Established by Sir Rocco Forte and sister, Olga Polizzi in 1996, Rocco Forte Hotels is a collection of 13 individual hotels and resorts. All of the hotels are landmarks, both old and new, occupying magnificent buildings in exceptional locations. Led by a family who has been in hospitality for four generations, the hotels are united by their distinctive approach to service ensuring guests experience the best of the cities and surrounding areas.
Rocco Forte Hotels comprises: Hotel de Russie, Rome; Hotel de la Ville, Rome; Rocco Forte House, Piazza di Spagna, Rome; Hotel Savoy, Florence; Verdura Resort, Sicily; The Balmoral, Edinburgh; Brown’s Hotel, London; The Charles Hotel, Munich; Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt; Hotel de Rome, Berlin; Hotel Amigo, Brussels; Hotel Astoria, St Petersburg
Future openings: Rocco Forte Private Villas, Verdura Resort, Sicily - April 1st 2021; Villa Igiea, Palermo - May 1st 2021; The Westbund, Shanghai - 2021; The Carlton, Milan - 2023
Rocco Forte Hotels comprises: Hotel de Russie, Rome; Hotel de la Ville, Rome; Rocco Forte House, Piazza di Spagna, Rome; Hotel Savoy, Florence; Verdura Resort, Sicily; The Balmoral, Edinburgh; Brown’s Hotel, London; The Charles Hotel, Munich; Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt; Hotel de Rome, Berlin; Hotel Amigo, Brussels; Hotel Astoria, St Petersburg
Future openings: Rocco Forte Private Villas, Verdura Resort, Sicily - April 1st 2021; Villa Igiea, Palermo - May 1st 2021; The Westbund, Shanghai - 2021; The Carlton, Milan - 2023
Location: United Kingdom
Employees: 1001-5000
Founded date: 1996
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| 07.04.2026 | Bosses warn of family firm firesale as inheritance tax crackdown kicks in | The government’s contentious inheritance tax crackdown on family firms will lead to the break-up of thousands of beloved British businesses and is already stifling investment, a group of influential bosses have warned. The Treasury’s plans ... |
| 25.03.2026 | Rocco Forte: Inheritance tax grab has endangered my family firm | With luxury outposts across Europe, and plans to expand to the Gulf, Rocco Forte Hotels has become one of Britain’s most successful hospitality exports. But after being hit by a wave of damaging policies – including a potentially existentia... |
| 04.02.2026 | Spotify-backed Soundtrack acquires Tunify and Ambie to build local power with global scale | Soundtrack Technologies has acquired Tunify, a B2B music provider serving the Belgian and Netherlands markets, and Ambie, a UK-based background music service dedicated to hospitality, with global clients including Rocco Forte, Hyatt Hotels,... |
| 13.01.2026 | VAT-free shopping debacle has sent tourists packing | Five years on from the demise of VAT-free shopping, retail and hospitality chiefs say the impact is still causing pain as the industry seeks change, writes Joanna Hodgson Five years ago this month a change came in that might, on the surface... |
| 05.11.2025 | Why a charity should own 10 per cent of your company’s shares | The Notebook, where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today it’s James Reed with the pen The traditional model of capitalism is outdated and unsustainable — and I’m on a mission to change it. Yes, free markets based on short-ter... |
| 21.10.2025 | Good luck to my fellow Toast the City award nominees! | It is the day of City AM’s Toast the City Awards, celebrating the hospitality and placemaking that makes the Square Mile great. I could not be more proud to be attending, as both a judge and a nominee. I would like to reach out ahead of the... |
| 18.09.2025 | LTI announces the World's Best Luxury Hotel Brands 2025 | World's Best Luxury Hotel Brands 2025 • Mandarin Oriental secures top position for the third consecutive year • LTI founder addresses growing issue within the sector CHESTER, United Kingdom, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Welcome to o... |
| 14.08.2025 | Corinthia London: Profit slashed at five-star hotel despite revenue spike | Profit has been slashed at five-star hotel Corinthia London despite its revenue spiking by 80 per cent, it has been revealed. The hotel, which is located on the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall Place, has posted a pre-tax profi... |
| 13.08.2025 | Sir Rocco Forte enjoys record pay day after hotels empire deal | The hotels group founded by Sir Rocco Forte has issued a record dividend for the first full year after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) became a major shareholder. Rocca Forte Hotels has paid out dividends totalling £8.9m for the... |
| 04.06.2025 | UK to miss out on tourism boom due to ‘layer upon layer’ of taxes | UK tourism is at risk of suffering a decline as visitors are deciding against going to Britain due to the Treasury’s stringent tax policies, a key industry official has said, in the latest sign of the toll tax hikes are taking. Julia Simpso... |
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