Seeing the easy elegance and relaxed know-how of Roberto Wirth as he walks around his beloved "home," Rome's landmark Hotel Hassler perched upon the famed Spanish Steps of the Eternal City, it is hard to imagine anyone looking more in his element. With a commanding presence, Wirth exudes a genuine love not only for his hotel but also for the business and, indeed, the art of hotel-keeping. His warmth is immediately perceptible, and no doubt it is this passion that has made, and continues to make, the Hassler a "grand dame."
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