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St. Regis Announces Partnership with Bentley Motors
St. Regis, one of the premier names in the Starwood Hotels & Resorts family has announced a new partnership with luxury auto maker Bentley Motors. The partnership will also include hotel properties that are part of Starwood’s The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts division.
According to the announcement the hotels will be using Bentley vehicles both for house fleets and special driving programs aimed at residents and hotel guests. Bentley represents the ultimate in luxury vehicles combining unparalleled style and quality, making their cars the perfect match for the unrivalled luxury found at St. Regis and The Luxury Collection.
The St. Regis Brings it’s Style of Luxury to Florence
The beautiful city of Florence recaptures a bit of former glory in the Starwood Hotels & Resorts restoration of one of its most historic and grand buildings. Starwood has just completed a 10-month renovation of the former Grand Hotel Florence, which they previously operated under their The Luxury Collection brand. With the renovation complete the new property is now known as the St. Regis Florence.
The St. Regis Florence occupies what was once the first luxury hotel in the city designed in 1432 by architect Filippo Brunelleschi. Starwood has returned the building to its former glory careful to preserve both the heritage and historical significance of the structure. The renovation is part of a $100 million effort by Starwood to renovate their most desirable properties across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The St. Regis Florence is a truly Italian hotel featuring 81 rooms, 19 suites, and a special designer suite from Bottega Veneta. All guest rooms feature luxury appointments, custom furniture, gloriously beautiful paintings, frescoes, and chandeliers, and unique names of noted Italian artists and nobility. Furthermore, each room is decorated with sophistication and elegance, in one of three color themes: Florentine, Medici, and Renaissance. As for the property’s public spaces, guests will appreciate fine antiques and handmade engravings scattered throughout the hotel.
Global Explorer Shares Tastes Of Luxury From Around The World
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts by Starwood is introducing The Cocktail Collection with professional mixologist Greg Seider. After creating some of the world’s finest and most ingenious cocktails for more than a decade, Greg Seider has overseen beverage programs for dozens of high class culinary institutions around the world. Now, this newly dubbed Global Explorer is introducing his excellent mixtures at The Luxury Collection. This celebrated program features the vibrant wealth of the world’s most enriching destinations of travel through the experience of the most innovative and creative minds.
Displaying a fantastic journey of the senses, Seider’s creations take you along a path of luxurious tastes around the world. The Hawaian inspired ‘Pinakona Coco’, the Peruvian ‚’The Raymi’, the Chinese ‚ ‘Mandarin Sidecar’, and the Grecian ‚’Tears of Chios’‚ implement the most exact principles of mixing excellence in order to transport you around the world through a fascinating series of rich cultural taste experiences.
At the The Luxury Collection’s more than 75 properties located among at least 30 countries, Greg Seider joins award-winning photographer Andrea Fazzari as the second Global Explorer. This program was started to celebrate and represent a large cross-section of the world’s foremost innovators who strive to express their unique gifts and passions through art and other personal endeavors.
