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Rocco Forte Hotels is a British hotel group that was established in 1996 by hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi. The group owns and operates 14 hotels across Europe. [ 1 ] Sir Rocco Forte is Executive Chairman, while Olga Polizzi is Deputy Chairman and Director of Design.
As of April 2013, The Rocco Forte Collection operates eleven hotels in Europe, Russia, northern Africa and the Middle East. [3] Forte's family wealth in 2013 was listed as £250,000,000. [4] He is a member of the Garrick Club and has previously voted against admittance of women, 'because the Garrick was built as a gentlemen’s club'. [5]
The Balmoral Hotel is now part of the Rocco Forte Hotel Group. Forte Group plc was a British hotel and restaurant company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Granada in 1996. Its head office was in the London Borough of Camden. [1]
Brown's Hotel is a 5-star hotel in Mayfair, London, established in 1832 [1] and owned by Rocco Forte Hotels since July 2003. It is London's oldest luxury hotel, never having been renamed, rebuilt or relocated. [2] Famous visitors include US President Franklin Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi and Diana, Princess of Wales.
The Charles Hotel is a grand hotel located at Sophienstrasse 28 in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. [2] It was built in 2007 at the old botanical garden near the main train station. The hotel is operated by Rocco Forte & Family (Munich) GmbH, which belongs to the British group Rocco Forte Hotels. The hotel is part of the Lenbachgärten.
[citation needed] Following a hostile takeover of Forte Group in 1996 by Granada plc, the hotel was put up for sale by its new owners. On 1 March 1997 it was acquired by Sir Rocco Forte, [2] [6] [7] becoming part of Rocco Forte Hotels. The Balmoral was the first hotel in Scotland to be awarded five stars by Forbes Travel Guide. [8]
The voco St David's Cardiff Hotel is a five-star [1] hotel situated in Cardiff, Wales, just off the A4232 road, and close to Cardiff Bay railway station.Opened originally in 1999 by Rocco Forte Hotels, since 2018 it has been operating under the Voco name.
Charles Carmine Forte, Baron Forte Kt / ˈ f ɔːr t eɪ / (26 November 1908 – 28 February 2007) was an Italian-born Scottish hotelier who founded the leisure and hotels conglomerate that ultimately became the Forte Group.