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| Rocco Forte Hotels Expands Into Prague Rocco Forte Hotels is to open a five-star hotel in the heart of the Czech Republic capital, in the immediate neighbourhood of Prague Castle. The 101-room property will be created from a complex of five buildings, most of which are historical monuments. The largest and most important structure is St Thomas's Monastery, which dates to the 1400s. Rocco Forte Hotels is working on the Prague hotel with locally-based architect Martin Kotik, a partner in Architects Studio Omicron-K, and London-based interior designers, RDD, who have also been assisting on Brown's Hotel in London. The interiors will be overseen by Rocco Forte Hotels' Director of Design Olga Polizzi and will very much reflect the hotel's location, a characteristic of all Rocco Forte Hotels. The Prague property is the 15th hotel to join the Rocco Forte Hotels collection. There are currently nine in operation, with Brown's Hotel, the collection's flagship property due to open on 12 December 2005. Another three properties are under construction in Germany ( Villa Kennedy opens in Frankfurt in early 2006, Hotel de Rome in Berlin in July 2006 and Hotel Ludwig in Munich in 2007 ) and work has recently started on the Verdura Golf Resort & Spa, which will open in Sicily in 2007. The Prague hotel is a joint venture between Rocco Forte Hotels and Bank of Scotland. Work is due to start in early 2006 and should be completed in 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |