Why The Place Firenze is “The Place” and More

Claudio Meli, general manager of The Place Firenze, part of The Hospitality Experience, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at last month’s ILTM Cannes luxury show about his very upscale boutique hotel in Florence and more. Belli, selected as the hotelier of the year at last year’s Virtuoso Travel Week, also reveals what it takes to be the consummate general manager and what it takes to get in the Hospitality Experience collection. For more information, visit www.theplacefirenze.com  or www.thehospitalityexperience.it.  All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel  (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean,  iHeartRadio,  Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.