Room Mate Luca is located in the heart of Florence and it is the design hotel by Lorenzo Castillo. Its 53 rooms are housed in a neoclassical palace dating back to 1865, which has just been renovated. Room Mate Luca is the second hotel in Florence belonging to the Spanish design chain Room Mate Hotels, which was born in 2001 with Room Mate Mario. The first one opened in Madrid and nowadays it has 18 properties in New York, Buenos Aires, Miami, Florence, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Salamanca and Oviedo. Its 2012 turnover amounted to 27.6 million euros.
Katara Hospitality to buy Interconti Rome
Katara Hospitality, the Hotel Group under the Qatari Sovereign Fund, is about to acquire a stake in the company owning five branded Intercontinental properties located in Europe. The assets are located in Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam, Cannes, Frankfurt.
