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Dubai, Dec 5 (IANS/WAM) The Jumeirah Group, a Dubai-based luxury hotel company, will manage the five-star Grand Hotel Via Veneto in Rome, it was announced Monday.

The company will take over the running of the privately-owned hotel and integrate it into its global portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts in early 2012. The Italian hotel will be rebranded as Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto.

Located in the heart of Rome, the hotel has 122 rooms and suites, a spacious lobby, two fine dining restaurants, an award-winning bar, a rooftop solarium and the state-of-the-art Aqva City spa.

Complementing the sleek wood furniture, hand-made by Italian master craftsmen, are large, custom-made Murano glass chandeliers, black granite floors and travertine stairways.

The hotel has an impressive art collection of oil paintings and lithographs by celebrated artists like Picasso, Miro and Nespolo with an original “Plan of Rome” created by Giovanni Battista Nolli in 1748.

The spacious and beautifully designed guestrooms have large marble bathrooms with Bulgari amenities, flat screen HD televisions, complimentary high speed internet and photographic artwork of Rome’s most notable attractions.

The centerpiece is the 500 sq metre Royal Suite which boasts two bedrooms, a dining room, three large Carrara marble bathrooms, a private marble hammam and more than 270 sq metre of outdoor terrace. Many of the rooms overlook the historic Porta Pinciana and the gardens of Villa Borghese just beyond.

Jumeirah Group has opened five new hotels this year: Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in Dubai, Jumeirah at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, Jumeirah Frankfurt in Germany, Jumeirah Dhevanafushi in the Maldives and Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai in China.

–IANS/WAM
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