Italy: Luxurious hospitality model Orient Categorical has opened its first lodge, La Minerva, in central Rome, developed in partnership with Italian hospitality investor Arsenale Group.
Positioned at Piazza della Minerva 69, near the Pantheon, the lodge gives 93 rooms together with 36 suites. Housed in a Seventeenth-century palazzo, the positioning was restored by artist-architect Hugo Toro and opened in April 2025.
Visitor rooms characteristic travel-inspired interiors corresponding to bespoke bedside trunks and linens by Rivolta Carmignani, the identical provider used on authentic Orient Categorical sleeper automobiles.
La Minerva additionally gives three foods and drinks venues, together with La Minerva Bar, Gigi Rigolatto rooftop restaurant attributable to open in Might, and Mimi Kakushi which can launch later this 12 months providing Japanese wonderful eating.
Further facilities embrace 5 occasion venues: The Olimpo Ballroom, Rinaldi Assembly Room, Alfieri Assembly Room, Bernini Assembly Room, and The Gallery.
Orient Categorical CEO Gilda Perez mentioned: “Opening the doorways marks a robust second in our journey. Rome gives the right canvas to reimagine the legacy of Orient Categorical by way of new objective and expertise – the place Romans collect, and worldwide aesthetes unite.”
Arsenale Group CEO Paolo Barletta mentioned: “With Orient Categorical La Minerva, we’re inaugurating the very first Orient Categorical lodge on the earth, giving form to a brand new idea of ultra-luxury hospitality. We selected Rome as a result of it represents the crossroads between historical past, tradition, and Italian hospitality.”
Orient Categorical will proceed its lodge growth with the opening of Orient Categorical Palazzo Donà Giovanelli in Venice later this 12 months.
In 2026, the primary of two Orient Categorical Silenseas ships will launch: the Orient Categorical Corinthian.
