The Compendium 1993-2008

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THE COMPENDIUM CONTENTS

Foreword

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Passion for Projects

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Interna Divisions

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Projects Gallery

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Passion for Designers

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New Directions in Contract Design

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Reference List

The compendium is dedicated to all our clients and to all the designers with whom we have been cooperating since we started to work; to our highly skilled staff and to our loyal suppliers.

Their support and trust have been invaluable in enabling us to achieve this important goal.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce our organisation,

Interna Contract was founded in 1989 with the vision

work and some of the most important projects from

of creating an industrial group specialised in supplying

Interna Contract’s first two decades. Our exceptional

high-quality décor for luxury public buildings.

success has been made possible through the hard work

In each of the extraordinary projects we have been

and dedication of our staff, the reliability and loyalty

involved with over the years, we have always placed

of our suppliers, and above all the trust placed

the utmost emphasis on quality. As a result Interna

in us by our many prestigious clients. We are enor-

Contract has now become world-renownedfor

mously proud of our achievement in gaining internatio-

the design and production of prestigious interiors

nal recognition for the beauty and quality of our exclusive

for key international clients. Having achieved this tar-

products, all “Made in Italy”. Our company has always

get we will continue with our commitment to invest in

believed that firms should be guided by principles

human resources, technology and innovative produc-

of social responsibility and so all our products

tivity, so that we can guarantee ever greater improve-

are manufactured in full respect of human rights

ments in our products and services

and international labour laws while also safeguarding

and so that Interna Contract remains for many years

the environment.

to come synonymous with quality.

Diego Travan President of Interna Holding spa.

Derna Del Stabile Managing Director of Interna Contract spa.

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INTERNA CONTRACT PASSION FOR PROJECTS

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Founded in 1989, Interna Contract, along with Interna Collection and Logica, is part of the Italian company Interna Group, which specializes in the design and production of luxury furnishing for the hospitality and contract industry. Interna Contract deals with the complex activity of contracting furnishing projects for the niche luxury market, producing exclusive furniture, furnishings and decoration on a turnkey basis.

Interna Contract began working in the hospitality sector and has, over the years, constantly fine-tuned its technical know-how and managerial skills. It has built extremely strong working relationships with the world’s most important hotel brands, interior designers and purchasing groups, to create and execute dozens of international projects, which have been unique in their design, historical and artistic value.

As a result of these many years of experience, Interna Contract has now earned a position of excellence which extends well beyond the hotel sector to encompass an extremely wide variety of projects: designer stores, restaurants, bars and pubs, banks, offices, casinos, private clinics, yachts, health and fitness centres, museums and private residences. These projects, together with the company’s ever-growing international client portfolio, are the true ambassadors of Interna Contract all over the world.

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Interna Contract places a real value on its team of over 40 experts who are specialists in dealing with extremely challenging projects. They ensure not only high-quality products but also high-quality service by taking care of every single aspect of every project: from planning to after-sales assistance and in full respect of pressing deadlines and of agreed budgets.

This is the basis for Interna Contract’s indisputable Passion for Projects.

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TURN KEY SERVICE FOR PROJECTS

Interna Contract works on a turnkey basis. This means that the company takes total responsibility for its clients’ projects, from initial ideas to their actual completion. Interna Contract’s work ranges from arranging financing to producing the final designs, from production to logistics, and from installation to testing and after-sales assistance - with the guarantee of strict adherence to quality standards, and the price and delivery terms agreed with clients. The main phases for each project are as follows:

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project managers at Interna Contract are the clients’ main point of contact throughout the execution of the project. They plan and monitor every stage of the order, coordinate the company’s various activities and make sure that for each project the three fundamental objectives are achieved: agreed product details and standards are complied with, delivery terms are kept to, and budgets are respected.

FINANCING

LOGISTICS

The contract industry involves extremely large and complex investments. For Interna Contract, it is crucial to be able to offer its support to clients in the form of both medium and long-term project financing. Over the years, Interna Contract Financial Department has acquired a significant amount of experience, which means that they are able to provide clients with different financing options.

Interna Contract Logistics Department is able to select the best carriers and the most appropriate means of transport to optimize delivery times and costs and to meet clients’ deadlines.

All transportation conforms to international security and sanitary rules and procedures for the carriage of wooden materials and products, as well as highly important protection procedures against moisture, high humidity, or excessive dryness.

SHOP DRAWINGS

PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL

The Interna Contract design team, made up of experienced architects, designers and technicians, works on the outline project and carefully draws up the designs for each individual piece of furniture.

Key design criteria always focus on functionality, quality of materials, sturdiness, aesthetics, cost engineering, and comply with national and international standards.

Through its many years of experience, Interna Contract has built up a solid, productive know-how, and can now guarantee flawless quality at highly competitive prices. This applies to both large scale production, made with cutting-edge technology and machinery, as well as small-scale or even one off custom-made items, characterized by non-standard shapes and sizes, hand-painted or engraved details, and special finishes. During production rigorous quality controls are carried out by Interna Contract specialists to ensure that each final piece is crafted to perfection.

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ON-LINE WORK-IN-PROGRESS TRACKING FOR PROJECTS

INSTALLATION

Interna Contract offers its clients a very innovative service which allows its users to check on-line the progress of every order placed. Once an order has been finalized, clients are assigned a username and password to access the private area on Interna Contract’s website.

Interna Contract’s specialised personnel carry out and ensure the correct installation and fitting of all joinery works, carpets, marble, ceramics, plasterboard and iron. Interna Contract site managers guarantee the perfect installation of the contracted work and coordination between their work and other companies on site.

AFTER-SALES ASSISTANCE

Interna Contract gives a warranty for the products supplied for a period which is contractually agreed for each project. Interna Contract is also able to offer post-sales assistance for each project, well after the warranty period has expired, thus granting the client the most competitive price and conditions.

This service includes the maintenance, refurbishment and/or replacement of “custom-made” obsolete products.

The opening page of this area displays a list of all the tasks and activities planned for the completion of the project, along with the production deadlines for each product. Interna Contract aims to provide its clients with an “open” system based on maximum transparency, and where information is updated in real time.Clients are able to track the exact production status of their orders as if they were actually watching the production process: they can see if a certain product is being varnished, is ready for despatch, or has already been shipped.

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ONE-OFF FURNISHING PRODUCTS FOR PROJECTS

Interna Contract works with discerning clients who are looking to create something really exclusive for their projects.

All items produced are unique and made exclusively for these specific projects from tailor-made designs.

Thanks to significant and constant investments in know-how and technology, Interna Contract is able to create the most sophisticated solutions in furniture and furnishing, however recherché the style and technical requirements, using many different materials - from wood to metals and from plastic to glass. The result is an almost infinite range of diverse products: chairs, armchairs and upholstery, doors, fixtures, fittings and other joinery work, usually for indoor use, and for outdoors, fixed and freestanding furniture, lamps and other accessories.

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Bespoke Interna Contract products are clearly not items to be ordered from a catalogue, but in response to widespread demand from the luxury contract sector for top quality furnishing, a sister company was launched in 2005. Interna Collection produces a vast range of furniture and furnishings which have been specially designed and engineered for the contract sector. The collection offers three different lines, which include over 200 concepts designed by 7 world-famous designers, and is characterized by extreme flexibility, with over 1,000 options for personalization.

INTERNA CONTRACT WORLWIDE

The high level of organization and the years of experience behind Interna Contract mean that we are extremely well-equipped to handle all types of commisions, however large or complex and wherever they may be located. Our high profile clients portfolio which spans the globe, from Europe to Asia and from Australia to America, is a testament not only to our abilities but also to the quality and popularity of our exclusive products.

DaimlerChrysler

Four Seasons

Intercontinental

Ferretti Yachts

Siemens

Hyatt Hilton

Volkswagen

The Ritz Carlton

Marriott

Radisson

Park Plaza

Westin Sete Yachts

Sheraton

Chanel

Le Meridien

Corinthia

QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS FOR PROJECTS

Big turn-key projects have a major environmental and social impact which means that manufacturers are called upon to follow strict polices regarding the environment and employment.

Interna Contract has always been sensitive to the issue of fair and sustainable growth.

Through its integrated certified system Quality: ISO 9001:2000 Environment: ISO 14.001 Ethics: Sa 8000 Interna Contract works hard to ensure that the process of globalisation is carried out in full recognition of human rights, international labour laws and environmental protection.

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INTERNA CONTRACT DIVISIONS

Interna Contract began its career in 1989 in the luxury hotel sector, and has since achieved a position of excellence which extends well beyond this sector. Interna now supplies exclusive furniture, furnishings, and decorations on a turnkey basis for all sorts of projects including designer stores, restaurants, bars and pubs, banks, offices, casinos, private clinics, yachts, health and fitness centres, museums and private residences. In the luxury sector every different building or project has its own particular demands. Each project requires specialist know-how and technological equipment to manufacture singular pieces of furniture, specially designed for the environment they are to furnish and to help create a unique ambience. Hence the creation of Interna Contract’s specialised Divisions. In Divisions our highly-skilled and experienced project managers team up with the most qualified specialists, technicians, and designers to ensure the perfect handling of each and every complex project and to make the final result an absolute success.

