50 years of hospitality

July 1962. Milio and Domenica Giacomelli inaugurate Hotel Concordia, 26 rooms, of which four are en suite. It is one of the first hotels to be built in Livigno and represents the first step in the Giacomelli family adventure. Only a year later, in 1963, Renna Sport opens its doors, destined to become a fashion boutique in the following years, specializing in leather goods, much in demand also because of the duty free advantages. Ten years go by and in 1972 Hotel Concordia doubles its capacity. At the end of the building work there are 42 rooms, and famous names begin to arrive. Guests such as Gustav Thoeni, a rising star of the Italian ski squad, the cyclist Gianni Motta, and  Ron and Lucio Dalla, who choose Livigno to relax and compose. The hit  Se Fossi un Angelo was arranged in the hotel basement room, where they improvised live sessions. In 1978, Domenica Giacomelli takes over the running of Da Giuseppina, the oldest store in Livigno, which used to ensure the town’s survival during the long winter months. She slowly transforms it into a luxury boutique, completed with a full refurbishment in 1989. The years pass, the children grow up and travel the world to study, and thus Milio and Domenica decide, in 1991, to transform the family company into a joint stock company. The birth of the Lungolivigno group seems to breathe new life into the business. Tea del Vidal, the restaurant close to the Mottolino cable car station, and Hotel Lac Salin, one of the largest in Livigno, near the departure of the ski-runs, are acquired.  1996 sees the inauguration of Art in Ice, a snow sculpture exhibition with artists arriving from all over the world to wield their chisels. Another store, Connaction, specializing in brand name outdoorswear, is added. The 2000s see the birth of Lungolivigno magazine, destined for all the guests staying at our hotels, which ten years later will undergo a complete makeover and become Arialpina magazine.