October 2-19, 2008
Maserati chooses Interna
Maserati, one of the Sports-Luxury brands of the Fiat Group, chooses Interna from Tavagnacco, Udine –world leader in the luxury contract sector for hotellerie and boutique– for the furnishing of its stand in the Motor Show, currently under way in Paris, that will end on the 19th of October.
Interna gains significant presence in the French Capital for this international meeting of the world of motors. The products of the Interna Group will furnish the residential areas, the business areas and the representative offices.
Thousands of amateurs and experts visit the Paris Motor Show every year. Toghether with Geneve, Detroit and Frankfurt, it represents one of the main shows of the best world production in the automobile sector.
Maserati sceglie Interna
Maserati, brand di gamma alta del gruppo Fiat automobili, ha scelto Interna di Tavagnacco, provincia di Udine – leader nel settore contract per hotellerie e boutique di lusso – per arredare il
proprio stand al Salone dell'automobile in corso di svolgimento in questi giorni a Parigi, che si concluderà il 19 ottobre.
Una presenza significativa, quella di Interna nella capitale francese, appuntamento internazionale del mondo dei motori. Tutti i prodotti del gruppo Interna vanno ad arredare sia le zone ospitalità che quelle riservate al business e agli uffici di rappresentanza.
Il salone dell'automobile di Parigi è visitato da migliaia di appassionati e addetti ai lavori e, con Ginevra, Detroit e Francoforte rappresenta uno dei principali momenti espositivi della migliore produzione mondiale nel settore delle autovetture.
May, 2008
Crediamo nella cultura
In questi primi mesi del 2008 siamo stati coinvolti con molto piacere in importanti eventi che riguardavano diverse aree della cultura, da sempre convinti che questa sia uno strumento essenziale per garantire vitalità e buon vivere delle comunità.
Abbiamo privilegiato iniziative innovative, talune di carattere internazionale, altre di livello locale, tutte però a proseguimento della nostra riflessione su temi sociali ed economici. In alcuni casi abbiamo anche partecipato fattivamente ai contenuti.
In ordine cronologico, gli eventi di questi primi mesi del 2008:
Mostra Richard Nonas scultore (25 aprile 2008)
Interna contribuisce fattivamente a curare l’ esposizione permanente di 2 opere istallative dello scultore neyorkese Nonas presso il parco di villa di Toppo Florio di Buttrio.
La mostra, organizzata da “Spazio Pubblico Arte Contemporanea” in collaborazione con la 76° edizione della Fiera del Vino di Buttrio, la più importante rassegna enologica del nord est, è a detta dell’autore una “verifica filosofica” in quanto “gli elementi di disturbo da egli stesso disseminati nel parco” portano inevitabilmente a una riflessione severa sul vivere contemporaneo.
Far East Film Festival 10, edizione 2008 (18-26 aprile)
La maggiore rassegna di cinema popolare asiatico di tutto l’occidente, organizzata annualmente a Udine dal Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche.
La rassegna, di cui Interna è partner per il secondo anno consecutivo, fa parte del progetto promosso dal comune di Udine “Udine Porta a Oriente” che intende incoraggiare una riflessione a tutto tondo sul tema dei rapporti con l’est del mondo in una regione da sempre crocevia di culture.
Job Fair (10 maggio 2008)
Interna, che ha una grande passione per il teatro e per i giovani, ha curato l’allestimento del palcoscenico del teatro Giovanni da Udine in occasione dell’evento organizzato dalla Facoltà di Ingegneria di Udine allo scopo di mettere in contatto i neo-ingegneri con le grandi realtà imprenditoriali del territorio.
Al dibattito “imprenditorialità, istruzioni per l’uso”, al quale si sono iscritte oltre 800 persone, ha partecipato in qualità di relatore il Presidente di Interna Holding Diego Travan.
Eticamente, , 6° edizione (25 maggio-8 giugno)
Una 3+3 giorni di incontri e dibattiti sull’etica, per un futuro sostenibile, un’economia di giustizia e per i diritti dei popoli.
Tema dell’evento di quest’anno è l’acqua e il diritto ad essa.
April, 2008
Interna at the 47th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Milan 16th-21st April 2008 / SALONE + FUORISALONE
Interna will participate in the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan with two events to appeal to interiors designers, professionals from the contract sector and all lovers of design.
For the fair in Rho, Franco Poli has designed an exclusive glass stand with diffused light as the perfect setting for furniture from Interna‘s contemporary line. The collection features pieces from five world famous designers: Uwe Fischer, Alfredo Haeberli, Isao Hosoe, Franco Poli and Hannes Wettstein, who have used their considerable talents to create design solutions for this sector’s very special needs, above all the possibility to customize pieces in terms of sizes, materials and finishes.
The stunning Hotel Park Hyatt Milan, one of Interna’s turnkey projects, is the perfect setting to present AngloDutch, our second monographic collection dedicated to the fascinating work of the AngloDutch interior design firm FG stijl and its founders, Colin Finnegan and Gerard Glintmeijer. For their signature collection for Interna, FG stijl took the British and Dutch royal dynasties as a source of inspiration. The leitmotif of the collection is a simple -though never banal- elegance, which hints at times gone by, but at the same time embraces the very latest technology in a lively and innovative way. A collection for today’s world, designed for a contemporary and refined, international lifestyle.