Interna Contract Hotels Division

Interna Contract Hotels Division, started by Interna in 1989, has now established a truly unrivalled market position, and has completed more than 100 projects all over the world for the most important luxury hotel chains: Hyatt, Marriot, Hilton, Westin, Radisson, Four Seasons and The Ritz-Carlton to name but a few.

Hotels tend to reflect their surroundings and their cultural and historical inheritance, The Park Hyatt, Milan, with its spectacular lobby lounge La Cupola, and white travertine marble seems to have absorbed the sensations, sounds and even the colours of Milan and its people. Hotel interior design can sometimes mean restoring the splendour of a historical building, and our Hotels Division excels in the painstaking work which this type of undertaking demands, as the spectacular Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda and the Hotel Des Indes in The Hague, The Netherlands can attest.

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Interna Contract Bars & Restaurants Division

Over the last few years a renaissance in bar and restaurant culture has given architects and designers the opportunity to pursue a whole new realm of ideas, to experiment with materials, with light and colours to provide a dramatic backdrop to everyday life.

Eating and drinking have become synonymous with fun and escapism, and there are endless ways for interior spaces to achieve this effect. Interna Contract is proud to have created some truly magnificent interiors for this exciting sector. For the world-famous Café de la Paix in Paris, one of our Bars & Restaurants Division’s most recent projects, Interna created sumptuous furnishings in mahogany with lacquered or gold-leaf inlays and superb bronze decorations, to really evoke the spirit and glory of Napoleon III’s Second Empire, when this historic place was first opened.

The seductive and imperial red hues of the chairs, together with the yellows and gold used in other decorative features, are truly evocative of this fascinating period in European history.

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Interna Contract Office Division

The Office Division at Interna Contract never supply standard off-the-shelf projects, they respond to each client’s own personal requirements for comfort, space, aesthetics and functionality to create a working environment that allows users to determine their own levels of calm and concentration. Interna Contract Office Division is able to carry out the most diverse turnkey office projects for executive meeting rooms, offices and workstations through the supply of seating, dividing walls, executive tables, functional cabinets, and much more.

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Interna Contract Museum Division

The purpose of any museum is to reveal past cultures and traditions to its visitors and to narrate complex history through a series of individual fragments. The interior design of museums plays an intrinsic role in this narrative and presents its own very particular challenges. Interna Contract Museum Division developed from the specialist production and maintenance of museum showcases and has always worked closely with exhibition curators and museum directors to ensure the long-term conservation and protection of exhibits, using microclimatic control, and to guarantee that safety and security measures comply with international standards.

Technical solutions that we have developed for our most prestigious clients include the use of optically coated non -reflective extra-clear laminated security glass, high-temperature epoxy-coated sheet steel, LED and fibre optic lighting, low formaldehyde panels and encoded or electronic multi-disc locking systems to interface with alarm systems.

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Interna Contract Residential Division

Interna Contract Residential Division deals with unique personalities and emotions: a person’s home always reflects their aesthetic tastes as well as their individual ideas of comfort and lifestyle.

Rules for the interior design in the hospitality industry do not apply to residential projects, these projects give the opportunity to really maximise personalisation especially in millwork, carpeting, draperies and lamps. Unique pieces of furniture are also given the greatest importance, eye-catching pieces to be admired for their beauty, luxury and quality of workmanship. Our manufacturing know-how and skills really come into their own in these projects: special inlay work, hand-painted pieces, engraved sections, the most difficult finishes and unusual shapes are just some of the daily challenges that our Retail Division tackle in creating the perfect living space for even the most demanding private clients and architects.

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Interna Contract Retail Division

Interna Contract Retail Division supplies retailers worldwide with high quality furnishing solutions. We work with prestigious clients who are looking either to create an individual and exclusive store or to develop a more ‘brandable’ image, one that is easily identifiable and replicable at other outlets, but one that can also be readily adapted to different buildings. For prestigious clients in the fashion sector, to whom we supply furnishings worldwide, we manufacture, deliver and install extremely high-quality, customized work, by combining our expertise and the latest technology to create the most sophisticated furniture and furnishings.

For the boutiques of an internationally renowned jeweller, refined designs and exceptionally stringent security measures are united to perfectly meet the demands of this prestigious client.

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Interna Contract Spa & Wellness Division

Spas and wellness centres are designed to promote and restore a balance between the mind, body and spirit. Interna Contract furnishing solutions for these oases of calm are specially designed to foster an atmosphere of absolute relaxation, to engage and pamper all the senses, and to create a place for rediscovering the inner-self free from the constraints of time.

Interna Contract Spa & Wellness Division is able to supply a wide range of furnishings, both millwork and loose, with the ideal characteristics for such environments, for example through the use of metals, woods, varnishes and finishes which are damp and heat resistant.

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Interna Contract Marine Division

The design and creation of any interior for large yachts has to take into consideration many aspects which are unique to the marine industry and has to ensure that aesthetics are combined with functionality and safety. The work of Interna Contract Marine Division not only complies with the specifications for each project, but also with a series of international regulations for the marine sector (e.g. Lloyd, MCA). A standard feature of these projects is special requirements in the choice of materials used and special installation procedures, in compliance with fire safety regulations and anti-vibrations factors. Ecological aspects, particularly in the choice of varnishes used, must be taken into account and acoustics and lighting have to be carefully studied to guarantee maximum comfort on board.

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Interna Contract Leisure Division

As the competition for tourists grows more intense each year, resort and casino developers come up with a myriad of design strategies to draw the crowds. The fantastically themed mega-resorts of Las Vegas now set the standard for similar places in the rest of the world, and “stage set” style fantasy is generally the architectural and interior design style of choice. Interna Contract Leisure Division is well aware of these trends, as is demonstrated by some of its latest projects, such as the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the largest casino located outside the USA, for which we produced all furnishings.

As you enter the casino, you are swallowed into the fabulous world of A Thousand and One Nights. The effect of the furnishings, materials and choice of colours is simultaneously sensual and stupefying.

The visual and tactile is up-front and dazzingly audacious and shows the outstanding quality of Interna Contract products, a very special kind of “Made in Italy”.

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INTERNA CONTRACT SELECTED PROJECTS 2007_1993

36 BMW Welt, Munich 54 citizenM, Amsterdam 56 Qing Long Qiao Apart, Beijing 62 Hotel Marinagri, Marina di Policoro

186 Corinthia Lisboa Hotel, Lisbon 188 Radisson SAS Hotel Stansted Airport, London 190 Radisson SAS Hotel, Nice 192 The Grove, Hertfordshire

64 The Chedi Milan

198 Park Hyatt Milan

80 The Westin, Paris

210 SPA Spirit One Galaway Radisson SAS Hotel, Ireland

82 Fouquet’s Palace Hotel, Paris 86 L’Hotel Rue Des Beaux Arts, Paris 90 The Dylan, Amsterdam 98 Park Hyatt Washington 102 New York Palace, Budapest

212 Hotel Royal D’Anfa, Casablanca 214 Le Grand Hotel Paris Intercontinental 224 Cafè de la Paix, Paris 232 Hilton Athens 236 Grand Hyatt Tokyo

108 Maxime Restaurant, The Hague

248 Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel, Tripoli

112 Park Hyatt Philadelphia

252 Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli, Gargnano

118 Hyatt Regency The Churchill, London 124 Le Méridien Hotel des Indes, The Hague 144 The College Hotel, Amsterdam 160 The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Dana Point 166 Turama Yacht, Athens 170 Park Hyatt Zurich 182 Four Seasons Resort Provence at Terre Blanche

290 The Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg 306 Grand Hyatt Berlin 318 Park Hyatt Hamburg 326 Panamericano, Buenos Aires 328 Crown Towers, Melbourne 336 Grand Hyatt Fukuoka 342 Hyatt Regency Osaka 348 Hyatt Regency La Manga, Murcia

INTERNA CONTRACT PROJECTS GALLERY

BMW Welt Munich Germany

Interior designer: FG stijl Period: 2007 Client: BMW AG

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BMW Welt is one of the first constructions to represent a new generation of buildings purpose-built for communication in the 21st century. As a place of meeting and change, BMW Welt is an ideal setting for BMW exhibitions as well as for other events in the fields of economics, politics, society and arts and culture. Here the company can communicate with its customers, friends and visitors from all over the world.

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The innovative architectural project (work of the renowned firm Coop Himmelb(l)au) makes great use of light, airiness and dynamism in an enormous wave-like, slightly concave structure which resembles a cloudy sky. Supported on 11 individual pillars, it is a real challenge to the laws of statics. The interiors of the 3 restaurant areas were designed by FG stijl and perfectly complement the architectural structure. The design is clean and contemporary and makes use of an original mix of steel, glass and integrated lighting.

