The Glamor Hotel Event Milano 2024 brings together the top players in the hotel industry

THE GLAMOR HOTEL EVENT Milan confirms itself as one of the most anticipated events in the hotel world. An unmissable event that brings together the top players in hospitality, an exclusive meeting room and relaxed conviviality, to meet up, identify business opportunities and discuss the latest trends. The atmosphere, style and… lots of glamour!

Marco Gilardi, Gruppo Minor, Harry Mill Scio, FORTVNY – Hospitality Consulting

On May 21st in Milan, owners of independent hotels and hotel groups, CEOs and managing directors of international chains. But also real estate developers, general managers, brand development and purchasing managers. And architects, interior designers, advisors and top names in the catering industry were the exceptional guests of the 2024 edition of THE GLAMOR HOTEL EVENT.

That is, the unmissable and glamorous event for the top players in luxury hospitality with 2 editions per year, Milan and Rome. The suggestive setting for the cocktail party was VMaison Hotel, an eclectic boutique hotel in the heart of Brera. The enchanting garden and interiors welcomed guests in a sophisticated atmosphere, but with the flavor and warmth of home.

Paolo Comparozzi, NHOW, Barbara Rohner, Magna Pars Suite Hotel

Andrea Quadrio Curzio, QC Terme, Monia Ronconi HotelmyPassion

Ilaria Picozzi Bluserena, Xi Liu_Il gusto di Xing

Engaging musical entertainment with the persuasive voice of Daniela Bessia, internationally renowned artist, musician, actress, composer, influencer and television personality, known by her stage name An Da.

The menu proposals presented by Stendhal, a historic name in Milanese catering, are inviting. The guests were able to appreciate the famous ‘Stendhal’ courgette flowers, Sicilian caponata and mezze sleeves alla norma with salted ricotta. Paired with sparkling wines and gin tonic signed ‘Originario’ with hints of chilli pepper and Sicilian capers.

Many guests took part in the event, including representatives of some of the most dynamic global hotel groups such as Marco Gilardi, Senior Operations Director ITALY & USA Gruppo Minor, Andrea Quadrio Curzio, owner of QC Terme, Pippo Russotti, Managing Director Russotti Gestioni Hotels S.p.A., Vincenzo Finizzola, Gruppo Marseglia, Tany and Francesco Nardi, owners of the Hotel de La Ville Monza, Harry Charles Mills Svò Founder & CEO FORTVNY – Hospitality Consulting.

Damiano Decrescenzo, Monia Ronconi, Andrea Campaner, Maurizio Romani

Filippo Bertolini, Giuseppe Caldarola, Giulia Sguazzini, Anna Balocco

Thomas Schimbel, Prima, Carla Falzone, GH et de Milan, Sara Putto, Armani, Andrea Campaner, Simmons, Paolo Facchini, Lombardini 22, Marco Bonomi, EY

Representing some prestigious hotels Andrea Obertello, General Manager, Four Seasons Milan, Nicolas Auger, General Manager Grand Hotel et de Milan, Maurizio Romani, cluster General Manager l’Albereta e l’Andana, Paolo Comparozzi, General Manager, NHOW Milan, Fabiana Chironna, General Manager, NH Collection Milano Touring. And again Matthias Welzel, General Managaer, Hilton Lake Como, Sandra Foucher, General Manager, Nyx Milano, Gruppo Leonardo Hotels, Damiano Decrescenzo Managing Director Planetaria Hotels, Francesco Barattini, Hotel Manager Starhotel Rosa Grand, Barbara Rohner, General Manager, Magna Pars Suite Hotels And among the Brand development managers: Filippo Papa, Director, Development Italy Marriott International, Angelica Corsini, Business Development Director of Arsenale Spa, Ilaria Picozzi, Business Development & Acquisition Manager Bluserena Hotels & Resorts, Federica Maria Ferrari, Senior Business Development Manager Radisson Hotel Group.

