The Caterer Sir Rocco Forte on how his daughters Lydia and Irene are making their mark on the


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Rocco Forte Hotels is in every way a family business-a shared love evident in every property, each exuding the Forte's innate Anglo-Italian style, sophistication, and warmth. Discover open, intuitive service, airy, elegant design that speaks to its location, and exceptional offerings in food, drink, spas, and experiences..


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My family's story in hospitality begins in 1911. That was the year my grandfather made the journey from Monforte, a hamlet in the South of Italy, to just outside Fife in Scotland. Not long after, he founded a café called The Savoy, the first Forte hospitality business.


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Its combination of traditional grandeur, quirky elegance, contemporary dining, serene spas and dynamic growth prospects are embodied respectively in the forms of the CEO and paterfamilias Sir Rocco, his sister Olga and his children, Lydia, 30, Irene, 28, and newest recruit Charles, 25.


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Rocco Forte was heir to a hospitality dynasty that included some 800 hotels and 1,000 restaurants, but when Forte Plc fell victim to a hostile takeover a decade ago, the British hotelier was left.


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Book Twenty-five years ago, Sir Rocco Forte and his sister Olga Polizzi joined forces to change the way we see and experience modern luxury.


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Rocco Forte Hotels is a British hotel group that was established in 1996 by hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and his sister, Olga Polizzi. The group owns and operates 14 hotels across Europe. [1] Sir Rocco Forte is Chairman and Chief Executive, while Olga Polizzi is Deputy Chairman and Director of Design. History


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Irene and Lydia (from left) with . their mother, Aliai Forte, at home in London, 1988. Courtesy of the Forte family. Next year the 21-year-old hotel group will open new properties in Rome and.


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A Narrative by Sir Rocco Forte "MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS FOR FOUR GENERATIONS - IN THAT TIME WE'VE DEVELOPED A DISTINCTIVE APPROACH TO SERVICE AND A CERTAIN SENSE OF STYLE. WE BRING OUR EXPERTISE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL TO OUR GUESTS IN A WAY THAT IS NATURAL AND WARM." Read More


The Caterer Sir Rocco Forte on how his daughters Lydia and Irene are making their mark on the

In the PIF deal, the Rocco Forte family retain the firm's majority shareholding. There is also no change to management, with co-founder Sir Rocco Forte remaining executive chairman and Olga.


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Early life Born in Bournemouth, the son of Charles Forte, Baron Forte, and his wife Irene, he was educated at St Peter's Catholic School, Southbourne (at the time an independent and fee-paying Roman Catholic grammar school) and Downside School. He read modern languages at Pembroke College, Oxford, [2] where he won a blue for fencing.


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Rocco Forte Hotels is the Forte family. From development to design and everything in between, Sir Rocco Forte, his sister Olga Polizzi, and his children, Lydia, Irene, and Charles, have each left their mark on the forward-thinking brand.


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Then, Forte plc, the multi-million-pound hotel and restaurant company he had built single-handedly over five decades and wished to see expand under the leadership of his son and heir, Sir.


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In 2009, Rocco Forte Hotels launched Verdura, the company's first resort on the island of Sicily. The latest additions to the Rocco Forte collection include the recently opened Hotel de la Ville, a lively 18th-century palazzo in Rome, and Masseria Torre Maizza, a converted fortified farmhouse in the Apulian countryside.


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Sir Charles Forte in 1953 Credit: Getty Images Many assumed the family would take the cash and retire to lives of pampered repose. Instead, Sir Rocco set about building up a new hotel group,.


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Sir Rocco Forte has agreed to sell 49% of his family's luxury hotel chain to Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.


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Sir Rocco Forte is in isolation with his family at his 1,800-acre Surrey estate Hotel magnate, 75, and his wife are joined by their children and their partners Photos show the family.