For more information and invitations:
Gianna Trevisani (gtrevisani@interna.it) +39 0432 643231 or +39 340 1008898.
February, 2008
Interna Contract furnishes the new concept hotel citizenM in Amsterdam
Interna Contract has just completed the interiors of the first citizenM hotel, in Amsterdam, near Schiphol Airport.It is conceived to offer accessible luxury accommodation to the “mobile citizens”: modern, independent travelers who appreciate contemporary design and user-friendly technology. The hotel, built with the “Industrial Flexible Demountable” system, consists of modular, container-like, rooms (2.8x12 m) inspired by the minimal and efficient yachts’ interiors or private jets’ cabins, and “equipped” with the best technologies and services. The new hotel chain has selected Interna for a turn-key contract, to concretize the design planned by the Dutch studio Concrete. The team of Interna has been deeply involved in each phase of the project, from concept to engineering, to the equipment of the rooms, while paying great attention to details, from materials to finishes. Interna also supplied furnishing innovative solutions like the square, wall to wall, bed, or the shower, with LEDs that can be set according to one’s preferences. Customization is in fact one of the main concepts of the project: the customer can book a specific solution for light, music, and wake-up call time. The hotel, furthermore, offers a wide choice of books, magazines, films, and a 24 hours restaurant.
November, 2007
Derna Del Stabile at the Rotary Club of Cividale del Friuli, Udine (Italy)
Invited by the Rotary Club of Cividale del Friuli, Derna Del Stabile spoke at an evening meeting held on November 20th, about the enterprise and tenacity of the working women. As founder and owner of Interna, she talked about her experience and engagement with the company.
Along with the Rotary Club of Cividale, were also present at the meeting the Inner Wheel Clubs of Cividale and of Cervignano and Palmanova, the Rotaract Club of the Province of Udine and the Soroptimist Club of Cividale.
October 17, 2007
“BMW Welt” furnished by Interna unveiled in Munich
BMW has finally unveiled the "BMW Welt", their new car delivery center, recreation and exhibition complex, located in Munich, Germany: the new architectural landmark of the city and one of the most complex and challenging projects for Interna so far. For this futuristic steel and glass building Interna Contract furnished bistrot, international restaurant with coffee bar, sushi bar, and service bar, balcony, vip restaurant club, and board room, following the exclusive design by FG Stijl Amsterdam. Some of the most striking furnishing solutions Interna made match the architecture of the building with an original mix of steel, glass and integrated lighting. Another leitmotiv of the project is the table “Toto” from the Contemporary line of by Interna Collection, designed by Hannes Wettstein.
October, 2007
New major furnishing project for the Interna Group: the Radisson SAS Hotel, Dakar
The Interna Group has recently signed a new major international agreement for the furnishing on a turnkey basis of the five-star Radisson SAS Hotel, Dakar, in Senegal. The project will be executed following the exclusive design by interior designers Antoni Associates (Cape Town, South Africa) and will include all loose and fixed furnishings for the public areas, the over 180 rooms, the so-called “back of the house” - the hotel offices and meeting rooms-, as well as all the hotel equipment: industrial kitchens, laundry, and tablewear. Interna will also supply selected pieces by Interna Collection and office furniture by Logica.
[The project will have to be completed in just four months because it is going to be one of the seats of the 2008 International Conference on Islam.]
September, 2007
New headquarters for the Interna Group / Nuova sede per il Gruppo Interna
We have recently moved into a 3-storey very modern industrial building of 3,500 square meters, which accommodates not only the Group’s offices, but also the first Show Room for Interna Collection, and “Spazio Interna”, a location for cultural events. The stylish and functional interior design project is by FG Stijl Amsterdam, all furniture and furnishings have been made by Interna –.
Official opening planned for the end of October.
Ci siamo trasferiti in un modernissimo edificio industriale di 3 piani e 3.500 metri quadri che ospita non solo gli uffici del Gruppo ma anche la prima Show Room di Interna Collection e lo” Spazio Interna” dove organizzeremo eventi culturali aperti al pubblico. L’elegante e funzionale progetto d’arredo opera dello studio FG Stijl di Amsterdam è stato realizzato interamente da Interna. Inaugurazione prevista per fine ottobre.
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June, 2007
Interna Collection sponsors the event “Eticamente” (ethically)
For the second consecutive year Interna Collection sponsored of the event “Eticamente” (ethically)
which took place in Teglio Veneto, near Venice from the 1st to the 3rd
of June. The event, organised by the local community, is becoming a reference
cultural event at national level, and aims at promoting ethical ideas such
as fair trade, sustainability, and energy saving. Equal opportunities and
the role of women in contemporary society were the focus of this years’ edition,
for which Interna Collection provided all furniture for the conference
areas.
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May 18-20, 2007
Interna participates as CSR “best practice” to an international Conference
organized in Florence within the major event on sustainability “Terra Futura”
Representatives from institutions (including Italian Ministries and the
EU Parliament), heads of Associations, and representatives from companies
were invited to participate as speakers to the conference on CSR which
took place in Florence on May 18 within the major event on sustainability “Terra
Futura”. They were asked to share their experience and knowledge
on the current global situation of corporate behaviours with regards to
the issues of ethics, labour rights, and sustainability. Interna, invited
as CSR “best practice”, briefly reported on the Group’s
commitment to CSR and the reasons which led to the decision to apply for
the SA:8000 certification, obtained in June 2006. Derna Del Stabile stressed
the importance of “setting a good example”, mentioning significant
cases in which the Group’s socially and ethically responsible behaviours
led clients and suppliers to a change or a re-thinking of their attitude
towards CSR.