Enrico Silvio Parolo, Ospite, Alessandro D’Andrade

Martino Pedersoli,Ilaria Pellegrin, Matthias Welzel, Monia Ronconi, Pippo Russotti

From Florence Xin Ge Liu, defined by Fortune Italia among the 40 under 40 food industry. In his refined restaurant ‘Il Gusto di Xinge’ he draws the elegance of a new world of Chinese cuisine, connecting the street food of the Celestial Empire with Mediterranean raw materials.

From the Dolomites, Lukas Burkia sales and marketing manager FORESTIS who has become an icon of 5-star hospitality, thanks to the Hinteregger family, who has been able to combine nature and luxury.

The direction of the event has always been entrusted to Monia Ronconi, Founder & Web editor of HotelmyPassion, the lifestyle site dedicated to the most demanding hotel lovers looking for refined experiences.

THE GLAMOR HOTEL is made possible thanks to excellent sponsors such as Simmons, an iconic global bedding brand, and Pedersoli Milano, a historic company for the supply of linen and laundry services. Sambonet – Rosenthal, Grandimpianti Ali and Prima.

Names that, thanks to the quality of their products and services, guarantee a ‘5-star’ stay for hotel guests.

Billy Folchetti, Paolo Corona, Lukas Burkia, Forestis

Flavia Calarco, Giulio Marcucci, Hotel Manzoni

Vincenzo Finizzola, Hotel Bauer Venezia, Monia Ronconi

Milan, capital of design, fashion and queen of hospitality – The numbers and news

Milan, a lively city always looking for something new, is preparing to welcome prestigious news. For example, Rocco Forte House will open in via Manzoni 46 in the summer.

It is a renovated building designed by Asti Architetti. The interiors are designed by Olga Polizzi, director of design of Rocco Forte Hotels, and Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam. Eleven apartments, where guests will have access to the basement fitness center and the intimate café designed in the ground floor courtyard. Furthermore, 2 brands from Sircle Collection, a hospitality management and development company based in Amsterdam, are also on the way.

The first is Max Brown Missori, located a short distance from the famous Milanese square, in the building that housed the old Hotel Ascot. The second is Sircle Milano, a hotel with 71 penthouses inside the Velasca Tower, located near Piazza Missori. Finally, Calimala, in via Melzo 7, in the Porta Venezia area, a hotel with 90 rooms, equipped with a gym, 2 rooftops, bar, restaurant and swimming pool.

There is also great anticipation for the opening of a luxury lifestyle hotel from the Marriott chain in Piazzetta Bossi, near the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. The project is by the Asti Architetti studio with Artelia Italia and Proges Engineering and interiors by Studio Urquiola.

But the high-end Milanese inaugurations don’t end here. In fact, in 2024 it will be the turn of Carlton Hotel, W Milan Duomo (Palazzo Matteotti, former Boscolo), Hotel Milano (Sd Hotels), The Plein Hotel and Residence Club Milano.

Instead for 2025 there will be JK Place Milano, Rosewood Milano and Edition Milan. In 2026 it will be the turn of Six Senses Milano and Hotel Duomo Milano Via Dogana.

The Sponsors

About Simmons Italia

Simmons, the iconic brand of excellence in high-end bedding, is the first brand in the world in the sleeping segment: an international manufacturer active in 101 countries around the world distributed across all continents, its brand is unanimously recognized as synonymous with quality and is present in the most elegant homes and the most prestigious hotels. Simmons has also been at the forefront of research and innovation for over 140 years. He anticipates trends, interpreting the ‘sentiment’ of the market.

The drive that drives the company is that of cultural growth: a path that always has only the quality of the products and the satisfaction of the public and customers as its final objective. Simmons products guarantee high reliability and extraordinary comfort, thanks also to their ergonomic characteristics specifically designed to ensure quality rest: an essential element to obtain, upon awakening, an unparalleled well-being effect. Sensitive to environmental issues, Simmons designed Natural Heritage, the first sustainable line for the hotel. A line of products designed to bring together materials, technologies, design and a green heart. In Simmons mattresses, every component and every single workmanship is exclusively made in Italy: refinement, pleasant tactility, exceptional technological and health properties resulting from ad hoc treatments, as well as exclusive quilting are the distinctive elements of its innovative covering fabrics.

