Rocco Forte Hotels
Rocco Forte Hotels is a British hotel group that was established in 1996 by hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and his sister, Olga Polizzi. Their 14 hotels are located in European cities, as well as beach resorts in Sicily and Apulia, and recent openings in Saudi Arabia and China. Sir Rocco Forte is Chairman and Chief Executive, while Olga Polizzi is Deputy Chairman and Director of Design. History. Following the takeover of the Forte Group by Granada plc in 1996, Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi (the children of hotel magnate Lord Forte) formed RF Hotels. The rights  to the Forte name were initially lost in 1996, when Granada plc bought the Forte Group. The first hotel purchased by the newly formed company in 1997 was a former Forte Group hotel, The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, which had been put up for sale by new owners Granada plc. In 2001, following the de-merger of Compass Group from Granada's media interests, the use of the Forte trademark was returned to Sir Rocco Forte in a gesture intended to dispel the bitter legacy of the takeover. In 2003, the company changed its name to Rocco Forte Hotels, and  The Rocco Forte Collection on 29 July 2007. The group name then reverted to Rocco Forte Hotels in 2011. The group's sales offices are located in London, Rome, Frankfurt, Moscow, Madrid, New York City and Los Angeles. As a brand of "Rocco Forte Hotels Limited", the group owns and manages luxury five-star hotels. Brown's Hotel, Hotel de Rome and Hotel Amigo are members of The Leading Hotels of the World. List of hotels. The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh - 1997 Hotel Savoy, Florence - 1997 Hotel Astoria, St Petersburg - 1999 Hotel Amigo, Brussels - 2000 Hotel de Russie, Rome - 2000 Brown ’s Hotel, London - 2003 Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt - 2006 Hotel de Rome, Berlin - 2006 The Charles Hotel, Munich - 2007 Verdura Resort, Sicily - 2009 Masseria Torre Maizza, Apulia - 2019 Hotel de la Ville, Rome - 2019 Villa Igiea, Palermo - 2020 Next openings. The Westbund Hotel, Shanghai The Carlton, Milan