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May, 2007
Interna Collection is partner of the event “èStoria” third
edition of the International Festival of History – in Gorizia from 18 to
20 May
For the second consecutive year, Interna Collection participates to the
event “èStoria”, the International Festival of History,
which takes place from 10 to 18 May in Gorizia and dozens of lecturers,
historians, writers, journalists, artists, and simple witnesses of past
things, both from Italy and from abroad, to give their contributions in
a three-day event of debates and meetings on a specific historical theme:
This year’s focus will be on Revolutions. Interna Collection will
contribute, among other things, by setting up with significant pieces of
its furniture range all the podiums where meetings and presentations will
take place.
For more information www.estoria.it
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May, 2007
Interna Collection is sponsor of the 2007 edition of the event “Vicino/Lontano” and
of the “Terzani” literary prize – Udine, 10-13 May
For the second year in a row Interna Collection is sponsor of the initiative “Vicino/Lontano.
Identità e differenze al tempo dei conflitti” (Close/Far.
Identities and difference in times of conflicts) and the international
literary award “Premio Terzani” dedicated to the memory of
the great writer-journalist who died in 2004. The event gathers in Udine
internationally celebrated lecturers, writers and artists, to be part of
a three-day programme of public debates, exhibitions, and shows focussing
on important issues of our contemporary world. This year Interna Collection
will also contribute with the set-up of an art exhibition at the Visionario
Cinema in Udine titled Give Peace Another Chance – 33 Flags for
Peace based on an idea by Giorgio Camuffo. The exhibition will display 33 interpretations
of the rainbow peace flag made by famous graphics and illustrators for
a Venetian editorial initiative of October 2006, also sponsored by Interna.
Thus Interna wants to stress again and with force its commitment to the
spreading of a culture of Peace.
For more information www.vicinolontano.it
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May 2, 2007
Interna Collection to exhibit @ the 2007 Las Vegas Hospitality Design Expo and
Conference (10-12 May)
From 10 to 12 May Interna Collection participates to the exhibition Hospitality
Design Expo and Conference, taking place in Las Vegas, USA, at the Sands
and Expo Convention Centre. Established in 1992, this is the US premier
trade show for hospitality design professionals, and also presents the
newest and most innovative product offerings. Interna Collection will introduce
its comprehensive offer for the hospitality sector for the first time in
the United States: all the three lines Traditional, Transitional and Contemporary,
the 2006 first designer monograph by Jacques Garcia, as well as the preview
of the new monograph by FG stjil from Amsterdam AngloDutch, just presented
for the first time at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
VISIT
Interna Collection @ BOOTH no. 3872
REQUEST a FREE VIP EXPO PASS courtesy
of Interna Collection by writing to gtrevisani@interna.it
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April 26, 2007
Interna Collection brings top designers Isao Hosoe and Colin Finnegan of FG stijl Amsterdam to be speakers of the second “Pecha Kucha” night in Udine
What is “Pecha Kucha”? The expression means “chit chat” in
Japanese, and, as hinted by the title, it is all about talking: at a Pecha
Kucha night young creative professionals such as architects, interior designers,
artists, graphics, video artists, fashion designers, editors, or just students
are invited to present one or more of their creative ideas or projects.
Originated in Japan from an idea of two famous architects, the Pecha-Kucha
nights have spread like a virus throughout the world, contaminating cities
such as New York, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Beijing, Mexico
City, and Bangkok before arriving to Italy via Udine.
Interna Collection
has given its enthusiastic support to this initiative and invited two of
its top designers, Isao Hosoe and Colin Finnegan of FG stijl, to be speakers
of the second Pecha Kucha night organized in Udine. In their presentations
both had to follow the rhythm imposed by the Pecha Kucha “20 x 20” format,
the one and only rule of the game: speakers can only present 20 slides,
having a maximum of 20 seconds to talk upon each one of them. Isao and
Colin were the stars of the evening providing important and original contributions
to a night dedicated to creativity and attended by hundreds. The event
took place during the Udine Far East Festival, another major cultural event
also sponsored by Interna Collection.
> www.pkn.it
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April 19, 2007
Interna Collection and Interna Contract are awarded by ICILA in recognition of
their excellence as attested by their integrated certification system (quality,
environment, ethics)
ICILA, the certification authority for the furniture industry in Italy,
awarded a certificate of excellence to Interna Collection and Interna Contract
in recognition of their respect and commitment for environment and ethics.
Derna del Stabile and Diego Travan of Interna received the Award during
a convention called “Il cammino verso l’eccellenza” (The
path towards excellence) organized by ICILA at the Salone Internazionale
del Mobile in Milan, where only eight more companies received this prestigious
acknowledgement. Interna Collection and Interna Contract are among the
first and still very rare companies in the furniture sector in Italy to
be able to boast an integrated certification system, which adds to the
Quality Certification IS:2001, the Environmental SA 14.0001 and Ethical
Certification SA:8000.
