number_of_restaurants = 2
number_of_rooms = 103
number_of_suites = 54
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floors = 4
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website = http://www.hotelcipriani.com
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On May 26, 1958 Commendatore Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of Harry’s Bar in Venice and inventor of the Bellini cocktail, opened the Hotel Cipriani on the island of Giudecca, Venice. At the time, the price for a room was 8,000 Italian Lire and a Bellini cost 500 Italian Lire.

In 1976, Orient-Express Hotels was founded with the purchase of Hotel Cipriani in Venice, and began as the leisure division of Sea Containers Ltd and was later incorporated as Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., a Bermuda company [ [http://www.orient-express.com/web/luxury/investors/investors_corporate_overview.jsp Corporate Investors Overview] ] .

Facilities

The hotel offers a 24-hour private boat which takes guests across the lagoon to the mainland, to San Marco. The hotel's restaurants, the formal Fortuny Restaurant in the main 1950s part of the hotel or the more casual Cip's Restaurant whose terrace on the Canale della Giudecca faces the Piazza di San Marco are open to both guests and independent diners.

The Hotel has seen many famous names step through the doors over the years, and keeps a Golden Book of celebrity guests.

The garden stretching between the Palazzo Vendramin and the main hotel building is called Casanova Garden because it is reported that the famous lover held clandestine assignations here.

Management

Under the management of Dr Natale Rusconi widely acknowledged as one of the world's greatest hotelkeepers [ [http://www.hotelsmag.com/article/CA6506835.html NATALE RUSCONI: Creating His Own Hotel Legacy "by Derek Gales, Hotels 17 Dec 2007"] ] , the Hotel Cipriani became one of the most iconic hotels in Europe. Upon his retirement at the end of 2007, Dr Rusconi handed the hotels management responsibility to Mr Maurizio Sacanni, who already managed three of the four Orient-Express Hotels in Italy (Villa San Michele Hotel in Florence, Hotel Caruso Belvedere in Ravello and the Hotel Splendido in Portofino), thus completing his portfolio.

Awards

The Hotel Cipriani was voted the best hotel in Europe, Asia Minor and the Russian Federation by Condé Nast Traveller readers in 2007.

It was also voted on to the Conde Nast Traveller Gold List (UK and USA)in 2006, 2005 and 2004

Hotel Cipriani came second in Tatler Magazines Worlds Top 10 Hotels list in 2005

References

External links

* [http://www.hotelcipriani.com Hotel Cipriani Official Website]
* [http://www.orient-express.com Orient-Express Website]