We can hardly believe it ourselves, but the Armani Milan is over the one month mark, as it finally made its debut back on November 10. It may still be piping hot and fresh out of the hotel-baking oven, but it's time to start reading what people are saying about it.

One thing is important to remember, however, and that's that Italy doesn't have it all together on the social media/online sharing front. Case in point: the place has been booked up, but both Hotels.com, Expedia, Venere, etc have not a single review of it (barring this nice photo gallery).

Thus, for now we turn to Tripadvisor:]]> JetSetCD 2011-12-12T16:30:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/24/16415/024 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/ArmaniHMcon.jpg" class="top"> <P>In just over two weeks, the world will have a second <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/armani%20hotels">Armani Hotel</a></b> to drool over. At least, that's the hope. After delaying and missing the hubbub of Milan Fashion Week earlier this season, the <b>Armani Hotel Milan</b> has posted an official opening date to their website: <b>November 10</b>. <P>Okay, so actually we've <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/12/15230/5704/hotels/The+Armani+Hotel+Won%27t+Make+It+in+Time+for+Milan+Fashion+Week">known this</a> for a little bit, but the magic of it is that the hotel seems to be sticking to the day. When we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/24/155529/873/hotels/So%2C+How%27s+The+Construction+of+the+Armani+Hotel+Milan+Coming+Along%3F">snooped</a> around the property earlier this year, we noted that the place looked very much finished from the outside, but that filling out the 96 rooms&#151;boasting the largest hotel room sizes in the whole city&#151;is likely the JetSetCD 2011-10-24T16:13:34-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/12/15230/5704 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/ArmaniHMcon.jpg" class="top"> <P>Have you ever heard the famous Italian <strike>phrase</strike> mantra "Fare una bella figura?" It translates to something like "to make a fine figure," but the gist is to always put forward a physical appearance that makes you look good. Usually this involves dressing well and behaving appropriately, but for this moment we're going to apply it to the under-construction <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/armani%20hotels">Armani Hotel Milan</a></b>. <P>We <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/24/155529/873/hotels/So_How_s_The_Construction_of_the_Armani_Hotel_Milan_Coming_Along_">checked in on</a> the construction ourselves pretty recently, but it seems as though work is progressing nicely as the hotel has set down an <b>official opening date of November 10, 2011</b>. So it will make it yet this year! <P>So how is the Armani Milan putting its best foot forward? By waiting JetSetCD 2011-09-12T15:40:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/24/155529/873 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/ArmaniHMcon.jpg" class="top"> <P>Well, we're more than halfway through 2011 already, the year that <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/armani%20hotels">Armani Hotel Milan</a></b> swore it'd be finished and ready, and yet we've got no set opening date yet. Regardless, we swung by the construction ourselves while last in Italy, and it's really coming along. <P>The Armani Hotel Milan will not be like the original Armani Hotel, in the Burj Dubai building in the United Arab Emirates. It's to be more of an elite boutique hotel, <b>built atop the Armani flagship on Via Manzoni</b>. Sleep in one of the 96 rooms here&#151;which they boast as having the largest room size in Milan&#151;and only a few floors down, you'll be able to shop the <b>Armani/Dolci, Armani/Fiori and JetSetCD 2011-06-27T09:10:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/17/12439/0774
The Grand Hotel at left, Armani at right

Hmm, we haven't heard anything from the under-construction Armani Hotel Milan lately, despite the fact that the first hotel in the fashionable chain—Armani Hotel Dubai—has been open for a solid 11 months now. So while we were in Milan ourselves recently, we made it a point to do some snooping about Armani's Via Manzoni complex, the top of which will soon become the second Armani Hotel.

From the moment we stepped out of the Montenapoleone subway station, we noticed something right away: the Grand Hotel et de Milan sits directly across the street—nay, the small pedestrian thru-way—from the coming Armani Hotel. Turf war, commence!]]> JetSetCD 2011-03-17T12:56:43-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/