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April 10, 2007
Interna Collection sponsor of the “Far East Film Festival 9” (Udine,
20-28 April 2007) - the largest showcase of popular Asian cinema
Interna Collection announces its support to the Far East Film Festival
9, the 2007 edition of the most important showcase of popular Asian cinema
taking place in western countries. Organized annually in Udine by the cultural
club Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche in co-operation with Cineteca
del Friuli, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine and Centro per le Arti Visive/Visionario,
the event gathers every year hundreds of experts and amateurs of this specific
cinema production. The 2007 edition will offer to the public the preview
of more than sixty from the best titles from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
South Korea, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore e Thailand. For Interna
Collection, an important occasion to restate its commitment to cultural
events.
> www.fareastfilm.com
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April 5, 2007
Interna Collection supports the Easter initiative of the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni
da Udine
On Easter Friday Interna Collection was part of the first official initiative
of the famous journalist Michele Mirabella as artistic director of the
theatre programme of the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da
Udine, by supplying some
significant pieces of its exclusive furniture range for the stage set-up.
The event called “Il Mattino del Terzo Giorno” (“The
morning of the third day”) gathered on stage prominent journalists,
actors, musicians, and figures from the religious and university worlds,
to reflect, with the involvement of the over 500 attendees, upon the religious
and worldly meaning of the Easter festivity.
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March, 2007
Interna at the 46th Edition of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan
presents ‘AngloDutch’
Interna will participate to the 46th edition of the Salone Internazionale
del Mobile in Milano with an amazing Fuori Salone event, definitely
attractive for interior designers, professionals from the contract sector,
and, in general, for all design amateurs. Focus of the event will be the
presentation of a preview from the new Monographic Collection of Interna
Collection: “AngloDutch”,
designed by FG Stijl from Amsterdam, one of the reference interior design
studios for luxury hospitality projects at international level. Moreover,
an outstanding temporary show-room (Interna
Collection’s Traditional,
Transitional, Contemporary lines) will be set up in the marvellous
halls of the hotel The Chedi, Milan, first European hotel of the prestigious
international Hotel Chain GHM, whose magnificent interiors were entirely
furnished by Interna on a “turnkey” basis and will be exclusively
open for visit for Interna’s guests during these days.
Interna Collection presents
ANGLODUTCH – The New Monographic Collection
8/19/20/21/22/23 April
At the Hotel GHM, The Chedi, Milan
Via Villapizzone
24
H. 8-22
Opening party 18 April h. 18.30
Daily dinner party h. 19
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March, 2007
Interna Collection goes ‘pink’ to sponsor the first edition of the
exhibition Fiera Rosa, totally dedicated to women’s culture and lifestyles
and to equal opportunities, Udine 2-4 March 2007
Since one of the pillars of Interna Collection philosophy is to assign
a key role to women, including several positions within the company’s
management, there was little option for the company not to participate
actively to the first edition of the Fiera Rosa, which will take place
in Udine(2-4 March) at Udine Fiera. This will be the first exhibition ever
organized in Italy totally dedicated to women, their culture and their
lifestyles and to a public debate on the state of the art on equal opportunities
in Italy. Just as women can be both frivolous and very serious, so the
event will have a more ‘worldly’ life in the exhibition area,
where all sorts of women’s merchandise and activities will be on
display, but there will also be large space for Public Administrations
to display their equal opportunities initiatives, as well as for debates
and conferences on social and cultural themes dear to women. Interna Collection
will supply the furniture for a comfy corner in the reception area and
for the speakers’ platforms in the conference rooms. Leitmotiv of
the event will be the colour pink, a symbol of the feminine and of positive
thinking, and Interna Collection will also have to fit in, by supplying
special editions of some carefully selected pieces of the Collection.
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February 2007
Interna Furnishes the Futuristic Bmw World in Munich
Interna will have the leading role in furnishing the futuristic BMW World
(www.bmw-welt.com), an extraordinary building which is the result of a
futuristic architectural project by the prestigious Viennese firm Coop
Himmelb(l)au, and which has a distinctive wave-like roof structure in glass
and steel covering an area of 14 thousand square metres. Interna has won,
in an international competition, the contract for the turnkey supply of
all furnishings for the four main areas of the building: bistro, international
restaurant, coffee bar and business club. Some of the more experienced
competitors were put off entering the competition by the difficulty of
the project. Interna beat rival companies, including German ones, not so
much because of its competitive bid but due to its excellent credentials
(Interna Contract has carried out similar projects in Germany for Daimler
Chrysler, Volkswagen and Siemens), the high quality of its products and
its own technical and managerial expertise. The interior design is by the
well-known Anglo-Dutch company FG Stijl, winners of several international
design awards – including the ‘Best New Design Hotel’ for
The College Hotel in Amsterdam, also made by Interna.
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February 2007
Interna Group partners GHM Hotels in the making of their first hotel ever
in Europe: The Chedi, Milan
Interna Group was selected by the prestigious international hotel chain GHM
(General Hotel Management Ltd.) for the making of the interiors of their first
hotel in Europe: The Chedi, Milan, located in Italy’s capital of finance
and fashion. Interna Contract, Interna Collection and Logica joined forces
to produce all the furnishings and décor for the common areas, the 250
rooms as well as the hotel offices, a job which has taken one year to be completed.
