Hotel Legends: Pellicano Hotels with Marie-Louise and Roberto Sciò

Father-daughter duo Roberto and Marie-Louise Scio of the Pellicano Group sit down with Melissa to discuss the legacy and the future of their triumvirate of three iconic Italian hotels: Il Pellicano, Mezzatorre and La Posta Vecchia. The episode is full of Italian storytelling at its finest as Roberto recounts memories from his first overnight and his early days as a guest of Hotel Il Pellicano, through to his decision to purchase the hotel and to expand the collection. Marie-Louise explains how she fell very naturally into the role of Creative Director –and now CEO–merely by “making the walls talk” at Pellicano. In recognizing and preserving the property’s rich history throughout the process of bringing it up to date, she also expanded the brand into the lifestyle site ISSIMO, a digital extension of the hotel group. And for this week’s Indagare Insight, Melissa highlights some of her favorite collaborations featured on ISSIMO’s site now.

Lightning Round with Marie-Louise Sciò:

• Favorite spot at Il Pellicano? The stairs going down to the beach
• Up and coming Italian designer on your radar? Margherita Missoni’s Maccapani line
• Favorite in-person shop for Italian-made items? Loretta Caponi
• Underrated destination in Italy? Abruzzo and Molise
• Current favorite item on ISSIMO? ISSIMO X Lido Love Is Love swimsuit
• Favorite Italian saying that doesn't translate properly to English? “piano piano anche le uova camminano” (slowly slowly even eggs walk)
• Favorite restaurant in Rome? Da Cesare al Pellegrino