Following the publication of the article devoted to ITI Hotels and ITI Marina — https://investimentialberghieri.it/blog/iti-hotels-e-iti-marina-il-valore-immobiliare-nascosto-di-uno-dei-maggiori-portafogli-alberghieri-italiani?lang=it — Investimenti Alberghieri received a clarification from the Corbeddu family and Dr. Filippo Angelucci regarding certain passages concerning the group’s current governance, the distinction between the different family perimeters, and the issue of generational continuity.
We consider it appropriate to publish it in full.
The original article was conceived as an asset-based and industrial analysis, aimed at examining one of Italy’s most significant family-owned hotel portfolios from the perspective of investment, real estate value, and the evolution of governance models within the national hospitality sector.
The clarification that follows is therefore not being published as a contentious correction, but as a useful contribution that enriches the overall information framework, particularly on an issue that is central to any long-term hotel investment analysis: who is actually leading the business today, how the founder’s legacy is being preserved, and how a major entrepreneurial family is preparing the transition to the next generations.
This point is further reinforced by the words of the sender, who states:
“Note: this contribution is intended to supplement, not contest, the analysis published by Investimenti Alberghieri, by providing further details on the family governance of the group that deserve to be made public with greater precision.”
Investimenti Alberghieri considers dialogue with the direct protagonists of the market to be an essential part of its editorial work. When analysing complex family groups, layered hospitality assets and entrepreneurial stories built over decades, the accuracy of information is not a mere detail: it is an integral part of the value of the analysis itself.
For this reason, we are publishing below, without cuts or amendments, the clarification received from the Corbeddu family.
Roberto Necci
ITI Hotels and ITI Marina: a necessary clarification on the legacy of Antonio Corbeddu
A recent editorial published by Investimenti Alberghieri reconstructed, in considerable detail, the history and real estate value of the ITI Hotels group and ITI Marina Hotels & Resorts, retracing the figure of Engineer Antonio Corbeddu, the patriarch of Sardinian hospitality who passed away at the beginning of this year.
It is a valuable contribution for those who look at the Italian hotel sector with an analytical eye. However, certain passages concerning the group’s current governance require clarification in order to provide a more accurate picture of who is now concretely leading the two businesses.
Not only the Loi family: the role of Corbeddu’s daughters
The article correctly describes the Loi family as heirs to the path traced by Engineer Corbeddu. It is important, however, to clarify that the group’s ownership and managerial legacy has been taken on by the engineer’s three daughters: Donatella, Valentina and Alessandra.
For decades, the three sisters worked alongside their father in a discreet role, not highly visible from the outside, but far from marginal in the company’s operational and strategic dynamics.
Following the passing of Engineer Corbeddu, this long-standing involvement translated into the direct and full management of the group’s hotel properties in Sardinia, Rome and abroad.
It is a generational transition that deserves to be described accurately, because it offers a more precise account of who actually sits at the decision-making table today.
Two brands, two distinct vocations
A second point worth clarifying concerns the distinction, often blurred in public narratives, between the two brands that make up the broader perimeter of the group: ITI Marina, attributable to the Loi family, and ITI, headed by the Corbeddu family.
While the former maintains a broader and more widespread positioning along the Sardinian coastline, the latter is now more clearly oriented towards luxury tourism in the Costa Smeralda and its surrounding areas.
This is demonstrated by the group’s flagship property, the Colonna Resort in Porto Cervo, a five-star luxury hotel with nearly 250 rooms, which today represents one of the most relevant assets in Sardinia’s high-end hospitality sector.
Looking towards the third generation
While the baton is now firmly in the hands of Donatella, Valentina and Alessandra Corbeddu, the family is already looking to the future.
In keeping with the managerial approach and entrepreneurial vision handed down by Engineer Antonio Corbeddu, the three sisters intend, in the years ahead, to encourage the gradual involvement of the third generation in the group’s governance.
The objective is to combine family continuity with expertise gained in external professional contexts, according to a model that prioritises experience acquired in the market before entering the family business.
Among the profiles expected to play a role in the future of the group is Dr. Filippo Angelucci, son of Donatella Corbeddu, who has gained professional experience in leading firms operating in the fields of corporate restructuring and asset management.
His path stands alongside that of the other members of the family’s third generation, all of whom are expected, according to timelines and arrangements to be defined in the years ahead, to represent an important resource for the group’s future managerial evolution.
This perspective is consistent with the philosophy that has always characterised Engineer Antonio Corbeddu’s entrepreneurial journey: building companies capable of lasting over time, preparing generational continuity in advance, and combining the solidity of family tradition with new and constantly developing managerial expertise.
It is a path that reflects the intention to support family continuity with managerial skills developed in external professional contexts, in line with the transformations and new challenges affecting the hotel industry.
Note: this contribution is intended to supplement, not contest, the analysis published by Investimenti Alberghieri, by providing further details on the family governance of the group that deserve to be made public with greater precision.