The interior design, by the famous Indonesian designer Jaya Pratomo Ibrahim
of Jaya & Associates, combines an Asian style concept, characterized by
smooth colours and precious yet primitive materials such as wood, bronze, stone,
mosaic and textured ceramic, with cutting-edge Western technology. Established
in 1992, GHM develops and operates an exclusive group of 5-star hotels and
resorts around the world. Distinguishing factors of GHM are the group’s
vision to create a lifestyle experience unique in its intimacy, style, and
comfort, where service excellence is unrivalled.
Within the group, the brand “The
Chedi” operates a series of elegant resorts and business hotels, so far
all located in Asia. But with The Chedi Milan, the Group challenges the European
market for the first time and in doing so chooses Interna Group as the perfect
partner for the making of the interiors of their amazing new hotel. Official
opening is scheduled for April 2007.
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January 2007
Interna booms in France and achieves 3 major operations in Paris, as well as
the brand new one-of-a-kind Hotel Cheval Blanc in Courchevel
A few months after its launch at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in
Milan Fiera del Mobile 2006, Interna already records a number of major
successes, having been selected for the most exclusive luxury hotels recently
opened in France. For the Westin Hotel in Paris, located
just nearby famous Place Vendôme, Interna was chosen for the complete
refurbishing of the former "Restaurant 234 Rivoli" now called "The
First".
At the Fouquet's Palace Hotel on the Champs-Elysées
in Paris, whose opening was now really longed for, Interna produced most
of the seating and tables for the public areas. Same for the marvellous L'Hotel
located in rue des Beaux Arts ( where Oscar Wilde as well as many other
American movie stars used to stay when in Paris). For these three amazing
and super-stylish projects the pieces were selected from the Collection "Les
Grands Classiques de Jacques Garcia", launched in 2006, and deriving
from a strong partnership with worldwide renown interior design icon Jacques
Garcia from Paris. Also by December 2006, several Interna Collection Transitional
and Contemporary items were selected and supplied for the furnishing of
restaurant, bar, and luxury suites of the first top luxury hotel opened
in Courchevel (French Alps) by LVMH owner Mr Bernard Arnault: Hotel
Cheval Blanc.
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January, 2007
Interna Collection at the 71st edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, 10-13 January,
Florence
Some significant pieces Interna Collection have been chosen by Canali,
the fine Italian menswear brand, for display at their stand at the 71st
edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, taking place from 10 to 13 January in Florence.
Pitti Immagine Uomo, the international reference event for prêt-a-porter
menswear fashion since 1972, will focus for this edition on “conscious
elegance”. And consciously elegant are the pieces from the Interna
Collection Transitional and Contemporary lines which will complement the
furnishing of the gorgeous stand where the Canali will display their latest
collection. Interna Collection with its style and total flexibility is
a perfect match with Canali’s tradition for tailored clothing and
both brands are perfect ambassadors of Made in Italy. More pieces from
the Interna Collection were also selected by Canali for a fashion photo
shooting last December.
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December, 2006
Interna Group supports the initiative “Give Peace another Chance”
On the occasion of the 6th Peace Publishing fair in Venice - a three-day
event which took place in early October 2006, promoted by the Venice Foundation
for the Reasearch on Peace (Fondazione per la Ricerca sulla Pace) - an
exhibition called Give Peace another Chance was organized: 33 reinterpretations
of the peace flag by Italian artists and graphic designers that were hung
up on some Venetian buildings and also collected in a booklet of the same
name that also includes texts on the theme of flags and their historical
and sociological implications. The involvement in this initiative was for
Interna a special occasion to re-think about Peace, an issue which is so
dear to the Group: Interna has always believed that making business in
an ethical way is possible, thus contributing to the well-being of the
community we live in and to a more peaceful world. Interna will circulate
the booklet among its friends at Christmas time, with the best wishes for
a Peaceful and Successful 2007.
For more details on the initiative: www.givepeaceanotherchance.it | www.farepace06.it
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October, 2006
Interna Collection announces its participation
to the international exhibition Equip'hotel which will take place, in Paris 5th-10th November, 2006
Interna Collection will be attending the 2006 edition of the Equip'Hotel Exibition,
which will take place in Paris, at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, from 5th to 9th of November.
On this occasion the Interna Collection complete range of furniture and furnishings for the hospitality
and contract industry will be presented for the first time in France.
Interna Collection will be glad to welcome you at the Stand P076 Hall
3, To receive an invite and be accredited in our visitors list, please
contact the marketing department at the following e-mail address: gtrevisani@interna.it
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July 16th, 2006
Interna Collection will sponsor the 22nd edition of the literary award
Premio Ernest Hemingway. Prizegiving will take place on September 2nd in Lignano, Italy
Interna Collection will be a sponsor of the 22nd edition of the literary award “Premio Hemingway”,
which traditionally takes place every year in Lignano Sabbiadoro. At this prestigious literary event,
Interna Collection will supply all the furniture for the Kursaal theatre where the prizegiving ceremony
will take place on September 2nd. Moreover, Interna will supply the furniture for the round table on war
reporters which will take place just a few days before the event, on August the 30th.
Like every year prizes will be awarded to those who excelled in four different categories: tv journalism,
press, novel-writing, and essay-writing, plus two other awards, a Special Award and a European Award.
