Ivan Artolli - FIH MI

Managing Director

Hôtel de Paris

Ivan was appointed Managing Director at the Hotel de Paris in July 2016 following his 17 years’ tenure at Rocco Forte Hotels. Born in Padua, Italy, Ivan has spent his entire working life in the hotel industry, gaining valuable experience at all levels in various luxury properties in Germany, UK, France, Monaco, Belgium and Italy. He studied in Abano Terme at the Pietro d’Abano Hotel school, obtaining a degree in hospitality, and also attended courses at the Hospitality School of Lausanne and Cornell University in Ithaka, USA. On graduation from hospitality school, Mr. Artolli worked at the Adriatico Palace in Trieste where he rapidly climbed the ranks before joining Brenner’s Pak Hotel in Baden Baden. He joined The Lygon Arms in Broadway for a management training and eventually moved to Claridge’s in London at Front Desk. After almost two years at the Ritz in Paris he moved to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, as the Assistant Front Office Manager. Ivan joined the old Forte Hotels group in 1992 as a Sales Manager at the Beach Plaza in Monaco and later moved back to Paris where he worked at the Plaza Athénée as S&M Director. At the beginning of 1997, he returned to Italy to work at the Villa d’Este Grand Hotel in Cernobbio as S&M Director, before moving to the Grand Hotel in Milan as Resident Manager. He joined the new Rocco Forte Hotels group in January 2000 as General Manager of Hotel Savoy in Florence. From there he moved to Hotel Amigo in Brussels in June 2002 where he oversaw the completion of Hotel Amigo’s £17.5 million refurbishment and built up the hotel’s reputation as the best hotel in Belgium He then joined the Balmoral Edinburgh in 2007 where he remained unto August 2011 before appointing a new General Manager to allow him to take up the position of Company Operations Director for UK, Russia and Belgium. In February 2014 Ivan was appointed MD of Vedura Resort while retaining his Ops Director responsibilities of the Amigo Hotel in Brussels and being part of the Rocco Forte Company Executive Committee.