Italy's growth spurt isn't over yet:
The Four Seasons Hotel, Firenze, is opening in Palazzo della Gherardesca in early 2006.
Next year, UNA Hotels & Resorts reopens both the historic Hotel Palace in Catania, Sicily, and Naples's 19th-century Hotel Napoli.
In 2005, Terme di MeranoMerano's classic spa hotelcomes back, with a Matteo Thun makeover.
A 350-room hotel by Frank Gehry is rumored to be rolling into the new Venice airport boat terminal by 2006.
Giorgio Armani and Dubai-based Emaar Properties plan to open a Milan hotel before 2008.
Hilton is building a 380-room hotel in Venice's neo-Gothic Molino Stucky. Opening date unknown.
A 261-room Jean Nouvel creation is planned for Florence's former Fiat complex. No opening date set.
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