Interna, after gaining a very tough international tender, focused its work on three different areas: the furnishing of the bistro on the first floor, the international restaurant and the balcony on the second floor and the vip restaurant club with the board room on the third floor.

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The extreme complexity of the furnishing project, in particular in relation with the architectural structure, the short period of time for the implementation and the very high quality level required by the specialized furnishing, generated a great challenge for Interna, but a one that has been met with success. The high number of companies taking part in it, required the use of a virtual platform containing thousands of drawings and constantly updated by all the parties involved.

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Located near the Olympic Stadium, where BMW headquarters and museum were already situated, BMW Welt offers visitors the chance to immerse themselves in the world of motors and this most famous German brand. BMW clients can collect the cars they have ordered directly on site instead of waiting for them in dealerships and take advantage of other dedicated services. Visitors can explore the ‘leisure’ areas (exhibition hall, restaurants, shops, auditorium and more) which are part of the same complex as the museum and the BMW factory, and which are all linked by a series of suspension bridges.

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In the third-floor board room Interna was particularly involved in the panelling of the walls with stone, leather and velvet. A great technological challenge was the installation of a “Media Wall” made of stone and incorporating a video projection system.

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The interior of the BMW Welt is just as remarkable as its architecture: offering visitors different room perspectives, easy orientation and maximum comfort and even the smallest design feature contributes to the building’s sense of uniqueness. Leitmotiv of the furnishing of all the areas is the table ‘TOTO’ by Hannes Wettstein of the Contemporary line of Interna Collection in all its forms (coffee table, side table, lamp table) and customized accordingly with the specifications of the designers.

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citizenM Hotel Amsterdam The Netherlands

Interior designer: Concrete Architectural Associate Period: 2007 Client: One Star Is Born

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Interna Contract created the interiors for the first citizenM hotel. Located in Amsterdam, near Schiphol Airport, the idea behind the hotel was to offer affordable luxury accommodation to “mobile citizens”: modern, independent travelers who appreciate contemporary design and user-friendly technology. The hotel, built using the “Industrial Flexible Demountable” system, consists of modular, container-like rooms (2.8x12 m). These rooms were inspired by the minimal and efficient interiors of yachts and the cabins on private jets, and are equipped with the best technology and amenities. Interna was commissioned by this new hotel chain to provide turnkey furnishings following the design created by Dutch firm Concrete.

Interna was very much involved in each phase of the project, from concept and engineering, to the final finishing touches to the rooms, and all with the utmost care and attention, particularly in the choice of materials and finishes. Interna also supplied innovative room features like a square wall-to-wall bed, or showers, with LEDs that can be set according to personal preference. Customization was one of the main themes of this project: guests can control the lights, music, and wake-up call tunes for their room. The hotel also offers a wide choice of books, magazines, films, and a 24 hour restaurant.

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Qing Long Qiao Apart. Show Flats Beijing China

Interior designer: Bilkey Llinas Design Period: 2007 Client: Greentown Real Estate Group Co.LTD

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Contemporary and neo-classical furniture in the Blue Dragon Villas (Qing Cong Qiao), a luxurious residential development located in the north-west of Beijing City near the Summer Palace.

The interiors of these majestic mansions were designed by Bilkey Llinas Design to meet the high demand of wealthy new consumers in China for Italian elegance and the prestige of the Renaissance period. Interna was chosen to be part of one of the most lavish residential projects in China today because of the high quality and the perfect finish of our products.

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Hotel Marinagri Marina di Policoro Italy

Interior designer: Interna Contract Period: 2007 Client: Marinagri Resort SPA

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Surrounded by pine forests, wildlife reserves and the unique flora and fauna of the Mediterranean, the seaside resort of Marinagri lies on a unspoilt stretch of the Ionian coast in Policoro, Basilicata. Like all the buildings in the resort, the Hotel is ecologically constructed and endeavours to maintain a Mediterranean style, with offset roofs, numerous porticos and the predominant use of stone and wood. Inside the Hotel, turnkey furnished by Interna, there is a calm and relaxing atmosphere created by the use crisp, clean lines. The rooms, with their simple and elegant design and the colours of the sand, evoke the nautical world and open upwards, with an unexpected relaxation area in a loft. The view of the sea is breathtaking, the water almost reaches the hotel and plays wonderful reflections on the walls.

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The Chedi Milan Milan Italy

Interior designer: Jaya & Associates Period: 2007 Client: Elemata Gestion SRL

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“ Feeling in harmony with oneself is fundamental when travelling and so is the interior well-being that each place can transmit. For this reason, I took inspiration from my land of origin, Indonesia, to imagine tranquil spaces, spacious and luminous, yet intimate and warm.

Subtle and smooth colours, sand, brown, ochre and orange without forgetting the white of purity and inner calm, with precious yet primitive materials such as wood, bronze, stone, mosaic and textured ceramic. Lights which blend in with shapes. All combined with cutting edge Western technology for feeling at home even when away from home.”

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Interna Group was commissioned by the prestigious international hotel chain GHM (General Hotel Management Ltd.) to provide the turnkey interiors for this hotel, their first hotel in Europe, located in the Italian capital of finance and fashion.

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All Interna Group companies, Interna Contract, Interna Collection and Logica, joined forces for the mammoth 12-month task of fully furnishing the hotel’s communal areas, its 250 guest rooms and its offices.

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GHM hotels provide a very special in-room experience, offering an intimate and inviting luxury

space designed in a traditional style. The style of service is more similar to that of a gracious residence or exclusive private home than a hotel.

Spacious and welcoming, the rooms have been created for total physical and spiritual well-being.

Subtle, smooth colours are all used to produce a tranquil atmosphere.

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The Westin Paris France

Interior designer: Jacques Garcia Period: 2006-2007 Client: Hotel Dabicam Paris SAS

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For this super-stylish hotel, Interna was chosen to completely refurbish the former “Restaurant 234 Rivoli” now called “The First” and worked closely with worldwide interior design icon Jacques Garcia, to create neo-modern décor dressed in beautiful purple silks and velvets, and offering comfort at the highest standards of quality.

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Fouquet’s Palace Hotel Paris France

Interior designer: Jacques Garcia Period: 2006 Client: Ste D’exploitation Du Restaurant Le Fouquet’s

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Located in the heart of Paris, this new epitome of a 21st century French palace with the latest cutting-age technology has been tailored to meet the tastes of discerning international guests who are always looking for something new and distinctive. For this amazing project, pieces were selected from Interna’s collection “Les Grands Classiques de Jacques Garcia”, launched in 2006, and based on a close partnership with the French designer.

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Interna Contract | Fouquet’s Palace Hotel | France

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L’Hotel Rue Des Beaux Arts Paris France

Interior designer: Jacques Garcia Period: 2006 Client: L’hotel

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Built in 1816 and originally part of the palace of La Reine Margot, L’Hotel truly expresses the spirit of Paris. Located in Rue de Beaux Arts, near the intellectual heart of the city, its modest façade conceals the hotel’s refurbished interiors in the flamboyant style that is so representative of Jacques Garcia. The French designer, like no other, knows how to emphasise the traditional qualities of a property and to maintain those same features in modern, luxurious splendour. His individual style is well expressed through the pieces selected from Interna’s collection “Les Grands Classiques de Jacques Garcia” which enhance, with their velvets and soft lines, the hotel’s atmosphere of comfort and cosiness.

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The Dylan Amsterdam The Netherlands

Interior designer: FG stijl Period: 2006 Client: The Dylan Hotel Amsterdam

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The Dylan, housed in an exceptional 17th century landmark building, is located on one of the city’s most beautiful canals and sits on the site of the first theatre in Amsterdam.

In 2006 the ground floor of this stylish and intimate hotel was totally refurbished to a FG stijl design which both respected the past and embraced the future.

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Interna supplied loose, custom-made furniture for all public areas: lobby, lounge, restaurant and private dining rooms. The materials used are glossy black leather, soft coloured fabrics, spring green wool and silk carpets.

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Luxury is found in bespoke services and attention to detail. It is through the details that the world will become less uniform, and sustainability will be achieved through the use of quality materials.

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Designed by designers, built for people. Someone’s choice of furniture says a lot about a person.

Furniture gives atmosphere and character to a room; it can create feelings of elegance and intimacy that can be experienced either alone or with others. Besides being aesthetically pleasing, furniture should also be durable and comfortable. [FG stijl]

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Park Hyatt Washington Usa

Interior designer: Toni Chi Period: 2005-2006 Client: Hyatt Development Co.

