Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #45

EUROPE
BRITANNIA
REOPENS IN NORWAY
Britannia Hotel in Trondheim, Norway reopened in April
this year, after a three-year, €134m renovation (one
of the largest such projects in Scandinavia). As the
world’s northernmost Grand Dame hotel, it’s storied
past includes hosting royalty and dignitaries since the
19th century. Now the northernmost member of The
Leading Hotels of The World, Britannia Hotel features
257 rooms, 1,400 sq. m Spa, world-class dining, and
an 8,000-bottle wine cellar.
The Britannia
Hotel Exterior
in Trondheim
The new Galeria
Canalejas in the heart
of Madrid
GALERÍA CANALEJAS
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ICON
OF LUXURY SHOPPING AND HAUTE
CUISINE IN THE HEART OF MADRID
With the opening of Galería Canalejas, planned in the first
half of 2020, a new concept of luxury department store and
gastronomy is born in Madrid. Relocating in the heart of the
Spanish capital, it aims to be the new “golden mile” of luxury.
It will boast more than 15,000 square metres distributed on
three floors with the most prestigious fashion, fine jewellery,
and gastronomy brands in the world.
A HIGH-END SHOPPING SPREE
ON THE ITALIAN RIVIERA?
YES, YOU CAN!
With the opening in 2019 of “The Mall Sanremo”, The
Mall Luxury Outlets, already known for The Mall Firenze
(opened in 2001), has inaugurated a new destination for
luxury shopping.
The selection of brands includes Balenciaga, Dolce &
Gabbana, Ermenegildo Zegna, Etro, GCDS, Giorgio
Armani, Gucci, Karl Lagerfeld, Loro Piana, MSGM, Poltrona
Frau, Santoni, Versace and a Luxury Multi Brand where
it’s possible to find products by Roberto Cavalli, Missoni,
John Richmond, Brioni, Corneliani, Ermanno by Ermanno
Scervino. Stage two of the complex, set to open later in
the year, will offer new, equally exclusive brands. To reach
The Mall Sanremo, shuttles leave every hour from the
centre of Sanremo (roundtrip) as well as buses from Nice
and Monaco and private shuttles upon request.
The new Mall Sanremo
Clients making
their own luxury
watch
TRAVELLERS CAN MAKE THEIR OWN
LUXURY SWISS WATCH IN GENEVA
THANKS TO A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
CELEBRATED WORKSHOP INITIUM AND
5* HOTEL BEAU-RIVAGE
Geneva’s last-remaining family-run luxury hotel, Beau-Rivage,
has just partnered with celebrated Old Town watchmaking
workshop Initium giving visitors the chance to spend a weekend
in the city, returning home with a personalised automatic or
mechanical Swiss timepiece, made with their own hands, using
the same fine quality components used by the region’s foremost
watch manufacturers. Initium offers a complete immersion in
the fascinating world of Swiss timepieces. Its ambition is to
reveal the secrets of watchmaking, an ancestral skill which over
the centuries has become synonymous with Switzerland and
the region around Geneva. Lessons in theory and practice from
a master watchmaker help the visitor get behind the mysteries
of a mechanical movement.