A luxury hotel in Central Station

At a time when the hotel and hospitality industry in Italy is growing at a fast pace due to the arrival of capital from all over the world, a luxury hotel is opening in Milan's Stazione Centrale.

This is the project Grandi Stazioni Retail is pursuing to transform large Italian stations into multifunctional, integrated places that are increasingly central to urban life.

Thus, for the first time in its history, Milan's most important station will welcome a high-profile hotel structure. Inside one of the city's most iconic buildings, with a significant urban regeneration project, a new address for Milanese hospitality will be born.

"The intervention, conceived, promoted and developed by Grandi Stazioni Retail, represents a further step in the valorisation of the real estate assets under management and in the creation of new experiences at the service of international travellers, citizens and visitors," reads a statement. "The initiative is part of a broader urban regeneration strategy aimed at expanding and diversifying the offer of high value-added services within stations

Following an articulated selection process, coordinated by Cushman & Wakefield and involving more than 15 international operators in the hospitality sector, Grandi Stazioni Retail identified Pacini Group as its operating partner for the management and marketing of the future hotel structure.