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Armani Hotels hotels
Restrained fashion-house rooms extend into daily life, with a Lifestyle Manager guiding each stay.
Armani Hotels & Resorts brings Giorgio Armani’s design language into the whole stay, from the textiles and furnishings to the restrained palette of the public rooms. Developed with Emaar, the hotels use Armani/Casa throughout and give each guest a Lifestyle Manager, a personal contact who brings the work of reception, concierge, and guest relations together.
2 Armani Hotels hotels in 2 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- A joint venture of Giorgio Armani and Emaar
- Worldwide: 2 open hotels — Armani Hotel Dubai (2010, 160 rooms) and Armani Hotel Milano (2011, 95 rooms) — with one pipeline property, Armani Hotel Diriyah (construction commenced November 2024, opening estimated 2027)
- On the atlas: 2 Grand Luxury
History
The partnership with Emaar gave Giorgio Armani a way to translate his design world into complete hotels. The first opened within Dubai’s Burj Khalifa; the second brought the concept to a 1937 rationalist palazzo in Milan, his home city. The restrained colors and materials carry a continuous creative language through two very different buildings.
Timeline
- 2004 — Giorgio Armani S.p.A. and Emaar Hotels & Resorts LLC agree to develop a unique series of international Armani Hotels and Resorts: Emaar takes all real estate, construction, management, and operations; Armani retains full creative, design, style, interior, and amenity authority.
- May 2005 — Partnership publicly announced; original plan calls for up to 35 hotels worldwide over five years, sites including Dubai, Milan, London, New York, Paris, and Hong Kong envisioned.
- 2008–2009 — Armani Hotel Dubai, originally targeted for Q1 2008, is deferred to September 2009, then year-end 2009, then April 2010 as the global financial crisis reshapes the development programme; the volcanic eruption in Iceland forces a final postponement.
- 27 April 2010 — Armani Hotel Dubai opens inside the Burj Khalifa, Downtown Dubai, the world's first Armani Hotel. Giorgio Armani personally attends the ribbon-cutting. 160 rooms and suites across 10 levels of the 828-metre tower; more than 700 staff representing 35-plus nationalities, all in Armani-designed uniforms. Armani states: "It has long been my dream to have a hotel in which I, myself, would like to stay and entertain family and friends."
- 2010 — At the Dubai opening, Armani announces plans for at least 10 further hotels over the next decade; the global financial crisis ultimately curtails most of these ambitions.
- 11 November 2011 — Armani Hotel Milano opens at Via Manzoni 31, Milan, the brand's second property and European debut. Occupies Enrico Agostino Griffini's 1937 rationalist palazzo, a building that had already housed Armani commercial activities for a decade, with a seventh-floor glass-and-steel «hat» extension added above. 95 rooms and suites entirely furnished with Armani/Casa.
- 2013 — Armani Hotel Milano named to the Condé Nast Traveller Hot List and the Travel + Leisure IT List for Best New Hotel, its first major international accolades.
- 2014 — Armani Hotel Milano receives the World Luxury Hotel Award for Luxury City Hotel, cementing its standing in the European ultra-luxury tier.
- 2022 — Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) announces Armani Hotel Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, to be the brand's third property globally.
- February 2024 — Forbes Travel Guide awards Armani Hotel Dubai its first Five-Star rating, one of five properties awarded Five-Star in Dubai that year. Armani/Ristorante Dubai simultaneously receives Forbes's Four-Star restaurant rating, the first time Forbes rated any restaurant in Dubai.
- November 2024 — Construction begins on Armani Hotel Diriyah; Diriyah Company simultaneously launches the adjacent Armani Residences Diriyah, 15 limited-edition branded residences, the first Armani-branded residences in Saudi Arabia.
- 2025 — Armani/Bamboo Bar at Armani Hotel Milano named to Forbes Travel Guide's 2025 Hotel Star Bars list, one of 58 verified Hotel Star Bars worldwide.
- October 2025 — Armani Hotel Dubai receives One MICHELIN Key in the inaugural MICHELIN Guide UAE hotel awards, placing it among Dubai's most distinguished hotels in the Guide's first year of UAE coverage.
The houses to know
- Armani Hotel Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The world's first Armani Hotel: an intimate Milanese world installed inside the world's tallest tower.
- Armani Hotel Milano, Milan, Italy — The Milan hotel brings Armani’s design language to the designer’s home city.
Newest openings
- No new Armani Hotel has opened since Armani Hotel Milano in November 2011. The brand has operated a deliberately stable two-property portfolio for over a decade. Armani Hotel Diriyah (see Pipeline below) will be the first new opening since 2011 when it launches, currently anticipated in 2027.
Every Armani Hotels hotel on the atlas
Italy
- Armani Hotel Milano — Milan · Grand Luxury
United Arab Emirates
- Armani Hotel Dubai — Dubai · Grand Luxury
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