IHG Motels & Resorts is embracing la dolce vita with a brand new property that overlooks the ocean on the Italian island of Sicily.
With plans to open within the second half of 2025, the 43-room Costa Irminia Retreat & Spa, Vignette Assortment will function a pair of swimming swimming pools and a personal seaside membership full with direct entry to the ocean, inviting friends to calm down on the shores of the Mediterranean. The property can be positioned in Marina di Ragusa, which sits close to the southern tip of the island, in accordance with IHG.
When not lounging on the seaside, guests will have the ability to benefit from the resort’s bar together with an all-day restaurant.
“Sicily, with its vibrant tradition, breathtaking landscapes, and beautiful delicacies, presents the best setting for our second Vignette Assortment property in Italy,” Willemijn Geels, the vp of improvement in Europe for IHG Motels & Resorts, mentioned in an announcement. “Our development technique out there centres on increasing our presence inside the luxurious and way of life section, whereas making certain distinctive stays and memorable experiences for our friends.”
Geels added that Costa Irminia Retreat & Spa “completely aligns with this imaginative and prescient.”
The seaside city’s location can also be value noting, because it’s only a quick drive from a few of Sicily’s most lovely villages, together with Modica, a UNESCO-designated Val di Noto baroque village, and Ragusa, a picturesque village sitting on a hilltop. This summer season, vacationers will have the ability to attain the island — identified for its look in “The White Lotus” — by way of direct flights from the U.S. on each United Airways and Delta Air Strains.
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Geels mentioned friends of the property will get pleasure from an “genuine journey expertise as they’re immersed within the resort’s distinctive character, gorgeous environment, and native appeal.”
Costa Irminia Retreat & Spa is one in every of two Vignette Assortment properties IHG plans to open in Italy, becoming a member of Lodge Alexandra, which the corporate mentioned is anticipated to open in 2026. That resort can be positioned in Rome and have facilities like morning yoga courses and a soothing out of doors courtyard.
Past the Vignette Assortment, IHG presently operates 30 inns in Italy throughout a number of manufacturers, together with InterContinental, Six Senses and Lodge Indigo. IHG additionally mentioned it has plans to open 12 extra inns within the European nation.
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