As of April 2013, The Rocco Forte Collection operates eleven hotels in Europe, Russia, northern Africa and the Middle East.
[5] Forte was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1995 New Year Honours list for services to the UK tourism industry.
[6] In March 2005, he received the highest Italian accolade, the Gran Croce dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, for his entrepreneurial merits and strong links with Italy.
He was also a member of the executive committee of the World Travel & Tourism Council and chaired the appeals to send the English teams to the Commonwealth Games for many years.
Forte funded a series of lectures at Westminster Cathedral in April 2008 organised by Cardinal Archbishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.
Sir Rocco is an advocate for Brexit and supporter of removing immigrants rights, appearing in interviews with Nigel Farage often.