Panel: Grandes Dames & Grand Designs

This panel covers two routes to grandeur: restoring Europe's classic grande dame hotels, and turning historic palaces and mansions into hotels for the first time. Speakers discuss what to preserve and what to update, how to keep a building authentic, and how to make the numbers work despite heritage consents and specialist restoration costs.  

Presentations:

• Corinthia Rome: Simon Abela, Associate – GA Design 

• Mandarin Oriental Vienna: Martin Goddard, Co-Founder – Goddard Littlefair 

• Hotel Daniele Venice: Claire Mabon, Senior Design Director – Pierre Yves Rochon 

• Hotel Palais de la Mediterranee Nice: Linda Boronkay, Founder – Studio Boronkay