Sofitel Adelaide

The much-anticipated Sofitel Adelaide welcomed its first guests today 4 November 2021, becoming the first new-build, international five-star hotel to open in Adelaide's CBD in 30 years.

A ceremony was held to mark the $150 million hotel's official opening by The Hon. Steven Marshall MP, Premier of South Australia and Minister for Tourism, and Daniel Palumbo, Managing Director of Palumbo, the hotel's owner and developer.

With Sofitel Adelaide located in the heart of Adelaide's most vibrant city quadrant on Currie Street, guests can couple a decadent hotel experience with the very best Adelaide has to offer at their doorstep, including the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Convention Centre, Riverbank precinct and Rundle Mall. The incredible Adelaide Hills region is also a short 30-minute drive away, and the internationally-renown Barossa Valley wine region less than an hour from the hotel.

Part of a new 32-storey tower by the family-ownedPalumbo Group, the flagship hotel features a spectacular glass exterior set to become a glittering addition to the skyline. The impressive building houses one of the tallest residential developments to ever be unveiled in South Australia, securing its status as 'best in class' for a new generation of modern, mixed-use luxury towers. More than 1100 jobs were created during construction, with the hotel expected to employ around 150 people ongoing.

The first 24 storeys are dedicated to the hotel and its facilities including a selection of 251 luxurious guest rooms and suites (Superior, Deluxe, Luxury, Luxury Club, Prestige and Opera Suites), with a choice of city and Adelaide Hills views. Stunning fully open concept bathrooms with luxurious vanities and free standing bathtubs maximise a sense of space, with Balmain Paris room amenities provide an additional indulgent touch.

The pièce de resistanceis Sofitel's palatial Presidential Suite. The embodiment of luxury living, Sofitel Adelaide's Presidential Suite includes an extensive dining room and open living room concept, walk-in wardrobe, private study and a grand bedroom with an additional ensuite bathroom.

All Luxury Club rooms and suites at Sofitel Adelaide provide guests with access to additional complimentary facilities and services as part of Club Millésime. Situated on level 10, Club Millésime features a private lounge serving complimentary à la carte breakfast, afternoon tea and evening drinks and canapés, as well as offering personalised check in and check out.

Sofitel's interiors have been custom designed - from the burgundy coloured chandeliers featured in each guest room to the bespoke vintage-inspired wallpaper commissioned by Sofitel for the hotel's club lounge. In keeping with the hotel's themes of 'light and flow', Sofitel Adelaide's indoor heated pool is also in the spotlight, with spectacular natural light courtesy of floor to ceiling windows, and illumination from four bespoke chandeliers overhead.

Exquisite marble used throughout the Sofitel was sourced personally by owner, Daniel Palumbo, and his family direct from Carrera in Italy, in what was a very personal journey for the proud South Australian developer in bringing the hotel to life. This kind of extravagance extends to the Sofitel Fitness Centre (the hotel's gymnasium), also designed with a luxurious eye for detail to feature state-of-the-art equipment boasting the same leather finishings as used in Ferrari supercars for a world-class workout.

Every Sofitel around the world is culturally linked with a city or region in France that shares similar attributes in terms of culture, landscape and design and Sofitel Adelaide is culturally linked with Bordeaux - a city that epitomes viniculture and gastronomic refinement, as well as history and fine art.

Indeed, art will play an important role at the Sofitel with the hotel preparing to display artwork from more than ten local and international artists, including photographers Emmaline Zanelli and Drew Lenman; painter and ceramicist Michael Carney and glassblower Nick Mount- who all hail from South Australia. In the lobby two striking artworks provide an ultimate sense of arrival for Sofitel guests - an original historic French-inspired piece by Newcastle-based fine-art photographer, Alexia Sinclair, titled Field of Dreams, and a striking flowing red wine-inspired chandelier, representing the flow of wine and meandering of the nearby Torrens River.

Today also marks the soft opening of Garçon Bleu - a French re-imagined restaurant set to become Adelaide's newest gourmet destination. With elevated city views from its location on level nine of the new Sofitel Adelaide, Garçon Bleu's 90-seat dining room boasts an open kitchen, an extensive wine wall, and an up-lit oyster and raw seafood bar. In addition, Sofitel Adelaide has opened a luxurious street-level Champagne bar, Déjà Vu, inspired by the romantic sidewalk cafes of Paris to offer a selection of elegant beverages, lighter meals and casual eats seven days a week.

The Sofitel brand, which is world renowned for luxury French-style hospitality and a passion for art de vivre (the art of living), continues to expand its network across Australia and New Zealand. Sofitel Adelaide's opening marks Accor's tenth Sofitel hotel for the region and the luxury brand's debut in South Australia.

The largest hotel operator in Australia, Accor now has 15 hotels across South Australia, with 12 of these in the city of Adelaide. Sofitel Adelaide joins a growing portfolio of six Sofitel hotels and resorts in Australia and more than 120 globally.

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