The sponsorship of the Hemingway Award is again for Interna Collection a way of supporting cultural events
promoting the same passions shared by Interna Collection.
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July 5th, 2006
The Interna Group adds to its existing offer a new brand specialising in the production of office furniture: LOGICA
Thanks to a recent agreement with the Effezeta Group (production of chairs), the Interna Group has acquired
a new production line by acquiring the brand LOGICA, already known on the market for the production and sale
of office furniture. With this operation the Group is now able to provide a really comprehensive offer in
the contract sector, as office furniture is very often needed in the furnishing of hotels, luxury stores
or cruising ships.
For this reason the Interna Group decided to acquire the brand LOGICA and all the know-how
it has got in the office sector. The Group will invest largely in the restructuring of the brand, looking to
an increase in turnover by 20-30% in the following years.
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July 2006
Interna Contract obtains the SA 8000
Certification for its “Ethical Work”
Interna Contract has obtained the SA 8000 Certification, an international certification
standard that encourages organisations to develop, maintain and apply socially
acceptable practices in the workplace. The certification follows the audit
made by CISE, one of the eight associations worldwide accredited by SAI (Social
Accountability International) to provide SA 8000 certifications. The areas
this certification addresses include forced and child labour, health and safety,
freedom of association and collective bargaining, discrimination, disciplinary
practices, working hours, compensation and management systems, as well as a
company’s contribution to the promotion of human rights for all workers
throughout the whole supply, production and distribution chain.
The certification
comes as a recognition of the Group’s commitment and its way of operating
in the total respect and attention to the themes related to social responsibility.
Only 50 companies in Italy and 290 in the world have so far obtained this important
certification. “The way we work” – claims Derna Del Stabile,
Director of Interna Contract– “is a way of showing how globalisation
processes can happen in the total respect of human rights, of international
norms on labour and environmental issues.”
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June 2nd - 4th, 2006
Teglio Veneto Venice (Italy): Interna Collection sponsors the event “Eticamente”
Interna Collection was a sponsor of the event “Eticamente”
which took place in Teglio Veneto, near Venice from the 2nd to the 4th
of June. The event is organised by the local community with such an effort
to make it a reference cultural event in the area, promoting the attention
on themes such as fair trade, sustainability, and energy saving.
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May19th - 21st, 2006
Gorizia (Italy): Interna Collection sponsors “La storia in testa, ascesa,
declino, ideologie”, the second international history festival
From the 19th to the 21st of May, 2006 Interna Collection sponsored the event “La storia in testa”,
in Gorizia, Italy, by supplying all the furniture for the exhibition areas with pieces from the four new
lines of the catalogue Traditional, Transitional, Contemporary and the Jacques Garcia Monograph.
As Derna Del Stabile, Interna Collection President declares “Sponsoring cultural events like “La storia in
testa” is mainly for us a way to support a long-life passion like history is for us in the best possible way:
thanks to our products, which we produce with the same passion."
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May, 11th - 14th, 2006
Udine (Italy): Interna Collection is sponsor of the Premio Terzani 2006
Interna Collection was a sponsor of the: Premio Terzani 2006 which took
place in Udine, Italy, within the second edition of the four-day happening
organised by the Vicino Lontano cultural association (www.vicinolontano.it),
called “Vicino Lontano, Identità e differenze ai tempi dei conflitti”.
In particular, Interna supported the meeting with Emergency, which took place at Palazzo Caiselli, on Saturday May 13th,
during which Teresa Sarti Strada, in an interview with journalist Valerio Pellizzari, spoke about the humanitarian
activities carried out by Emergency. Moreover, all the meeting areas at Palazzo Caiselli during the event were
furnished exclusively with pieces by Interna Collection.
The company decided to support this cultural event in order to stress its commitment on important themes for
the community and in particular, the theme of solidarity and the defence of human rights in the world.
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April, 5th - 9th, 2006
Milan, Park Hyatt Hotel: Interna Collection is at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile for the second time
to present its entire Collection and its official two-volume catalogue
For the second year in a row, Interna Collections hosts a “Fuori Salone” event the the Park Hyatt Milan,
this time to present the entire collection and the beautiful two volumes making up for the official catalogue:
- Volume 1, presenting the three main lines of the collection “Traditional Transitional and Contemporary”
- Volume 2, presenting the first Monograph “Les Grands Classiques de Jacques Garcia” dedicated to the genius of the French designer.
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April, 14th - 17th 2005
Milan, Park Hyatt Hotel: Interna Collection presents a preview of its range during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
The presentation took place in Milan as an event “Fuori Salone” and was hosted by the Park Hyatt Milan -
another prestigious project among the most recent ones executed by Interna Contract. For four days Hotel Operators,
journalists and connoisseurs were given the chance to see on display in the wonderful meeting rooms of the Park
Hyatt some of the most representative prototypes among the more than 200 design concepts which are going to be
part of the Interna Collection.
At the opening evening on April 14th the five top designers who contributed to the creation of Interna Collection,
Uwe Fischer, Alfredo Häberli, Isao Hosoe, Franco Poli e Hannes Wettstein
delivered their speeches to the enthusiastic public who had gathered to celebrate the beginning of this new
adventure of the Interna Group.
