The Corinthia Group of Companies has celebrated its 45th anniversary with a grand gala dinner held at the Group’s birthplace, the Corinthia Room of the Corinthia Palace Hotel in Attard.
The event was attended by the President Eddie Fenech Adami and Mrs Fenech Adami, together with Corinthia Chairman and CEO Alfred Pisani, group directors, senior executives and long serving personnel.
The event also featured presentations for 16 'employees of the year' from Corinthia hotels worldwide and 85 local employees with 10 to 35 years of service to the company.
A ‘surprise’ and greatly appreciated third presentation ceremony saw President Fenech Adami distribute 45-years continuous service certificates to Pisani brothers Alfred, Joseph, George and Victor, who together had set up the company in 1962.
The President congratulated Corinthia Group for having indefatigably, for so many years, been at the forefront in the hospitality industry not only locally but even overseas. He remarked that the Corinthia Group has set a fine example to all Maltese entrepreneurs as to what a local company, undaunted by fierce international competition, can achieve through perseverance, foresight and last but not least, hard work.
The Corinthia Group now owns or manages hotels from St Petersburg down to Sudan.
Commenting on the occasion, Corinthia Chairman Alfred Pisani said “Commitment and determination were our driving force from day one, as indeed they still are to this day. This spirit is very much in evidence in all our hotels worldwide, especially among our very dedicated employees, and therefore it is only fitting that both our guests as also our employees share with us the results of our enthusiasm and join us in celebrating our 45th anniversary ”
It was 45 years ago that the four brothers inaugurated the upmarket ‘Corinthia Restaurant’ in the family’s art nouveau villa in San Anton. The fine-dining restaurant was soon to become the focal point for the Island’s ‘gourmet’ society. By 1964, the four brothers had drawn up plans for the 155-room Corinthia Palace Hotel on Villa Corinthia’s extensive grounds. The de luxe hotel was eventually inaugurated on Tuesday June 11, 1968 in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Picture flashback: Alfred Pisani escorts the Duke of Edinburgh during the opening of the Corinthia Palace Hotel.