Because for Simmons, excellence can be seen and felt, touching first-hand the authentic value of the expert craftsmanship of details and finishes. Each operational step, from the selection of raw materials to their processing and assembly, is carried out directly and constantly controlled within the Simmons factories in Italy – Formenti Industrial Group.

About Grandimpianti Ali

Grandimpianti Ali has been present since 1965 and, in almost 60 years of activity, has acquired consolidated experience in the contract & engineering sector, recognized and appreciated by the market. The company is part of Ali Group, one of the main global brands in the hospitality and professional catering equipment sector, a leader in the hospitality and professional catering market.

The group develops, produces and markets a wide range of food service equipment. With 74 production plants in 17 countries and more than 110 brands, Ali Group operates in almost all business segments: from cooking to meal distribution, from baking to pastry making, from dishwashing to refrigeration, from ice cream making to ice production, up to coffee machines and storage solutions.

About Pedersoli Milano

Pedersoli Milano has been the emblem of constant care of linen for more than 50 years, a virtuous circle that starts from the selection of fibers to personalized packaging, from rental to scheduled laundry maintenance. Whether for the bedroom, bathroom or table linen, linen speaks of the quality of hospitality and continues by offering travelers maximum comfort. This is why Pedersoli Milano decided to call it a name that better defines its highest value: Linen.

Thus was born the Good Linen Circle, the virtuous circle of curatorship, of which the company is the humble, but proud guardian. Together with customers, the yarns and fibers are chosen, fabrics are created using the best linen and cotton producers in Italy and around the world and the customization of the collections is agreed upon. Twelve laundries distributed in Italy for a widespread certified industrial service, based on advanced technologies for washing, sanitizing and ironing.

About Sambonet – Rosenthal

Sambonet and Rosenthal are part of the Italian Arcturus group which, with a portfolio of ten excellent brands including the luxury brands Versace, Ercuis and Raynaud, is among the main international producers of high-quality design items for the table, kitchen and living, both for the home channel and for restaurants and hotels. Faithful to their identity, both brands are aimed at professionals in the Ho.Re.Ca sector, with a complete assortment of porcelain and cutlery for the contemporary mise en place, satisfying every stylistic and functional need and always anticipating new trends.

Among the latest innovations, Radici, an elegant buffet entirely open to customization. Developed and designed in Italy, Radici combines superior design with a functional concept that makes modularity and stylistic differentiation its true strong point as well as its distinctive character.

About Prima

Prima is a South Tyrolean company that operates in the hospitality sector. With an alpine heart and a nomadic spirit, he has made holidays his focus: for over 30 years he has been seeking new inspiration every day to redesign and reshape the boundaries of the concept of hospitality. From proposals for good sleep to cosmetic lines for hotels, excellence is promoted at Prima. Thanks to many years of know-how, a continuously growing network and an unstoppable passion, over the years it has created tailor-made atmospheres for the rooms of thousands of prestigious hotels.

In collaboration with Ada Cosmetics International the company is committed to sustainable well-being, offering the most exclusive skincare brands, innovative and ecological dispensers and certified natural cosmetics. Clients include Hotel Raphaël and Hotel Hassler in Rome, Cape of Senses on Lake Garda, Forestis in the Dolomites, Lefay Resort & SPA, Pellicano Hotels and Como Alpina.

About HOTELMYPASSION

HOTELMYPASSION is the site for all ‘Hotel Lover’ in love with Hotel & Resort grades. A privileged and very vertical point of reference, it is aimed at the international globetrotter who loves beauty, with a passion for exclusive hotels and the curiosity to explore new and exciting stay opportunities. A site capable of revealing the personality, style and mood of the icons of hospitality in the world. And with suggestions that lead the guest to experience travel experiences that remain in the heart, which enrich the journey and, many times, even life.