Brava! A standing ovation for Italy's grand hotel a Villa Feltrinelli, by San Francisco firm Babey Moulton Jue & Booth. (hospitality).

From: Interior Design | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Scott, Debra | Copyright information

IF TRUTH BE told, transforming a neglected neo-Gothic residence on the shores of Lake Garda into a hotel was not originally the notion of eminent hotelier Robert H. Burns, who founded the Regent International chain in 1970 and sold it to Four Seasons a decade ago. Burns had hoped to restore the property as a retreat for his own family but, with the specter of a $30 million budget looming, the numbers were not on his side. It was Burns's accountant who suggested that the villa might ...

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