With the spectacular imagery that you’ll enjoy in this year’s video of the race and the in-depth articles that you’ll read in the next issue of Excellence Magazine, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Yacht Club Venezia President Mirko Sguario and his entire team for the perfect organisation and flawless execution of the 2017 edition of the Venice Hospitality Challenge.

For us at Excellence Magazine, it’s an honour and a privilege to be a media partner for this incredible event combining sports, luxury, glamour, the dolce vita and, naturally, the excellence of Italian hospitality represented by the prestigious hotels which participated this year. They were: the Danieli, a Luxury Collection Hotel; the Westin Europa & Regina; the Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel; Sina Centurion Palace Hotel; Belmond Hotel Cipriani; JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa; Cà Sagredo Hotel; Hilton Molino Stucky; Excelsior Venice Lido Resort; Palazzina Hotel; plus two from the mainland, Falisia, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Portopiccolo di Sistiana (TS) and Cristallo, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Cortina d’Ampezzo.