- The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio is one of the most popular historic hotels in the whole of Lario and is the only 5-star luxury hotel in Bellagio, famous all over the world, every year there are many tourists who stay there. What were your VIPs that you hosted?
We have been a hotel since 1873 – says Stefania Vitali, Events Manager at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni – and there are many famous people who have chosen our structure for their stay. I mention only a few: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Robert de Niro, Richard Branson, Isabelle Allende, Adriano Celentano, Adam Sandler and obviously George Clooney. There would be others but we have signed clauses confidentiality that does not allow us to reveal their names.
- Recently the prestigious Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards has been awarded to the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, what is it about?
It is one of the most important prizes in our sector awarded on the basis of the guest rating. In addition to being ranked first in Italy, we are also third in Europe and in the Top
50 worldwide. We also ranked in the Top Ten of another very important prize: the Condé Nast Traveler Choice Award.
Info: https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/resort-hotels-in-italy
- Not only hotels and fantastic stays but also weddings, which part of the world do your main couples come from?
Couples who want to celebrate their most special day, wedding, with us come from all over the world, in particular from England, the United States, Canada, India, France and Switzerland. Of course we also have many Italians. One of our strengths, in addition to the location and the level of the service, is the possibility of celebrating the civil ceremony, which is not common in an accommodation facility.
- The TV and media production discourse is also interesting: Serbelloni often hosted television, film and photographic sets. Do you remember some particular sets and some curiosities?
In addition to hollywodian films such as Bobby Deerfield with Al Pacino, we recently hosted an important photo shooting for Saint Laurent and a special dedicated to Travel on Netflix Australia. We were also set of one of the most popular programs of the famous British broadcaster Channel 5.
