Artisa Group wants to renovate and expand Locarno’s Grand Hotel. A corresponding planning application has already been submitted, the Zug-based company, which specializes in real estate investments on the Swiss and European market, informed in a press release . For the project, Artisa Group is collaborating with architect Ivano Gianola.
Artisa writes that the design envisages the preservation of the existing substance and in particular the listed frescoes, decorations and facades of the historic building. The large hall, in which the peace conference took place in 1925, is to be restored in a contemporary way. A new SPA and wellness center will be set up.
“The new Grand Hotel Locarno will set standards worldwide in terms of excellence, sustainability and modern service,” explains Stefano Artioli, Vice President of the Artisa Group, in the press release. “In addition, we will take responsibility for 100 employees who will work in the hotel.”
Outside, the concept envisages a redesign of the more than 4000 square meter park. Together, the hotel and park should complement the tourist offer of Ticino, according to the statement. “The holistic hotel concept fits perfectly with the OTR strategy (Mendrisiotto and Basso Ceresio, Luganese, Bellinzonese and High Ticino as well as Lake Maggiore and valleys): wellness, food and wine, events, meetings, sustainability,” says Fabio Bonetti, Director of the Tourist Organization of Lake Maggiore , cite there.
