Aman Canal Grande, Venice, Italy
Aug 3, 2014, 2:18 pm
#196
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Stumbled on this the other day, and meant to add the link to this thread:
https://www.andrewharper.com/article...grande-venice/
An interview with Olivia Richli done by Andrew Harper (err, well, AH staff)
https://www.andrewharper.com/article...grande-venice/
An interview with Olivia Richli done by Andrew Harper (err, well, AH staff)
Aug 3, 2014, 2:49 pm
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mid-April last year when it turned from a building site into an Amanresort
Dottor group...team of artisans and restorers spent 18 months polishing and gilding using only the original techniques and materials. The Ballroom was filled with scaffolding for over a year, with a team of women ensuring that the frescoes and stucco were returned to their original glories, that the Library’s extraordinary leather wallpaper was seamless again. The Chandeliers went back to their makers in Murano for a cleanup and face-lift, with any missing globe or arm being carefully re-blown...terrazzo floor — or pavement as they call it here — is weeks of layers, carefully applied, dried and sanded before the final stones are selected, placed and then cut and polished...film of the restoration that is shown on the Bang & Olufsen TVs in each room, showing the scale and extent of the work
list of favorite things is always changing...in the Compendium...in each room
currently looks like this: ... cicchetti at Schiavi in San Trovaso.
Dottor group...team of artisans and restorers spent 18 months polishing and gilding using only the original techniques and materials. The Ballroom was filled with scaffolding for over a year, with a team of women ensuring that the frescoes and stucco were returned to their original glories, that the Library’s extraordinary leather wallpaper was seamless again. The Chandeliers went back to their makers in Murano for a cleanup and face-lift, with any missing globe or arm being carefully re-blown...terrazzo floor — or pavement as they call it here — is weeks of layers, carefully applied, dried and sanded before the final stones are selected, placed and then cut and polished...film of the restoration that is shown on the Bang & Olufsen TVs in each room, showing the scale and extent of the work
list of favorite things is always changing...in the Compendium...in each room
currently looks like this: ... cicchetti at Schiavi in San Trovaso.
Last edited by Kagehitokiri; Aug 3, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Sep 16, 2014, 5:36 am
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In case anyone is interested in Celebrities- the wedding of George Clooney will take place at the hotel on the 27th. The group has apparently booked out both the Aman and the Cipriani so be checking your mailbox for the invitation 
Sep 16, 2014, 5:49 am
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Will report back.
Sep 16, 2014, 6:29 am
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Sep 16, 2014, 4:55 pm
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Oh - I understood this Saturday but obviously not! Yes staying at the Cipriani apparently and wedding party at the Aman I was told.
Sep 17, 2014, 1:39 am
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Many members of the wedding party are also staying at Cipriani.
Both hotels are bought out for the event and will have private water shuttles to/from.
Sep 20, 2014, 3:07 pm
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has everyone seen richard e grants hotel secrets on venice- quite a handy way to differentiate between the best hotels- he didnt mention the aman that i noticed but i was popping in and out.. his choices were danelli, bauer, gritti palace Excelsior (lido) and Cipriani. the show is still repeating i think tomorrow night too on sky atantic..
Sep 28, 2014, 6:58 am
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It seems that the B&B Italia may not have been to George and Amal's tastes as they ordered in antique furniture, Oil paintings and tapestries -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...h-society.html
Oh and CanfordCliffs - I've now downloaded the Richard E Grant programmes - haven't watched the Venice one yet but the one on Ireland was extremely interesting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...h-society.html
Oh and CanfordCliffs - I've now downloaded the Richard E Grant programmes - haven't watched the Venice one yet but the one on Ireland was extremely interesting.
Sep 29, 2014, 8:57 am
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Agree and agree. I was at an FT dinner Saturday night attended by a couple who had been at the Aman Venice two weeks ago. I had a lot of fun looking thru her pictures of the property including the room where likely the ceremony was held.
^ Guess they imported staff from other Aman properties ?? Good to see George following my travel path 
Oct 1, 2014, 3:55 am
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I very much doubt that that the extra staff needed would have been sourced from other Aman hotels - more likely to have come from a US based event management company used to dealing with these sort of occasions. Good as the staff may be at say Amankila I can't see they'd be used to seeing that champagne glasses of these A listers!
Photos are in American Vogue out now - I wonder who in the UK will have the exclusive rights? Like Ericka I was following the various stages of the wedding avidly
Photos are in American Vogue out now - I wonder who in the UK will have the exclusive rights? Like Ericka I was following the various stages of the wedding avidly