With the aim of celebrating his 90th birthday in style, the Copacabana Palace hotel, owned by Orient Express since 1989 and one of the most traditional in Brazil (opened in 1923), closed its main building to begin a reform process that promises great and innovative changes and, in this way, be at the height of its age.
The space that will be closed for at least three months is the main building that consists of six floors and 147 rooms, as there is one more stage that has 96 rooms to which remodeling work was implemented in recent years and will remain open to the public normally, as well as the Cipriani and Pérgula restaurants will continue to provide their services.
The remodeling conceives an investment of approximately US$14.5 million. It is planned to completely renovate the furniture of the establishment and put 500 pieces of furniture and objects up for auction in the first week of July.
As Claudia Fialho, director of Public Relations at Copacabana Palace, explained to EFE news agency, "many people want to have a little bit of the Copacabana Palace, a little bit of its history, of the joy of Rio de Janeiro. We hope you can have not only in your heart but also in your home a piece of the soul of the hotel."