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Boasting a coveted location close to the Smithsonian, Embassy Row, National Monuments and other major attractions, this Toni Chi-designed luxury hotel will impress the most discriminating guest with its elegant rooms, impeccable service, fine dining and world class amenities.The furnishings supplied by Interna range from the complete standard guest room and bathroom fittings (excluding sanitary ware) to the upholstery, tables and chairs which adorn the hotel’s public areas. Wood types such as canaletto walnut were chosen for tables and chairs, while bleached oak with a customized colour and finish, was used in guestrooms.

Bedsteads and armchairs are upholstered in custom-coloured fabrics.

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New York Palace Budapest Hungary

Interior designer: Adam Thiany Papiri Studio Period: 2005-2006 Client: New York Palace KFT

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Acquired by the Boscolo Group in February 2001, The New York Palace reopened its doors to the public following intensive restructuring work that returned one of the Hungarian capital’s most interesting cultural and artistic symbols to the spotlight.

The Hotel has an unrestrained, quintessentially eclectic style, representing the work of the different designers and manufacturers involved in the project.

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The NY Cafè, an intriguing and magical blend of past and future was furnished entirely by Interna.

Brilliant designer Adam D. Tihany created dazzlingly modern backdrops of glass, steel and light as a setting for delicious traditional Italian food and local dishes.

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Interna also worked on the two royal suites which were designed by Papiri and are characterized by furniture with clean cut, almost austere lines and ebony wood with silver inserts. The inlaid headboards, bedside tables, minibars, wardrobes, TV units and doors were all custom made.

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Maxime Restaurant The Hague The Netherlands

Interior designer: FG stijl Period: 2005-2006 Client: Maxime Restaurant

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The Maxime restaurant is located in centre of The Hague, surrounded by antique shops on the Denneweg, it looks and feels as though a small piece of Paris, with all its charm, has been transported to the Dutch administrative capital. Interna was responsible for the turnkey furnishing of the restaurant’s interiors, following a project designed by FG stijl.

The design incorporates original interiors within a cosy, narrow space and mixes elegance and softness, using a combination of some rich detailing with more austere, structured pieces.

The use of colour- yellow, gold and black- is consistent throughout: black walls, a gold sign, a period portal framed with lead and gilt glass decorated columns and the black tables with their light-reflecting bronze edges which seem to float over the natural oak floor.

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Park Hyatt Philadelphia Usa

Interior designer: Marguerite Rodgers LTD Period: 2005 Client: Hyatt Corporation

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The famous Avenue of the Arts is home to the Park Hyatt Philadelphia, a stunning hotel which has been awarded a number of prizes including: “Best of Hospitality” at the 2007 IIDA Awards in Philadelphia, the GE Edison Award of Merit and the renowned AAA Four-Diamond Award.

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For beautiful hotel, Interna supplied loose furniture for the public areas including the restaurant ‘XIX’, conference and meeting rooms, library lounge, pre-function areas.

The design was conceived by the outstanding design studio Marguerite Rodgers Ltd, wich chose items from the Interna Collection catalogue.

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Hyatt Regency The Churchill London United Kingdom

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Interior designer: Wilsdon Design Associates Period: 2005 Client: Churchill Group Limited

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The Churchill is a luxury 5 star hotel ideally situated in central London’s West End, close to many of London’s exclusive shopping areas, and within easy access of the City.

This deluxe hotel conveys a very warm atmosphere, with its elegant decoration and an enphasis on attention to detail. Its style is unique, with a subtle blend of tradition, and the very finest of modern facilities. The Montagu, one of the hotel’s two restaurants, was turnkey furnished

by Interna. Its modern decor with wooden furniture, neutral palette and wooden floors, the light, the views over Portman Square, its busy open kitchen and wonderful menu have made this restaurant a fantastic place to lunch and dine.

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Le Méridien Hotel Des Indes The Hague The Netherlands

Interior designer: Jacques Garcia Period: 2004-2005 Client: Owners of the Hotel Des Indes

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After three years of renovations Le Méridien Hotel Des Indes spectacularly reopened its doors in 2005. The renowned interior designer Jacques Garcia was commissioned for this major refurbishment with the remit to maintain the hotel’s unique ambience and respect the building’s glorious history. Interna was chosen to realize his designs.

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Since 1881, when the majestic building became a hotel, it has accommodated many kings, emperors, heads of state, prominent politicians, artists, and a multitude of colourful guests.

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L’Hotel Des Indes offers an excellent “new luxury dining experience”. The restaurant, lounge and bar are separate areas, each with its own unique atmosphere, but contained within one large space, unified and exalted by the special touch of Garcia and Interna’s refined furnishings.

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Interna provided all turnkey furnishings for the 92 rooms and 13 suites as well as for the communal areas such as the lobby, lounge, bar, restaurant, meeting rooms and health club. Each tailor-made piece was exclusively and attentively produced to give a final result of the absolute highest quality.

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Each room features a luxurious, spacious bathroom with sleek black marble floors, white marble basins and custom-made red Portuguese tiles. All the guest rooms and suites are imbued with an old-world grandeurand elaborate elegance, a perfect combination of opulence and contemporary chic with vaulted ceilings and refined draperies.

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The College Hotel Amsterdam The Netherlands

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The story behind this hotel is rather unique. The hotel, currently a listed building in Amsterdam, was originally built as a school and still functions as a school today. The College Hotel was founded as a training hotel for outstanding students from the Amsterdam Hotel Management School, Bakery and Tourism.

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In 2004 the design studio FG stijl was commissioned to refurbish the hotel, and to create somewhere warm and modern in this original old school building.

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All furnishings were manufactured by Interna Contract both for the public spaces (bar, reception, restaurant, lounge, lobby and bathrooms) and for all 40 luxury rooms and suites, each with their own individual identity.

All items are of exceptional quality and are enhanced by the use of unusual and luxury materials (for instance the use of mother of pearl on the reception desk and fish skin leather on the wardrobes).

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The black lacquered furniture was all hand-finished and polished and all the metal components, including visible screws, were hand burnished to produce a special bronze finish that was not commercially available.

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FG Stijl won the Prix Villegiature Paris award in the category “Best Interior Design in Europe” and also the Theme.nl 2005 Award for “Best New Hotel Design Netherlands” for this project.

Some of the pieces designed in 2005 for this hotel are now commercially available as part of Interna’s “Anglodutch” Collection

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The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Dana Point Usa

Interior Designer: R.P.W. Design Period: 2003-2004 Investor: Strategic Hotel Capital

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Situated atop a 150-foot bluff, this peaceful sanctuary soars above the standard Laguna hotels with refined elegance, a graceful atmosphere, and impeccable service.

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Located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, this AAA Five Diamond luxury hotel in Laguna blends classic furnishings and modern-day conveniences with generous living space.

Thanks to its world-class service, has catered to the world’s most discriminating guests for more than 20 years.

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Interna Contract manufactured customized loose furniture for public areas and individually designed guest rooms for this hotel in a class all of its own.

The tasteful furnishings and the upholstery with its understated colours give the hotel a luxurious yet refined tone, and combine nuances of the past with modern chic.

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Turama Yacht 115 MT Athens Greece

Interior designer: Patterson Buxton/AMK Period: 2003-2004 Client: Sete Yacht Kenora Cons.

The French philosopher Baudelaire defined the sea as a perfect balance of “harmony, beauty, luxury, calmness and voluptuousness”. The same words could have been written for this dazzling, futuristic 300-foot transatlantic yacht which is, without doubt, one of the projects we feel most proud of. As you board, you are immediately drawn to explore the yacht further and savour its many exciting design features. Light is the most overwhelming element. The lobby walls are luminous, bringing ancient Greek motifs to the fore; shining marble surfaces in the aptly named Long Bar reflect the light; the American Maple used throughout the library glows; and light cascades down the crystal-glass stairway which links all decks with the helicopter pad.

From both a creative and technical point of view the yacht is an amazing achievement and the acoustic insulation is quite astounding. All outfitting was constructed to the exacting Lloyds MCA marine safety standards. The overall effect on the senses makes this particular luxury yacht a prestigious tribute to our skill, ability and to our never-ending search for aesthetic and technical perfection.

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Park Hyatt Zurich Switzerland

Interior designer: Hirsch&Bedner Associates Period: 2003-2004 Client: Zurich Escherwiese Hotel GMBH

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This hotel, located just a few minutes from the splendid old city, was the first Hyatt hotel to be opened in Switzerland and Interna Contract’s 26th project for this international chain.

This is a modern and refined building and its rooms manage to combine ultra-modern architecture with high-tech, state of the art comforts. The interior design was created by HBA, Usa.

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Interna was commisioned to provide turn-key furnishigs for the 142 rooms (including 12 suites and a Presidential suite) and for the public areas (including lobby, lobby lounge, bar, restaurants, private restaurant, wine bar, convention room). The project was completed in only 6 months. The furnishings highlight simple refined and elegant lines.

A recurrent theme in the décor is the alternation of “warm” furniture in cherry wood, palisander and “cold” complements in steel and glass.