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April 2005
The College Hotel in Amsterdam by Interna wins the Best New Design Hotel Award
The College Hotel in Amsterdam, one of the latest projects completed by
Interna Contract, won on April 5, 2005 the award ‘Best New Design
Hotel’ in The Netherlands. For the College Hotel Interna Contract
supplied all loose and fixed furnishings for both common spaces (bar, reception,
restaurant, lounge, lobby and bathrooms) and for all the 40 luxury rooms
of the hotel, all different from one another. The award-winning Interior
Design studio is FG Stijl from Amsterdam, led by Designers Gerard Glintmeijer
e P.Collin Finnegan. The Hotel Chain managing the marvellous hotel, originally
a school building dated 1894, and located in the residential Amsterdam
Oud Zuid area (South/center), is the Stain Group.
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April 2005
Interna presents Interna Collection, A Project for Projects
On Friday, 8th of April 2005 at Villa Feltrinelli, one of the most outstanding
projects executed by INTERNA CONTRACT, INTERNA introduced to a selected
group of journalists Interna Collection, a Project for Projects. The presentation
will continue during Salone Internazionale del Mobile – Edition 2005
- in Milan. This more official presentation, as an event “fuori
salone” will take place at the Park Hyatt Milan an other prestigious
most recent project realized by INTERNA CONTRACT and will be open to a
public of Hotel Operators and to the Press from 14th up to 17th of April
- from 10 am to 9.00 pm.
The newly born INTERNA COLLECTION is an innovative
furnishing concept created by the marriage of passion and know-how built
up by INTERNA over 15 years’ activity of turn-key furnishing and
design solutions for the luxury contract and hospitality sector. With more
than 200 design concepts of Interna Collection, INTERNA intends to give
a support to architects and interior designers with an innovative tool
that respond to the very peculiar demands of the market.
In order to respect
the logic of the Contract Industry, INTERNA COLLECTION has its point of
strength in its total flexibility: each of these design concepts can be
customised and rendered unique by accessing a wide range of different sizes,
materials and finishes. Interna Collection’s enormous range of products
and designs is divided into three different lines: Traditional, inspired
by the 19th and earlier 20th Centuries; Transitional, the classical seen
through modern eyes; and Contemporary, which harnesses the creative talents
of five top contemporary designers (Uwe Fischer, Alfredo Häberli,
Isao Hosoe, Franco Poli e Hannes Wettstein).
Alongside these three lines,
it is INTERNA decision to prepare and print out, at regular intervals, ‘Designer
Monograph’ series, which will represent the work of someone in the
forefront of interior design for hotels and contract. The first of these ‘Monographs’ will
be dedicated to the creative genius of Parisian designer Jacques Garcia.
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August 2004
Park Hyatt Milan
The Park Hyatt in Milan was our twenty-fifth Hyatt contract, it is quintessentially
Milanese, and is at one with its immediate surroundings: the vibrant
Piazza Duomo; Milanís great travertine-marbled cathedral; the
world-famous Scala Opera House; and the belle Èpoque splendour
of the Galleria, Milanís prestigious glass-domed shopping arcade.
The Hyatt, here, has absorbed the sensations, the sounds and, indeed,
the colours of Milan and its people. We provided the fixed and freestanding
furniture and furnishings for the public areas, the guest rooms, the
presidential suite, the diplomatic suite, the meeting rooms, the lobby,
the bar, restaurant and library. In the photograph, you can see the spectacular
hotel lobby lounge, La Cupula. It sets the scene with travertine, the
leitmotif for the hotel itself. The marble dances in perfect harmony
with the imperial yellow and aubergine silks that cover the walnut-backed
banquettes; and partners too with the gold and brown velvet armchairs
adorning the metallic, walnut and glass coffee tables. Luxury, here,
is never flamboyant. It has a refined and restrained elegance and charm,
instilling peace and serenity.
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August 2004
Interna Contract at the heart of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
Interna has been deeply involved in the preparation of Athens to the Olympic
Games, cooperating at no less than four extremely prestigious hospitality projects:
the Hotel Hilton Athens, the Hotel Nafsica,
the Hotel Arion and the mega-yacht
Turama. The Hotel Hilton Athens is the official hotel for the Internation
Olympic Committee, and is located in the heart of the city next to the Acropolis
and the National Gallery of Art. For this amazing hotel Interna made, following
the project by US architects Bilkey-Llinas, exclusive tailor-made furnishings
and millworks in beech wood for all the impressive public areas, lobby, the
numerous bars and restaurants, the conference and banquet halls, the exhibition
area and to the swimming pool integrated in the spa. The Hotel Nafsica and
Arion are two trendy 5-star hotels, located in the Vouliagmeni bay, along the
city’s most exclusive beaches. For these two projects Interna did all
the furnishing on a turnkey basis with record speed: only four months from
production to installation of the entire supply, exclusively made following
the design of the studio HBA from London. Last, but not least, Interna supplied
all loose and fixed furniture for a 115-metre yacht, the Turama, the mega-yacht
used as hospitality for Presidents, Heads of Government, Monarchs, and international
vip’s. For its security standards and acoustic isolation devices, for
the extremely high quality of its set-up, and for the overall beauty of the
interiors, it can be considered a unique jewel, a perfect token of the know-how
and the painstaking technological research of Interna
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September 2003
Equip'hotel Exhibition 2003
Interna will be attending the Equip’Hotel Exibition, edition 2003.
