Boscolo Hotels

The Boscolo Group SpA is an international Italian hotel and tourism group. Based in Padua Group comprises three divisions Boscolo Hotels, Travel and Boscolo Boscolo food with which it does business in the hospitality industry, in the travel industry and in catering. The Boscolo Group employs around 2,000 people and generated 2007 sales of 240 million euros. The company is wholly owned by four brothers and co-founder Angelo, Giorgio, Rossano and Romano Boscolo.

Field of activity

The Boscolo Hotels division focuses as a hotel chain heavyweight on homes with historic ambience and comprises a total of 21 five-and four -star hotels. The following five-star hotel of the Boscolo Hotels group includes: The New York Palace in Budapest; the Carlo IV in Prague ( a former bank building that later served as the main post office ); Aleph in Rome; the Exedra in Rome in Piazza della Repubblica, built by the famous Roman founder -time architect Gaetano Koch (1849-1910); the Dei Dogi in Venice ( the former Palazzo Rizzo Patarol, once the seat of the French Embassy ) and the Exedra Nice in Nice. For this, the group operates 15 four-star hotels, which are located mainly in Italy. These are also, such as the Bellini in Venice or the Astoria in Florence (the latter assembled from the former Palazzo Gaddi and Palazzo Andrighetti ) characterized by an orientation to the historic ambience.

The Boscolo Travel Division comprises the subsidiary Boscolo Tours. This as a tour operator hotel packages, flights and city breaks on offer.

The core of the Boscolo Food division, the Istituto Superiore Arti Culinarie Etoile is a company founded by Rossano Boscolo Education Institute of Hospitality Industry.

History

The family business was founded in 1978 by the brothers and their father Boscolo Bruno in Venice. They took first in the Hotel Airone Sottomarina, a district of Chioggia. 1980 followed by the establishment of Boscolo Tours, and thus the entry in the travel industry. In 1985, the Istituto Superiore Arti Culinarie Etoile was founded. Over the years, several hotels were taken over, so In 1989, the historic Hotel Bellini in Venice. Further acquisitions of existing houses followed in the 1990s with a focus on Italy. In 1993, the brand was created Boscolo Hotels. The Tower Hotel in Bologna was created as a new building, after the turn of the millennium, the focus was on the revitalization of historic buildings. 2006 was opened as the New York Palace Hotel in Budapest with the famous Cafe New York.