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Four Seasons Resort Provence at Terre Blanche Côte d’Azur France

Interior designer: Neumayer & Partner Period: 2003-2004 Client: SARL Terre Blanche Management

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Hidden in the hills of Provence, close to the glamour of the Côte d’Azur, this Four Seasons Resort offers luxurious comfort with beautiful views of mountains, medieval villages and fragrant fields of thyme and lavender.Set in intimate buildings, the resort has a real Provençal spirit.

Its warm interior design draws widely from local influences, creating a hotel that is at once traditional and modern. In the Faventia restaurant (previous page), walls crafted in local stonework give an elegant backdrop to sculpture and artwork, while wood floors and sycamore tables provide a contemporary twist on the natural elements of Provence. Striped chairs in white and brown add to this organic palette.Interna supplied customized furnishings for all the public areas in this beautiful resort as well as for its outdoor areas and its individually designed suites and villas.

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Corinthia Lisboa Hotel Lisbon Portugal

Interior designer: GA International Period: 2003-2004 Client: Alfa Investimentos Turisticos LDA

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Interna furnished turnkey this hotel, that lies in the heart of Lisbon, with furniture that gives the rooms a comfortable blend of style and modernity, with smooth colours and elegant lines.

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Radisson SAS Hotel London Stansted Airport London United Kingdom

Interior Designer: Christian Lundwall Arkitektkontor AB Period: 2003-2004 Client: Radisson SAS

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Radisson SAS choose Interna for the furnishing of this hotel, with its colourful rooms that create a modern yet comfortable atmosphere, which blends so well with the lively spirit of the city.

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Radisson SAS Hotel Nice Nice France

Interior Designer: Christian Lundwall Arkitektkontor AB Period: 2003-2004 Client: Radisson SAS

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The character of the French Riviera is reflected in the colours of the rooms created by Interna for the Radisson SAS in Nice, where the furnishings exude style and quality.

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The Grove Hertfordshire United Kingdom

Interior designer: Fox Linton Associates Period: 2003 Client: The Grove

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The Grove, located in the South of England, offers everything a guest would expect from a luxury country house hotel set in such grand surroundings - but with a difference. The welcome and service provided is genuinely warm and friendly, and not in the least bit stuffy.

The hotel’s unique style is a mix of traditional elegance and hip, contemporary design which they refer to as “groovy grand”. Interna supplied loose furniture for this singular and exceptional, chic country hotel’s public areas and for its many rooms and suites. An exclusive look was created for each different area in the hotel, following a tailor-made design. A wide range of materials, from wood to different metals, were used to create completely different items in varying styles.

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The Grove’s 227 guest rooms and suites range from the luxurious to the truly palatial, but all have fabulous views of the formal gardens or golf course. Traditional country house elegance combined with 21st century high-tech design.

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Park Hyatt Milan Italy

Interior designer: Ed Tuttle Period: 2003 Client: Nepa SRL

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The Park Hyatt in Milan was Interna’s twenty-fifth commission from the Hyatt group, it is a quintessentially Milanese hotel and blends perfectly with its immediate surroundings: the vibrant Piazza Duomo; Milan’s great travertine-marbled cathedral; the world-famous Scala Opera House; and the belle Èpoque splendour of the Galleria, Milan’s prestigious glass-domed shopping arcade.

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The Hyatt has absorbed the sensations, the sounds and, indeed, the colours of Milan and its people.In the photograph you can see the spectacular hotel lobby lounge, la Cupola, resplended in travertine marble, a recurrent theme used throughout the hotel.

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The marble dances in perfect harmony with the imperial yellow and aubergine silks that cover the walnut-backed banquettes; and perfectly partners the gold and brown velvet armchairs and the metal, walnut and glass coffee tables.

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The design was created by American designer Ed Tuttle. Interna Contract provided the fixed and loose furniture and furnishings for the public areas, the guest rooms, the presidential suite, the diplomatic suite, the meeting rooms, the lobby, bar, restaurant and library.

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Here luxury is never flamboyant but like the city around it refined, with a understated elegance and charm which instils peace and serenity.

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SPA Spirit One

Galway Radisson SAS Hotel Ireland

Interior Designer:The Syntax Group Period: 2003 Client: Radisson SAS

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Interna furnished the Spirit One Spa by creating pieces of furniture whose textures and colours enhance the relaxing atmosphere.

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Hotel Royal D’anfa Casablanca Morocco

Interior designer: Christine Roffiaen Period: 2002-2003 Client: Berr Anass SA

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Located in the heart of the city the Palace d’Anfa welcomes guests with 156 rooms and suites. Interna provided turnkey furnishing with simple, elegant lines and quite a minimal approach. The result is both classic and innovative, where dark woods and the choice of a beige palette blend with traditional Moroccan touches.

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Le Grand Hotel Intercontinental Paris France

Interior designer: P.I. Rochon Period: 2002-2003 Client: Societe Nouvelle Du Grand Hotel

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The Grand Hotel Paris, part of the prestigious Intercontinental chain, reopened its doors to the public in April 2003 after 18 months of extensive restoration work. Located in a magnificent old building, just next to Garnier’s Opéra de Paris, the hotel is a spectacular example of late 19th Century European luxury.

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Interna Contract created special, custom-made loose furniture for the hotel’s more than 400 rooms and suites as well as for all the public areas, following the designs of renowned French interior designer Pierre Ives Rochon.

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All the furniture is in a French Empire style, matching the originals made in 1862, and is in mahogany veneer with decorative inlays or lacquered details embellished with gold leaf and bronze decorations. Some pieces have precious marble tops, leathers and valuable mosaics, with every detail receiving Interna’s customary care and attention.

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Café De La Paix Paris France

Interior designer: P.I. Rochon Period: 2002-2003 Client: Societe Nouvelle Du Grand Hotel

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‘Quite simply sensational’ is the experts opinion of the world renowned and refurbished Café de la Paix. Although actually part of the Le Grand Hotel, it is considered as a separate entity and a Parisian institution. It was perhaps the most representative cafè of the 19th century, a meeting point for outstanding people from all different walks of life, be they cultural, artistic, musical or political.

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Designed by Charles Garnier, the architect behind the Opera House with which the cafè shares many stylistic features, the Café de la Paix today, more than ever, plays a prominent role in elegant Parisian society. For this stunning setting Interna used mahogany with gold-leaf or lacquered inlays, rich marble, fine leather and precious mosaics to create bespoke sumptuous furnishings of the highest quality.

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Hilton Athens Greece

Interior designer: Bilkey Llinas Design Period: 2002-2003 Client: Jonian Hotel Enterprises SA

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Interna was very much involved in Athens’s preparation for the Olympic Games, cooperating on four extremely prestigious hospitality projects. These included the Hilton Athens, the official hotel for the International Olympic Committee, which is located in the heart of the city next to the Acropolis and the National Gallery of Art. Working with American firm Bilkey Llinas Design, Interna made the exclusive tailor-made furnishings and millworks in beech wood for all the impressive public areas, the lobby, the numerous bars and restaurants, the conference and banquet halls, the exhibition area and the swimming pool area in the spa complex.

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Grand Hyatt Tokyo Japan

Interior designer: Tony Chi Period: 2002-2003 Client: Ilya Corporation

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The Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi Hills is Japan’s largest private urban redevelopment project.

This luxury five star hotel was designed by two renowned interior design studios, Chhada Siembieda & Associates Ltd and Tony Chi & Associates. Interna supplied and installed all the loose furniture for the public areas, including restaurants, bars and reception.

The main challenge for Interna was to combine the two design styles. All features were chosen with the utmost care, from wood types, with a predominance of natural oak and ebonized mahogany, to fabrics, including precious velvets and leathers; the finishes too were created

by Interna, with exclusive customized colours. And the result is a simple and refined yet luxurious atmosphere that welcomes the guest to this modern, stylish and charismatic hotel.

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Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel Tripoli Libya

Interior designer: George Butlin Design Period: 2002-2003 Client: Corinthia Palace Hotel Co. LTD

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Interna Contract supplied all the loose and fixed furniture for the public areas of this charming hotel, located in the centre of the Libyan capital, right next to the old walled “medina”.

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Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli Gargnano Italy

Interior Designer: Babey Moulton Jue & Booth Period: 2000-2001 Client: Benaco Gestoni SRL

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D.H. Lawrence wrote about it; Winston Churchill painted it…

The beautiful village of Gargnano on majestic Lake Garda. Artists discovered this unexplored part of Italy centuries ago.

I am thrilled at how Gargnano and its surroundings have escaped the march of the modern world. I know that you will find the same poetry, peace and beauty that D.H., Winston and other artists have found.

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The exclusive Grand Hotel Villa Feltrinelli has opened its doors to the public, after an impressive renovation, in which Interna supplied all the millwork and loose furniture for the interior and outdoor areas, everything from draperies to carpeting and from lamps to accessories.

