Hotel Splendide Royal, Lugano

Best Online Reputation Hotel in italian Switzerland

Already in the 19th Century, during his stay, the noted italian writer Luigi Pirandello celebrated the beauty of the Lake of Lugano in a homonymous poem. Today, the historic Splendide Royal, one of the best known luxury hotels in Lugano, welcomes its guests by offering them a beautiful view of the lake, Mount San Salvatore, and Mount Brè.

Enjoy the elegance, discrete luxury, and magic atmosphere of the Hotel Splendide Royal. Its staff, always attentive to the needs of his guests, preserves the traditional hospitality of the past while offering an innovative service.

Elegance and love for detail are the distinctive feature of the hotel: materials, forms and colours donate to every single room and every suite a personal and exclusive charm. Tradition, in harmony with environment and service, will satisfy all the whishes of the most demanding customers.

Perfect location both for a gala evening and for the organization of banquets and events, the Hotel Splendide Royal counts 47 Deluxe rooms, 39 Superior rooms, 4 Junior suites and 3 suites.

Giuseppe Rossi, General Manager

Giuseppe Rossi, General Manager of the Hotel Splendide Royal in Lugano (Switzerland) and Managing Director of Roberto Naldi Collection, spent his youth in Italy.

After completing the hospitality school at the age of 18, he knew he was going to spend most of his life travelling and in fact, he soon left for England. His first travels took him to England, France, Germany and Switzerland, where we worked for prestigious hotel groups. In 1982, he decided to settle in Lugano with his family. In the same year, he met Aniello Lauro, the well-known General Manager of the Hotel Splendide Royal, with whom he worked for five years.

After having temporarily left Lugano to advance in his career, Mr. Rossi started to work in the corporate department of luxury hotels: first in Switzerland, then in Paris as Director of Sales Southern Europe for Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts. Later on, he worked in Capri for four years as the General Manager of the historic Grand Hotel Quisisana, a hotel visited by a worldfamous clientele with the highest expectations.

In 2002, after his return to Lugano, he became the General Manager of the Grand Hotel Eden: he managed the hotel until 2008, when he was appointed as General Manager of the historic Hotel Splendide Royal, a member of the Leading Hotels of the World and Swiss Deluxe Hotels.