The Gold Coast Bulletin has also contacted Mr Clarke directly for comment. Richard Clarke with the new Imperial Hotel signage at the hotel formerly known as Palazzo Versace. Picture: Glenn Hampson.

Negative reviews battering a five-star Gold Coast hotel - once iconically branded as fashion house Palazzo Versace - include a visitor saying it’s “literally rotting from the inside out”.

The very first Versace hotel, located at Australia's Gold Coast, originally opened in 2000. The project was conceptualized by Gianni Versace before his death. However, the branding agreement ended ...

But Main Beach’s The Imperial Hotel, formerly known as Palazzo Versace before its rebrand ... continues to be an iconic luxury hotel on the Gold Coast. “We look forward to welcoming both ...