Luxury hotel group Rocco Forte, which owns Brown's in London and the Hotel de Russie in Rome, is preparing its biggest expansion yet in a sign of the resilience of the luxury market against an economic slowdown. Rocco Forte, who founded the hotel group in 1996, said he wanted 25 to 30 properties spread around major European cities within three to five years, compared with its current 14.

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