New Lease of Life

Venues ‘coming back’ as something different isn’t new, per se, but three on our radar are: In Biarritz, Le Garage, which was the private car garage for the hotel Le Régina in the 1930s before becoming a boutique hotel, has recently been taken over by The Experimental Group. In Rome, the new Rosewood hotel will be in the former HQ of Italy’s national bank, and lastly in Florence, a group of 16th century UNESCO buildings that were once a prep school, theatre, chapel and cultural institution will be an Auberge Collection Resort by ‘24.