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In any significant destination, a hotel stands among the rest. of Jordan, Sir Roger Moore, Valentino Rossi and more. With
So, at the cosmopolitan island of Rhodes, the emblematic the benefit of technology and contemporary aesthetics, a
Rodos Palace has to tell a fascinating story of Greek hospitality radical renovation of the rooms of the central building, from
that wrote a distinct chapter at the country’s tourist industry. the seventh floor up to the recently finished 17th floor and the
Giving flesh and blood to his vision to create one of the largest use of austere lines, bright colours and high quality materials,
Conference and Holiday Centers in the Mediterranean, the the hotel welcomes a new age in its infrastructure but also as
founder of the group, Vassileios Campourakis, answers to the a travel experience with innovative offers such as the recently
leading approach that was needed by the rising of tourism awarded “Live like a Local”.
in the island, in the 70s. In 1974 the iconic hotel opens its Σε κάθε σπουδαίο προορισμό, ένα ξενοδοχείο ξεχωρίζει
gates to the public revealing a state-of-the-art tower, almost απ’ όλα τα άλλα. Έτσι και στο κοσμοπολίτικο νησί της
twice the height of the mythical Colossus of Rhodes. On a Ρόδου, το εμβληματικό Rodos Palace έχει να διηγηθεί μία
privileged area of 120,000 sq.m, just 3 km from town, Rodos συναρπαστική ιστορία ελληνικής φιλοξενίας που έγραψε
Palace becomes the synonym of discreet luxury, offering ένα ξεχωριστό κεφάλαιο στον τομέα της τουριστικής
unique facilities and services, open to innovation and new βιομηχανίας της χώρας. Δίνοντας σάρκα και οστά στο
ideas. Since the EC Summit Meeting of European Heads of όραμά του να δημιουργήσει ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα κέντρα
State in 1988 to the present, the luxury hotel welcomes giant συνεδρίων και αναψυχής στη Μεσόγειο, ο ιδρυτής του
corporation conventions such as Google, IBM, Motorola and ομίλου, Βασίλειος Καμπουράκης, δίνει την απάντηση
Pfeizer, whereas the list of great personalities from the fields of στην ηγετική προσέγγιση που απαιτούσε η άνοδος του
politics, arts, literature and sports whose stay has left its mark τουρισμού στο νησί τη δεκαετία του ’70. Το 1974 το
on Rodos Palace, includes among others President Francois εικονικό ξενοδοχείο ανοίγει τις πύλες του στο κοινό
Mitterrand, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Queen Rania αποκαλύπτοντας έναν υπερσύγχρονο πύργο, σχεδόν