Interna will be present with its stand at the most important hospitality
fair in Europe, which will take place in Paris Nord Villepinte from September
28th until 2nd of October . For this occasion we will present a very
special 5 stars hotel room, which is at the same time classical yet innovative.
We will be glad to welcome you at our booth, hall 3, stand B104.In order
to receive an invitation card, you can contact our sales department at
the following e-mail address: gtrevisani@interna.it
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Summer 2003
The Grand Hotel Villa Feltrinelli Opens its Doors to the Public after Intense
Restoration Works
The exclusive Grand Hotel Villa Feltrinelli, located in Gargnano at Garda
Lake (Italy), has opened its doors to the public, after an impressive
renovation work, in which Interna executed the entire supply of millwork
and loose furniture, including draperies, carpets, lamps, and accessories.
For its extreme complexity and for the number of custom made items, the
project has represented for Interna’s team a real challenge: Interna
supplied more than 2000 different items, all one-off and exclusively
tailor made for this project. Among these Interna handled a number of
rare antique pieces that needed a meticulous restoration process. The
design has been developed by the famous american interior design studio
Babey Moulton Jue & Booth from San Francisco, with whom Interna’s
technicians have closely collaborated for the entire project execution.
This job kept all our staff fully engaged for 12 months.
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June 2003
Strategic Alliance signed with the Intercontinental Hotels Group
Interna Contract has recently signed an agreement with the worldwide
biggest Hotel Group Intercontinental Hotels Group
Plc (www.ichotelsgroup.com)
whereby Interna is to become its official furniture supplier. Interna
is the first and only Italian Company in the furniture sector to reach
and sign such an agreement with this important Hotel Group. This goal
has been reached after several years of close and painstaking cooperation
with the five brands of the Group which numbers something like 3,300
hotels distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide.
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April 2003
Interna Contract furnishes the magnificent new Grand Hotel in Paris and Café de
la Paix
After an 18-month-closure due to an entire conservative restoration work,
the Grand Hotel in Paris, part of the prestigious Hotel Chain Intercontinental,
has reopened its doors to the public. Located in a magnificent old building,
just next to the Opera House Garnier, the hotel is a spectacular token
of the European luxury from the late 19th Century. For this project, Interna
Contract has completed special custom-made, loose furniture for more than
400 rooms and suites as well as for all public areas, following the design
of renowned French interior designer Pierre Ives Rochon. All the furniture
is in French Empire style, matching the originals made in 1862, and are
made in mahogany veneer with decorative inlays or lacquered details enriched
with a golden leaf coat and bronze decorations. Some are enriched with
very precious marble tops, leathers and valuable mosaics: every single
detail has received the uttermost attention from Interna. The restoration
work also included the whole fit out of the worldwide renowned Cafè de
la Paix. Although part the Grand Hotel, it is also considered an independent
entity and one of the most representative Cafés of the 19th century,
meeting point for the bets cultural and social life in Paris. It is designed
by Mr. Garnier, the same architect of the Opera House, of which the Cafè de
la Paix matches stylistic features.
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September 2002
Interna Contract obtains the Quality Certification ISO 9001:2000
Following an Internal Audit of its Quality Management System, Interna Contract
achieved accreditation to the requirements of the Quality Certification
ISO 9001:2000. ISO 9001:2000 is a quality management system which identifies
and monitors the processes a company adheres to. This management system
has been put in place to monitor, measure and analyse the processes used,
and ensure companies implement the actions required to achieve planned
results and the continuous improvement of processes. The Certification
recognises that Interna Contract has got systems in place to provide the
highest levels of customer service and satisfaction. Internal audits every
three months and regulatory audits every six months will ensure that Interna
continues to maintain and improve its standards, to the benefit of customers,
suppliers and employees and the overall efficiency and effectiveness of
the Company.
At the opening evening on April 14th the five top designers who contributed to the creation of Interna Collection,
Uwe Fischer, Alfredo Häberli, Isao Hosoe, Franco Poli e Hannes Wettstein
delivered their speeches to the enthusiastic public who had gathered to celebrate the beginning of this new
adventure of the Interna Group.
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May 2002
Interna Contract at the Exhibition Marocotel in Casablanca
Interna Contract took part to the Exhibition Marocotel, the International
Exhibition of Hotel Trade and related Equipment which took place in Casablanca,
from 2 to 5 May. On the occasion, Interna Contract displayed one of its
most recent projects: an hotel room execute for the prestigious Royal
Anfa Dorint Hotel in Casablanca, owned by the renowned Moroccan family Berr
Anass. The room furnishing, exclusively made following a design by the
Dutch architect Christine Roffiaen, has got very elegant lines, classical
but innovative at the same time. Interna Contract stand was visited by
a large number of professionals in the hotel industry and was truly appreciated
especially for the high quality of the furniture on display.
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June 2001
Interna Contract to furnish the Corinthia Tripoli Hotel
Interna Contract has recently signed a new important agreement with the
Hotel Chain Corinthia Hotels International for the supply of all furniture
- loose and fixed - for all public areas at the Corinthia Tripoli Hotel,
located in the historical centre of the libyan capital, next to the newly
discovered archaeological site. The Hotel Chain Corinthian Hotels International
now adds up to the already rich reference list of highly prestigious international
clients of Interna Contract.
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