MALTA: EXCELLENT MIX OF BUSINESS AND HOLIDAY AT THE CORINTHIA SAN GORG HOTEL.

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Stumbling on the tiny island of Malta for a business conference, I spent a few nights at the five-star Corinthia San Gorg Hotel. Excited about getting away from it all, the Corinthia San Gorg has not disappointed. Let me first tell the interesting story of Corinthia Group, which owns the hotel. The Corinthia Group started out in Malta. In 1959, Mr. Paul Pisani acquired an elegant villa surrounded by orange trees near the Presidential Palace with the intention of entering the hotel business. In 1968, after extension of the villa, the Group opened its first hotel - the five-star Corinthia Palace Hotel. In 1974, Corinthia Group concluded its first venture into outside-catering by winning a contract to operate the restaurant at the Malta International Airport and later also providing in-flight catering for Air Malta and other international airlines flying...

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