Orient Specific wins Greatest Reinvention on the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026

Orient Specific has held a near-mythic place within the globetrotting firmament since launching in 1883, however its current reinvention – following Accor’s full acquisition in 2022 and its partnership with LVMH in 2024 – indicators a decisive growth into providing a wider remit of luxurious journey experiences.

Orient Specific wins Greatest Reinvention on the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026

The reboot started in April 2025 with Orient Specific La Minerva in Rome, the model’s first resort, set inside a Seventeenth-century palazzo on Piazza della Minerva. Designer Hugo Toro’s renovation created a deft dialogue between eras: mineral palettes, artwork deco-inflected geometry and Roman cues distilled into 93 visitor rooms. In parallel, the model launched La Dolce Vita Orient Specific, a slow-travel assertion piece, designed by Dimorestudio, that channels the high-gloss glamour of Nineteen Sixties Italy. Kitted out with cabins and suites that may accommodate as much as 62 visitors, the practice traces 16,000km throughout 14 areas and 131 cities by way of Italy.

Momentum continues with the opening in early 2026 of its second resort, Orient Specific Palazzo Donà Giovannelli in Venice, a Fifteenth-century architectural feat reimagined by Aline Asmar d’Amman, whereas one other milestone will observe on the finish of the 12 months with the debut of Orient Specific Corinthian, a crusing yacht conceived by Maxime d’Angeac, the group’s creative director. The vessel will depart from Lisbon in October for a 14-night transatlantic voyage to Barbados.

Finishing the arc, the unique Orient Specific practice – comprising 17 carriages from the Nineteen Twenties and Nineteen Thirties, discovered deserted on the Poland-Belarus border – will return to service. Thirty artisans have been enlisted to revive the practice beneath d’Angeac’s route, reviving the craftsmanship and attract that outlined its golden age.

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