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Palazzo Versace hotels
Medusa heads, Greca borders and Barocco patterns carry the fashion atelier into a palace stay.
Palazzo Versace brings the fashion house’s Medusa heads, Greca borders, and Barocco patterns into rooms and public spaces designed with the atelier’s own sensibility. The hotel story began on Australia’s Gold Coast in 2000, while the current collection centers on Dubai and Macau following the original property’s departure from the brand in 2023.
2 Palazzo Versace hotels in 2 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Designed by the House of Versace
- Worldwide: 2 hotels, Dubai and Macau
- On the atlas: 2 Grand Luxury
History
Versace’s workshops and design direction connect the Dubai and Macau hotels to the fashion house. In Macau, Fantini Mosaici’s hand-laid tiles bring Italian craft into the lobby, pools, spa, and corridors. Chrysanthemum and dragon motifs add local references alongside the familiar Medusa and Barocco patterns.
Timeline
- 1997 — Gianni Versace dies. The Gold Coast hotel he had wanted is still ahead.
- 2000 — Palazzo Versace opens on the Gold Coast, Queensland, the first hotel designed and branded by a fashion house in this way. Soheil Abedian develops it.
- 2015 — Palazzo Versace Dubai opens in November on the Jaddaf waterfront of Dubai Creek, in Culture Village. Donatella Versace designs 215 rooms and the furniture. The architect of record is Spatium. ENSHAA is the developer. One hundred sixty-nine residences adjoin the hotel.
- 2023 — On 1 August the Gold Coast hotel becomes the Imperial Hotel after Versace does not renew the branding agreement. The exterior and the Imperial Suites stay. The 200 guest rooms are slated for a refit under the new name. In November, Palazzo Versace Macau has its soft opening inside Grand Lisboa Palace, which the operator then counts as the second living Palazzo, with Dubai.
- 2024 — The Dubai owning company, Emirates PVD, puts the resort into an online auction tied to the owner's finances. The hotel remains a Palazzo Versace.
The houses to know
- Palazzo Versace Macau, Macau, Macau — Two hundred seventy-one rooms in Grand Lisboa Palace, soft-opened in November 2023, with Fantini mosaics and a dragon beside the Medusa.
- Palazzo Versace Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Donatella Versace's 215-room palace on Dubai Creek, opened in November 2015.
Newest openings
- Palazzo Versace Macau, Macau, had its soft opening in November 2023 inside Grand Lisboa Palace. Two hundred seventy-one rooms and suites occupy twelve floors of one tower. Versace Home furnishings, Fantini mosaics, and two Italian restaurants come with the house. The operator's note at the opening counted two living Palazzi, Dubai and Macau.
Opening next
- No confirmed announcements were identified in the sources reviewed through 2026-09-25. No city, site, or year for a third Palazzo Versace was found. The brand has stayed at two houses since the Gold Coast left.
Every Palazzo Versace hotel on the atlas
Macau
- Palazzo Versace Macau — Macau · Grand Luxury
United Arab Emirates
- Palazzo Versace Dubai — Dubai · Grand Luxury
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