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Top right, designer MichelJouannet was inspired bythe Mediterranean for thenew Hotel Splendido suites.Facing page, top, his originalsketch is translated into reality(bottom). Contemporarydesigns include this turquoiseamphora and glass bowl(above and top centre).Brazilian artworks ensure a true sense of place.The Copa’s transformation has extended to itsrooms and suites in the main building, which havebeen redesigned with light colours, exquisite fabrics,handcrafted furniture and original paintings.Michel Jouannet was also part of the team behindthe five sumptuous new suites on the fifth floor ofHotel Splendido in Portofino, Italy. He presented amood board combining a fresh, contemporary lookwith a relaxed Mediterranean appeal.Expanses of white are interspersed with splashesof turquoise, indigo and aquamarine, echoing thehues guests can see through the windows. There areantiques as well as specially commissioned artworkson the walls.Jouannet embraced both projects with equalgusto. “I do completely different work for everybody,”he says. “Make sure that it’s something personal.”Janna Rapaport, the designer who createdthe look for our newest Peruvian hotel, PalacioNazarenas in Cuzco, says: “I made the project quitecomplicated for myself but I wouldn’t have had itany other way—it was wonderful.” In discussion withthe local team she came up with a wholly originalconcept for the hotel, which was converted froma former palace and convent. “I focused on thetransitional period when the Spanish came to Peru.Artistically it was a Renaissance moment when two35