About Belmond
Belmond was born from a passion for connecting discerning travellers with the world’s most remarkable properties, locations and journeys. From hotels and trains to river cruises and safaris, Belmond curates incomparable experiences and crafts unforgettable stories.
With a legacy spanning over 45 years, since the acquisition of Hotel Cipriani in Venice in 1976, Belmond has grown into a global collection of 47 properties spread across 28 countries and territories. Exceptional destinations connected by legendary journeys are the very soul of Belmond, where the path that brings you to a place is as important as the destination itself.
A pioneer of slow travel, Belmond has been operating the Venice Simplon-OrientExpress since 1982. The group later expanded to include pristine beach resorts, such as Maroma on the Riviera Maya, historic hideaways such as Villa San Michele in the Florentine foothills, urbane icons, such as Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, and gateways to UNESCO world heritage sites, such as Hotel das Cataratas in Brazil’s Iguassu National Park.
As proud custodians of storied properties, Belmond is committed to building on the past to create a new legacy: the heritage of the future. Working with communities and local talents, together with the world’s most respected chefs, designers and artists, Belmond continues its purpose of perpetuating the legendary art of travel. Since 2019, Belmond has been part of the world’s leading luxury group, LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton).
About Apartamento
When Apartamento launched in 2008 with its namesake magazine, it quickly became an indispensable resource for individuals passionate about the way they live, offering honest, inspiring interiors alongside essays and fiction meditating on place, home, and interior lives.
Past features include Etel Adnan, Telfar Clemens, and Solange Knowles, with writing by Ai Weiwei, Paul Preciado, Claudia Roden, Ottessa Moshfegh, and more.
Apartamento’s publishing branch began in 2015 as a natural extension of the stories and ideas that have grown out of the magazine. In addition to its monographs such as Nicola L.: Life and Art and Larry Stanton: Think of Me When It Thunders, photo books like Coco Capitán’s take on Casa Dalí, The Italian Interiors of Elsa Peretti photographed by Estelle Hanania, and Dominique Nabokov’s Living Rooms series, its catalogue also includes an often sold out annual Apartamento Cookbook and wildly popular standalone cookbooks like Frederik Bille Brahe’s All the Stuff We Cooked and his most recent Atelier September: A place for daytime cooking.
From an architecture series to colouring books and even a graphic novel, Apartamento books are singular works which each receive a unique publication process.