Owing to its extreme complexity and for the number of custom-made items, the project presented the Interna team with a real challenge. Interna supplied more than 2000 different items, all one-off and exclusively tailor-made for this project and among these Interna handled a number of rare antique pieces that required meticulous restoration. The design was developed by the famous American interior design studio Babey Moulton Jue & Booth of San Francisco, with whom Interna’s technicians worked closely for the entire duration of the project.

The whole of the company were fully employed on this massive project for 12 months.

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The historic liberty-style Villa Feltrinelli, at various times home to Mussolini and Churchill, overlooks Lake Garda and has been aptly described by Herbert Ypma, the writer of many Hip Hotel books as being “an amazing, beautiful place, whose magic is not tangible or easily explained - it’s the way it makes you feel” ( The Times May 2002 ). It’s all too true: immersed in a fairytale location, the villa has been restored to perfection. This style of refined luxury elegance is almost certainly unique in the world, and its internal décor is certainly the jewel in Interna’s crown.

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Villa Feltrinelli is a historic country house property. The villa and its grand park, built in 1892 by the prominent Feltrinelli Family, served as a summer retreat. It was designed by architect Alberico Barbiano di Belgioioso in the Liberty style, and the family commissioned intricate boiseries, carved wood ceilings, panels, ornate stained glass windows and delicately painted ceilings.

In 1997, legendary hotelier and founder of ‘Regent International Hotels’, Bob Burns, bought the Villa, gave it new life and offers it today to demanding new travellers in search of beauty, graciousness and peace.

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Many guestrooms in the main villa feature fresco ceilings hand painted in 1890 by the Lieti brothers. With a floor area of between 450 and 700 square metres, the accommodations are the embodiment of grandeur and sophisticated charm.

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Interna’s restoration of the 70 pieces of antique furniture in the villa was supervised by the Sovrintendenza dei Beni Architettonici e Storici of Mantova. Each guestroom at Villa Feltrinelli embodies a unique personality, is painted in a distinct colour and contains antiques from the original family home.

Personal details such as silver pictures frames filled with old black and white prints of Lake Garda and famous names and faces from the early 1900s can also be found in each room.

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The bathrooms exude antique elegance and modern comfort: the polished wood, the lustrous marble of the heated floors, and the nickel-plated brass of the English taps adorning the spacious bathtubs, come together to create a feeling of great luxury. The careful choice of materials and the painstakingly detailed installation, carried out by Interna, create an alluring atmosphere where the guest can unwind and enjoy breathtaking views of the lake from the comfort of a relaxing bath.

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With 1.000 feet of lakefront, the villa has its own private beach as well as various docks and boats, making it easy for guests to swim, sail, cruise or merely enjoy the view.

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The historical park with centuries’ old trees has been carefully restored to bring life back to the formal Italian gardens, as well as the olive grove and the terraced lemon garden.

Tiled in green-grey granite, the pool fits into the landscape as a cool, inviting garden feature.

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The Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg Germany

Interior Designer: Andrée Putmann Period: 2000 Client: Volkswagen AG

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Designed by famed French interior designer Andrée Putman, the hotel offers guests an innovative and relaxing stay and is the perfect “home from home”.

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The Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg is an integral part of the Autostadt (Car City) theme park, a forum for mobility, built by Volkswagen, one of Europe’s largest car manufacturers.

This centre of excellence is dedicated to the automobile in a rather unusual way by emphasizing design, art, architecture and science – rather than cars themselves. The entire hotel takes the form of an open circle, embracing and warmly welcoming its guests.

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Andrée Putman concentrated on expressing a luxury which is both visible and invites touch, using the finest fabrics, unusual seating and semi-circular desks.

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For this elegant hotel in technological Germany, Interna Contract supplied all the custom-made furniture and complementary furnishings, including curtains, carpets, lamps and accessories, for the 174 rooms, of which there are 19 suites, 2 presidential suites, as well as 34 club rooms and a VIP lobby lounge.

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The combination of natural fibres and soft colours harmonizes and provides a seamless transition from the outside to the interior, while large windows present a contrasting view of the harbour basin and the power plant of Volkswagen, officially recognized as a historical industrial monument.

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Due to the complexity of the project, the rapid execution time and the high number of custom-made items, all one-off and exclusively tailor-made for this hotel to the highest quality standards, the Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg posed a real challenge for the Interna team, but one which they met with great success.

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The Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg embodies the individual spirit and culture of its location while reflecting the Ritz-Carlton signature style of gracious elegance. Guests can count on superb service and luxurious accommodation with stunning bathrooms (all with bath and separate shower, heated marble floor and in some rooms a built-in TV screen) in an environment where the international language of hospitality has been perfected.

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Grand Hyatt Berlin Germany

Interior Designer: Hannes Wettstein Period: 1998 Client: Daimler Crysler AG

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The Grand Hyatt Berlin is situated in Marlene-Dietrich-Platz, an area of the city which underwent complete remodelling after the fall of the Berlin Wall following the designs of Renzo Piano.

The architect Rafael Moneo designed the building, while designer Hannes Wettstein created the interiors. It is an art hotel, where the design of the interiors, turnkey furnished by Interna, were carefully planned to give prevalence to and enhance the art works exhibited.

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The hotel restaurants and bars have a modern and inviting allure, with carefully chosen woods and splendid use of colour. Guests find an atmosphere that is both relaxing and inspiring, where each detail has been created to combine comfort and style.

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Interna furnished all the public areas, such as restaurants, lounge, bars, lift areas and meeting rooms, and provided some of the loose furniture for the guest rooms. All items are simple and have an effortless elegance that blends well with the art on display.

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The clean lines and homogeneity of the colour palette create the perfect frame for the exceptional works of art displayed on the hotel walls, including pieces from the artists Julio Rondo and Corsin Fontana(previous pages). In the Presidential Suite the furniture recalls the black and white tones of the Gert Rappenecker photograph, while the simple, elegant panelling contrasts with and enhances the modern and surprising blues of the Kurt Hofmann painting.

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The overriding design concept for this hotel was simplicity: the straight lines and perfect geometry used follow this guiding principle but also evoke a feeling of splendour.

The rooms, styled with the same linear simplicity to be found throughout the hotel, provide all the comfort and facilities of a true luxury hotel.

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Park Hyatt Hamburg Germany

Interior Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates Period: 1997-1998 Client: GBR Levantehaus

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It was Frederick Barbarossa who exempted Hamburg from customs duty and from that moment on the city developed around its port and became a major focus for international shipping.

The Park Hyatt Hotel lies in the heart of the city, on the famous Mönckebergstraße, and is housed in the Levantehaus, an art deco building that dates back to the beginning of the last century. Interna created all the furniture for the communal areas and all the 230 guest rooms, 20 suites and 30 apartments, bringing together maritime tradition and a certain old-world charm with state-of-the-art facilities and 21st-century interior design.

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The onyx top, along with the steel structure that supports it, although eye-catching, blends in well with the rest of the room, with the pale cherry-wood panelling and the variously shaped stools that complete the bar area.

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To create the panelling, tables, chairs and benches, Interna worked with different materials, from cherry-wood to beech-wood and fireproof upholstery, to create a balanced whole that gives the restaurant a wonderfully relaxing atmosphere.

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Spacious and luminous, the rooms offer guests a perfect mix of natural materials, warm colours and all the comforts of modern technology. Cherry-wood is the material on which all the interiors are based, and its various shades play their part in creating a modern but luxury setting.

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The simple luxury of the presidential suite makes the guests feel at ease and cared for.

The elegance of the chosen materials and the gentle light from the outside create a comfortable and inspiring ambience.

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Panamericano Buenos Aires Argentina

Interior designer: Alexandra Champalimaud Period: 1997-1998 Investor: Owner of the Panamericano Buenos Aires Hotel & resort

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Interna brought “made in Italy” design to South America, by furnishing the superb Crowne Plaza Panamericano in Buenos Aires. A luxurious but elegant hotel with welcoming interiors in its guest rooms and suites that offer a spectacular view of the city.

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Crown Towers Melbourne Australia

Interior Designer: Bilkey Llinas Design Period: 1996/1997 Investor: Crown LTD

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Covering over 510,000 square meters on the south bank of Melbourne’s Yarra river, Crown Casino is one of the most outstanding tourist attractions in Australia and the world’s largest casino outside the United States. The hotel itself is one of the finest luxury international 5 star hotels. The exclusive VIP suites occupy the top ten floors of Crown Towers and were all furnished by Interna. The refined style of the furniture reflects the exclusivity of the setting.

Great artists, famous tenors, political leaders and sporting heroes have all stayed here, and all had the chance to see and experience for themselves the quality of products carrying the “Made in Italy” label, all courtesy of Interna.

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A unique and valuable piece, this custom-made console is inlaid by hand and decorated with gold-leaf. Its sumptuous materials and decoration reflect the luxurious atmosphere of the whole hotel.

