Eugenio Rigo is the new General Manager of the Relais Santa Croce
27/10/2009
The historical 5 stars hotel in Florence to start a repositioning strategy
Eugenio Rigo, brings his vast hotel experience and knowledge of the to the Baglioni Group to the Relais Santa Croce, the famous 5 stars hotel in the hearth of Florence. In his new quality of General Manager, Eugenio Rigo will lead the hotel to a repositioning phase aimed at establishing it as the point of reference in the highest true Italian luxury style level.
Eugenio Rigo, born in Riva del Garda in 1953, started very young his hotel career as a Receptionist at the Grand Hotel Continental in Munich, and then with growing responsibilities at the Hotel Excelsior Ferrari and the Golf Hotel Campo in Madonna di Campiglio. In 1992, he was appointed Manager of the Hotel Vittoria in Brescia and, from 1999 to 2005, General Manager of the Hotel Relais Franciacorta, the Hotel della Torre 1850 and the Restaurant La Dolce Vita, in the countryside of Brescia, and at the Hotel Villa La Bollina, near Alessandria. His professional career continued as General Manager of the Hotel Metropole in Venezia, and in 2008 he finally arrived at the Baglioni Group as General Manager of the prestigious Hotel Due Torri in Verona, and actively participated to the company’s strategy planning.
“It will be a pleasure for me to offer my experience to the Relais Santa Croce to contribute with passion and dedication to the implementation of the Baglioni concept of luxury, combining the most modern and refined comfort with a specific attention to art and history” declared Eugenio Rigo. “By elegantly mixing present comfort and services with traditional art and culture, thus providing the intimacy of a private house and the pleasure of legendary accommodation, this hotel in the very hearth of Florence has a huge unveiled potential to offer. This is the rational the management will be using to enhance the hotel’s qualities while offering our guests a unique and memorable hospitality.”
The Relais Santa Croce is located in the hearth of Florence in a recently restored palace of the XVII century, with original frescoes, precious marbles and antique furnishing, thus offering its guests a unique environment where the Italian style is combined with taste and refinement to the professionality and personalization of service.
The 24 luxury rooms and fabulous suites, the elegant bar and the enchanting Music Room, the Guelfi and Ghibellini with its Tuscan and Mediterranean cuisine, the 2 ample meeting rooms are carefully decorated and impeccably served, making of the Relais Santa Croce one of the best luxury hotels in Florence.
