| Hotel Cipriani | |
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| Former names | Belmond Hotel Cipriani |
| Hotel chain | Belmond |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Giudecca,Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°25′34″N12°20′28″E / 45.4261°N 12.3411°E /45.4261; 12.3411 |
| Named for | Giuseppe Cipriani |
| Opened | 1958 (1958) |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 96 |
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TheHotel Cipriani is a deluxe hotel on the island ofGiudecca inVenice, northern Italy. It is reached by hotel launch fromSt Mark's Square, a five-minute journey across the lagoon.[1] Long considered one of the leading luxury hotels of the world, its room rates begin at USD $1,400 per night.
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The hotel was opened in 1958 byGiuseppe Cipriani, founder ofHarry’s Bar in Venice and inventor of theBellini cocktail. As well as Giuseppe Cipriani, the partners in the joint company were the three daughters of the2nd Earl of Iveagh, who provided the financing. The three sisters—Viscountess Boyd of Merton, Lady Honor Svedar andLady Brigid Guinness—each had a suite designed for themselves and their families. Rooms were decorated with Venetian furnishings, including Murano glass chandeliers, Fortuny fabrics and Venetian artworks.
The hotel achieved instant acclaim. In 1962, the Earl asked Giuseppe Cipriani to rebuild and manage the Hotel Belvedere on his property inAsolo; this was reopened as the Hotel Villa Cipriani.[2] In 1968, some adjoining land was purchased and a 600-meter Olympic-sized swimming pool (the only pool in central Venice)[3] was added among gardens.
In 1976, the Hotel Cipriani was purchased for £900,000[4] bySea Containers, which established a leisure division named Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.[5] The hotel subsequently expanded into the adjacent Palazzo Vendramin, a 15th-century palace facing the lagoon[6] andSt Mark's Square. A restaurant, Cip's Club,[7] was built on a floating pontoon in the lagoon. In 1990, the adjacent Granaries of the Republic were opened as an event space.[8]
In 2014, the Hotel Cipriani was renamed the Belmond Hotel Cipriani as part of the rebranding of Orient-Express Hotels asBelmond.[9][10] In April 2014, the hotel opened Oro restaurant, designed byAdam Tihany, which in December 2015 was awarded aMichelin star.[11] George Clooney was married at the hotel.[12]
Venice is the setting for the second half of the 1992James Bond novelDeath is Forever byJohn Gardner.[13] Bond flies into theMarco Polo Airport and is picked up by the Hotel'slaunch service. The Cipriani is located on the island ofGiudecca and can only be reached by water. Several scenes take place at the hotel; Bond reserves a junior suite and later dines at the restaurant.
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