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The superb view of the city skyline from each suite provides the perfect backdrop to the stunning interiors.

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Grand Hyatt Fukuoka Japan

Interior Designer: Bilkey Llinas Design Period: 1995-1996 Client: Fukuoka Japan Urban Design & Development Co.LTD

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It is claimed that the Mongols landed at Hakata Bay in 1281, close to present day Fukuoka, but that the fleet was destroyed by a typhoon before they could deploy their forces.

To the Japanese, the typhoon was the kamikaze, the “Divine wind”, rising up to protect the land of the gods and over the centuries this incident created the belief that the country is sacred and inviolate. The Grand Hyatt Fukuoka, next to the Canal City Hakata complex in Fukuoka, is a spectacular 400-room hotel where Interna provided all the loose furniture in the guest rooms and in the public areas.

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The warm elegance of wood, along with the light of steel and the luxury of marble, creates an inspiring setting for the meeting rooms.

The predominantly contemporary furniture is designed to carefully blend in with the more typical elements of traditional Japanese design.

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Hyatt Regency Osaka Japan

Interior Designer: Wilson & Associates Period: 1994 Client: Bauhaus Co. LTD

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Japan’s kitchen, as Osaka was known during the Edo period (1600-1868), was the entrêpot for a variety of goods and food, especially rice. Today it is the country’s second most important city for finance, trade and industry. The Hyatt Regency Osaka’s 500 rooms impressively tower over the bay and the city. Interna furnished all the public areas of this hotel, and revealed its full potential by satisfying the famously rigorous Japanese quality standards.

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The small armchairs, with their curved backs in beech wood and their soft lines, perfectly complement and enhance the elegant, minimalist architecture of the bar. The use of simple geometric forms, like the triangle of the tables, or the curves of the armchairs, interrupted only by the plush cushions, reveal the essential elegance at the core of this hotel.

The delightfully shaped furniture invites the guest to sit and relax while admiring the astonishing view of the city that can be enjoyed from the glass walls of the cocktail bar located on the 26th floor.

Interna supplied these remarkable beech wood chairs which blend the contemporary with a touch of the traditional.

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The design of the rooms, through the symmetry of the disposition and the soft colours of the upholstery, is the perfect frame for the view that can be enjoyed from the windows.

The suites are designed to make the guest feel perfectly at ease, offering comfort in the guise of simply refined, elegant furniture. The sable tones chosen for these rooms are the perfect backdrop for the delicate fantasies and basic textures of the fabrics and upholstery, which together create such a soothing atmosphere.

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Hyatt Regency La Manga Murcia Spain

Interior Designer: G.A. Design International Period: 1993 Client: Inmogolf SA

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Murcia is the only place on earth that Adam would recognise if he returned, according to the nineteenth century writer Augustus Hare. And when you arrive at the Hyatt Regency La Manga, nestling in 1400 acres of luxuriant Mediterranean vegetation, it really is very hard not to think of heaven. Interna was at the forefront of the restoration of the hotel and supplied all the loose furniture, crafted in a refined composite style to emphasize the underlying Moorish atmosphere, typical of the area. The prefect balance of different materials, such as wrought iron, wood and fabrics, create a warm and welcoming scene.

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Interna Contract Passion for Designers Over the last twenty years we have had the privilege of working with some of the most famous and respected international Interior Design studios in the world of hospitality. Together we have developed a variety of different projects, some of great artistic or historic value, others of impressive technological innovation.

We are continually amazed by these designers and their innate ability to go to the very heart and soul of buildings or spaces, for their passion and creativity, for their unwavering attention to those who will use or inhabit these spaces, offering the luxury of comfort without compromising beauty and style. We are indeed fortunate to enjoy with them a wonderful relationship of mutual respect and trust and it is this which has led to our prestigious successes all around the world. We are extremely grateful to them all for their contribution to our own development and wish to express to them our wholehearted commitment and great affection.

Anderson & Miller Birmingham, MI, USA Adam D. Tihany International Ltd. New York, NY, USA ADS Design Studio London,UK Andrè Putman Paris, France Archipel Marseille, France Babey Moulton Jue & Booth San Francisco, CA, USA BLD – Bilkey Llinas Design Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA Boris Podrecca Studio Wien, Austria Bruno Moinard Paris, France Christian Lundwall Design Gothenburg, Sweden Christine Roffiaen Casablanca, Morocco Coop Himmelb(l)au Wien, Austria Concrete Architectural Associates Amsterdam, The Netherlands C S R, Chhada Siembieda Remedios Inc. Long Beach, CA, USA Darrell Schmitt Design Associates Los Angeles, CA, USA Decoracion Jacques Garcia Paris, France De Brant, Joyce & Partners London,UK EAD International London,UK Ed Tuttle Paris, France FG Stijl Amsterdam, The Netherlands Fox Linton Associates London, UK G.A. Design International Ltd. London, UK George Butlin Design London, UK Hannes Wettstein 9D Design Zurich, Switzerland HBA – Hirsch Bedner Associates Atlanta, GA, USA Ilana Feingold London, UK Jaya and Associates Jakarta, Indonesia John David Edison – Interior Design Inc. Toronto, Canada K.C.A. International Designers London, UK Marguerite Rodgers Ltd Philadelphia, USA Michael Graves Architect Princeton, NJ, USA Peter Marino Architect New York, NY, USA Peter Rossbacher Wien, Austria Pierre Yves Rochon Paris, France Pringle Brandon Botschi London, UK Richmond Design London, UK R.P.W. London, UK Texeira Inc. Los Angeles, CA, USA The Syntax Group Maidenhead, UK Tonychi and Associates New York, NY, USA WDA Wilsdon Design Associates London, UK Wilson & Associates Dallas, TX, USA

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Hospitality Redesigned. An ever increasing number of large international hotel chains and hoteliers investors are discovering the enormous value of architectural and interior design. Design is a crucial component in creating an individual identity for hotels and a way to make them stand out in an increasingly competitive market.

Aesthetics have, of course, always been important but in this world of ever changing styles and tastes they are assuming new significance. New trends in interior design have found the perfect expressive outlet in hotels because they provide the ideal backdrop for innovation and architectural experimentation. The hotel sector has undergone a real transformation and is now one of the most exciting and dynamic areas in design, encompassing simplicity and sophistication, versatility and the avant-garde.

A human heart. At the heart of every room or building dedicated to hospitality is the guest, each with a different personality and different needs. Philippe Starck, design guru and initiator of so many tendencies and ideas, recognised this many years ago when he said that “the guest must be the actor

The BMW Welt in Munich, turnkey furnished by Interna, is a shining example of a new multifunctional area open to the city which surrounds it. It is a contemporary urban landmark and a focal point of interest and taste.

not the spectator.” Fashions and trends may come and go but one belief has remained unchanged in recent years: the importance of the individual. When this is applied

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to hospitality, it means ensuring guests not just a comfortable stay but one that feels personalised, exclusive and unique.

Hotels have begun to take on an increasingly domestic feel, where the guest/client is made to feel at home and is given a warm and personal welcome.

The hotel has become an environment in which to experience moments of silence and well-being, a place for reflection and rediscovery. This need for personalization is catered for in large hotels through the creation of small separate worlds in a varied typology of rooms and suites, with private dining and meeting rooms and a myriad of other services and facilities designed to engage, amaze and reassure the guests or stimulate and facilitate their work. Whether travelling for business or pleasure, guests expect to have a pleasing and enjoyable stay in a environment which feels homely but is also beautifully designed, a place where every comfort is catered for but without unnecessary ostentation or frivolous services.

True luxury has come to mean intimate interiors which shun pretension in favour of a subtle arousal of the senses.

The richness of the surroundings and particularly the services on offer are increasingly designed around the target consumer.

Such spaces involve the guest on a physical, emotional and interactive level forcing designers to consider new and more complex aesthetic languages to express this new relationship we have with our surroundings. When thinking in terms of a complete project (the transformation of an empty space The citizenM Amsterdam ensures guests not just a comfortable stay, but one that feels personalised, exclusive and unique. Whether travelling for business or pleasure, “mobile citizens” can expect to feel at home in a place where their every comfort is catered for, without unnecessary ostentation or frivolous services.

into a fully-furnished entity) and the development and satisfaction of this complex relationship between individuals and their surroundings, sensory aspects, such as lighting, colour and sound, take on an increasingly important role as do the hotel’s staff and the way services are presented.

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New hybrids. Finding a balance between building, function and aesthetics can be difficult but results in expressions of great individuality even when applied to new design contexts such as the increasingly common, multi-functional area, with all the specific new demands which such areas entail. Just as modern society questions its values and traditions so are functions and services now being called into question. Designers have the opportunity to explore innovative ideas in the creation of new hybrid spaces which combine different functions and applications.

