Berlin/Milan, September 2015: The Leonardo hotel chain is taking over the 4-star, superior Leonardo Hotel Milan City Center, formerly the Hermitage****S, from mid-September in the city of culture and fashion, Milan. This is also the Group’s first hotel in Italy.

Offering 130 spacious and comfortably furnished deluxe and superior rooms and suites, the hotel impresses with its traditional Italian style and high-quality furnishings. It is ideal accommodation for business and private travellers, as well as visitors to the nearby congress centre MICO. The popular city sights can be reached in just a few minutes’ walk.

Guests seeking an extravagant ambiance will find a wonderful, idyllic patio in the outdoor area. The hotel additionally boasts a capacious lobby, an underground carpark with plenty of parking spaces as well as free Wi-Fi access in all public areas and rooms. Those who require an exclusive and professional environment for meetings and events or a private setting for functions can also use the hotel’s four meeting rooms for up to 200 people – furnished with luxurious chandeliers, fine wallpaper and curtains that provide a special elegance.

Leonardo Hotels is therefore consistently setting its focus on expansion throughout Europe and is proud of its addition of Milan to its destination portfolio. Through opening the Leonardo Hotel Milan City Center, the hotel chain has achieved a further important milestone, making Leonardo Hotels a strong, international brand. Further expansion within Italy has already been planned. A hotel complex offering 300 rooms in a top location in the metropolis will be opened as early as March 2016 with the Leonardo Hotel Milano Centrale.