ROME, Nov 13 — “Luxury is the opposite of the naturally necessary,” wrote Karl Marx – but tell that to guests at a new five-star Rome hotel in the former seat of the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
For decades the headquarters of the biggest Communist party in the West, the imposing building just a few steps from Piazza Venezia in the city centre is now the Thompson Rome by Hyatt.
Its prices are not aimed at the proletariat: rooms range from €550 to €4,000 (RM2,585 to RM18,800) for a suite in high season.
And that makes it just the latest in a wave of five-star hotels opening in the European capital that has some locals looking askance.