Architectural projects and their interiors have become contemporary urban landmarks and the focus of interest and taste. This new way of seeing and designing communal areas in hotels, as in other buildings, gives each a very individual character, so much so that they could stand alone, independent of their surroundings.

It is in this context that we are seeing the ‘opening up’ of hotels to the city beyond its doors as the setting for events and exhibitions.

The traditional concept of the hotel entrance area has gradually given way to the idea of the lobby as a truly multifunctional space.

This new concept has necessitated a revolution in the organisation of hotels, not just with regard to the services they offer but with how spaces are used and furnished. Aesthetic expression is, however, consistent: each interior space must be given its own identity.

We can no longer talk about interior design as a single concept; it has become a fluid series of scenes intended to captivate the guest.

Technology plays a vital role in these new scenes, both in the application of innovative materials and in the use of integrated or hidden systems to simplify our daily life or offer new design opportunities. Forget cold technicality, technology has been refined to become an integral part of a more emotive modern style through an approach which combines light and materials, shapes

In the Chedi Milan, completely furnished by Interna, guests are made to feel at home and are given a warm and personal welcome. Small, separate worlds are created using different types of rooms and suites, private dining areas and lounges, and make the hotel a place to rediscover moments of silence and well-being.

and colours, and customised furnishings.

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Reference List

HOTEL PROJECTS

Radisson SAS Hotel Dakar

*****

Dakar

Senegal

Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel

*****

Brussels

Belgium

citizenM Hotel

*****

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Marinagri Hotel

*****

Marina di Policoro

Italy

The Chedi Milan

*****

Milan

Italy

Grand Hyatt Berlin (Renovation of Public Areas)

*****

Berlin

Germany

The Dylan Amsterdam

****

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

New York Palace

*****

Budapest

Hungary

Grand Hyatt Cairo

*****

Cairo

Egypt

Hotel Mons Ljubljana (Renovation of Suites and PA)

****

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Park Hyatt Philadelphia

*****

Philadelphia

USA

Park Hyatt Washington

*****

Washington D.C.

USA

Intercontinental London Park Lane

*****

London

UK

Hyatt Regency - The Churchill

*****

London

UK

Intercontinental Geneva

*****

Geneva

Switzerland

The College Hotel

****

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Radisson SAS Hotel London Stansted Airport

****

Stansted

UK

Arion Hotel

*****

Athens

Greece

Nafsika Hotel

*****

Athens

Greece

Park Hyatt Zurich

*****

Zurich

Switzerland

Le Méridien Hotel Des Indes

*****

Den Haag

The Netherlands

Radisson SAS Hotel Nice

****

Nice

France

Residence Elysee

****

Cannes

France

Corinthia Lisboa Hotel

*****

Lisbon

Portugal

The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel

*****

Dana Point - California

USA

The Grove

*****

Hertfordshire

UK

Four Seasons Resort Provence at Terre Blanche

*****

Terre Blanche

Côte d’Azur (France)

Park Hyatt Milan

*****

Milan

Italy

Grand Residences by Marriott - Mayfair

*****

Mayfair - London

UK

Paris Le Grand Hotel Intercontinental

*****

Paris

France

Hilton Athens

*****

Athens

Greece

Grand Hyatt Tokyo

*****

Tokyo

Japan

Holiday Inn, Bologne

****

Bologne

Italy

Holiday Inn, Florence

****

Florence

Italy

Hotel Royal d’Anfa

*****

Casablanca

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Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel

*****

Tripoli

Libya

Hyatt Regency Köln (Renovation)

*****

Köln

Germany

Intercontinental Loipersdorf

*****

Loipersdorf

Austria

JW Marriott Hotel Cairo

*****

Mirage City - Cairo

Egypt

Radisson SAS Portman Hotel

****

London

UK

Schiller Hotel

****

Lucerne

Switzerland

The Ritz-Carlton Doha

*****

Doha

Qatar

Intercontinental De La Ville

*****

Rome

Italy

Park Plaza Victoria London

****

London

UK

Grand Hotel Colon Costa Ballena

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Costa Ballena

Spain

Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli

*****

Gargnano

Italy

The Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg

*****

Wolfsburg

Germany

Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam

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Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Radisson SAS Hotel Hannover

****

Hannover

Germany

Hotel Park Hyatt a Villa Magna

*****

Madrid

Spain

Medical Park Dortmund

*****

Dortmund

Germany

Panamericano Buenos Aires

*****

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Westin Grand Berlin

*****

Berlin

Germany

Hyatt Regency Köln

*****

Cologne

Germany

Astoria Hotel

****

Lucerne

Switzerland

Intercontinental Hamburg

*****

Hamburg

Germany

Anassa

*****

Polis

Cyprus

Grand Hyatt Berlin (Loose furniture supply for Bar and Meetings)

***** Berlin

Germany

Park Plaza Hotel Utrecht

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Utrecht

The Netherlands

Park Plaza Mandarin Eindhoven

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Eindhoven

The Netherlands

Park Hyatt Hamburg

*****

Hamburg

Germany

Park Plaza Astrid Hotel Antwerp

****

Antwerp

Belgium

Crown Towers

*****

Melbourne

Australia

Regency Casino Thessaloniki

*****

Thessaloniki

Greece

Grand Hyatt Fukuoka

*****

Fukuoka

Japan

Hotel dei Mellini

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Rome

Italy

Hyatt Regency Osaka

*****

Osaka

Japan

Hyatt Regency La Manga

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Murcia

Spain

Jolly Hotel Ancona

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Ancona

Italy

Hyatt Regency -Paris - Charles de Gaulle

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Paris

France

Hyatt Regency Belgrade

*****

Belgrade

Serbia

Jolly Hotel Carlton

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Amsterdam

The Netherlands

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OFFICE PROJECTS

Hyatt Regional Office

Mainz (Germany)

Hyatt Regional Office - Europe

Lausanne (Switzerland)

RETAIL PROJECTS

Fashion Boutique

Bucharest (Romania)

Fashion Boutique

Istambul (Turkey)

Fashion Boutique

Nicosia (Cyprus)

Jeweller’s

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Fashion Boutique

Rome (Italy)

Fashion Boutique

Dubai (UAE)

Fashion Boutique

La Rinascente Milan (Italy)

Fashion Boutique

Budapest (Hungary)

Fashion Boutique

Selfridges (UK)

Fashion Boutique

Genoa (Italy)

Fashion Boutique

Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Fashion Boutique

Turin (Italy)

Fashion Boutique

Lyon (France)

Fashion Boutique

Bologne (Italy)

Fashion Boutique

Paris (France)

SIHH, Salon International de Haute Horologerie

Geneve (Switzerland)

MARINE PROJECTS

CRN Yacht 54 mt.

Ancona,( Italy)

CRN Yacht 30 mt.

Ancona (Italy)

Turama Yacht 115 mt

Athens (Greece)

RESTAURANTS&BARS PROJECTS

BMW Welt

Munich (Germany)

Rafsika Restaurant

Washington (USA)

New York Cafè Restaurant

Budapest (Hungary)

Maxime Restaurant

The Hague (The Netherlands)

Bouley (International Restaurant)

New York (USA)

Wynn Design Restaurant

Las Vegas (USA)

Champs de Batailles

Le Neuborg (France)

Restaurant Villa Romana

St. Tropez (France)

Cafè de la Paix

Paris (France)

Chez Adriano

Hamburg (Germany)

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RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS

Qing Long Qiao Apart. Show Flats

Beijing (China)

Private Villa

Paradise Island (Bahamas)

Villa Les Girouettes

Deauville (France)

Private Villa

Santiago (Chile)

SOME OF INTERNA CONTRACT CLIENTS

Hyatt International Corporation

USA

Intercontinental Hotels Group:

UK

Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts

Canada

Corinthia Hotels International

Malta

Hilton Worldwide

USA

Jolly Hotels

Italy

Marriott International, Inc.:

USA

Marriott Hotels & Resorts The Ritz-Carlton

USA

Le Meridien

UK

Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts

USA

Rezidor SAS Hospitality:

Belgium

Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts Sol Meliá Hotels

Spain

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.:

UK

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GHM Hotels- Aman Resorts

Singapore

The Charming Hotels

Italy

Boscolo Hotels

Italy

The Stein Group

Spain

OSIB

The Netherlands

BMW AG

Germany

citizenM

The Netherlands

Daimler Chrysler AG

Germany

Ferretti Yachts

Italy

Sete Yachts

Greece

Siemens AG

Germany

Volkswagen AG

Germany

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This volume is edited by Derna Del Stabile Travan Text: Derna Del Stabile Travan Graphic Design: Polystudio Colour Separation: Selekta Photos: all the pictures published in the present volume belong to Interna Image Bank.

Photos by, among others, Ardiles, Alessandro Paderni, Ivan Moreau, James Stokes, Massimo Gardone, Nevio Feruglio, Oberto Gili, Reggiori-Sommariva, Thor.

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