star hotels
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Barceló Hotels
Barceló Hotels UK (formerly the Paramount Group of Hotels) is the UK division of the Spanish privately owned group Barceló Hotels & Resorts. Barceló UK operate 21 4-star hotels in locations across Scotland, England and Wales. Hotels are situated in city and town centres, coastal resorts and countryside retreats. They include the Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway, Worcestershire, the Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, the Marine Hotel in Troon, the Majestic in Harrogate and the Imperial Hotels in Torquay and Blackpool. Barceló Hotels offer a total of over 2,800 bedrooms, 220 meeting rooms for up to 600 delegates, and spacious grounds. The group also includes 18 health & leisure clubs.
Apex Hotels
Apex Hotels Ltd is a UK operator of four star hotels, owned by former accountant Norman Springford and his family.Based in Edinburgh, the company operates the Apex International, City, Waterloo Place and European hotels in Edinburgh, the Apex City of London and London Wall hotels in London, and the Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa in Dundee. A further London hotel is planned for opening in 2012.
Rossiya Hotel, Moscow
The Rossiya Hotel (Russian: Россия ) was a large hotel built in Moscow in 1967 at the order of the Soviet Government. Construction used the existing foundations of a cancelled skyscraper project, the Zaryadye Administrative Building, which would have been the eighth of what is now referred to as the Seven Sisters. The architect was Dmitry Chechulin.Large portions of a historic district of Moscow, known as Zaryadye, were demolished in the 1940s for the original project. It was registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest hotel in the world. It remained the largest hotel in Europe up until its 2006 closure.The 21 storey Rossiya had 3,200 rooms, 245 half suites, a post office, a health club, a nightclub, a movie theater and a barber shop as well as the 2500-seat State Central Concert Hall. The building was capable of sheltering over 4,000 guests. Most of these rooms were 118 square feet, far smaller than most hotel rooms in the west. The hotel was adjacent to Red Square, its 21-story tower looming over the Kremlin walls and the cupolas of Saint Basil's Cathedral. In 1977, there was a massive fire in the hotel, killing 42 and injuring 50.
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
The Hotel Bayerischer Hof is a five-star luxury 350-room hotel in the city center of Munich, Germany. It is mainly housed in an 1841 building. As of 1924, it was the largest hotel in Europe. Since several decades it is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The hotel is owned by the Volkhardt family since 1897. The current number of employees is 650.
In 1969, the adjacent Palais Montgelas, built in 1813, was added to the hotel. The main building has 7 storeys plus a public used basement.Annually in February, the international Munich Conference on Security Policy (Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik) is held here for three days.
In 1969, the adjacent Palais Montgelas, built in 1813, was added to the hotel. The main building has 7 storeys plus a public used basement.Annually in February, the international Munich Conference on Security Policy (Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik) is held here for three days.
White Line Hotels
White Lines Hotels is a London-based hospitality group representing hotels in ten European countries. The group provides marketing and public relations services to hotels and hotel groups, and represents member hotels to the tourism and travel industries. White Line Hotels is headquartered in Butlers & Colonial Wharf in London and is represented in Barcelona, Berlin and Munich. Services include sales, marketing, PR and other creative services. Representatives attend international travel sales events including the ITB in Berlin, Germany, and the International Luxury Travel Market (ITLM) in Cannes, France.White Line Hotels are located in fourteen cities across Europe, as well as in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. Member hotels are independently owned and operated, and associate with White Line Hotels for the provision of affiliate marketing services, sales and business development.
Hotel Ukrayina
Hotel Ukrayina (Ukrainian: Готель Україна; Russian: Гостиница Украина) is a three-star hotel located in central Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The hotel was built in 1961 as the Hotel "Moscow" in a location which originally was occupied by Kiev's first skyscraper, the Ginzburg House. The construction of the hotel finished the architectural ensemble of Kiev's main street the Khreshchatyk which formed the post-war reconstruction of central Kiev.
Hotel Ukraina - Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow
Ukraina by Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky (leading Soviet expert on steel-framed highrise construction) is the second tallest of the "sisters" (198 meters, 34 levels). It was the tallest hotel in the world from the time of its construction until the Peachtree Plaza Hotel opened in Atlanta, Georgia in 1975.Construction on the low river bank meant that the builders had to dig well below the water level. This was solved by an ingenious water retention system, using a perimeter of needle pumps driven deep into ground.The hotel reopened its doors again after a 3-year-renovation on April 28, 2010, now called Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow , with 505 bedrooms and 38 apartments.The impressive façade of the former “Hotel Ukraina” was repaired in detail, while modern technology has been added, including multi-level water cleaning systems and unique air circulation systems. Further, there are five restaurants with national and international menus, a modern conference centre with several meeting rooms, a conference hall for up to 400 guests, a banquet hall for up to 1,000 guests and a restaurant, and a "wellness club" including a 50 meter indoor pool. One of the hotel's restaurants, and one of the bars, are located on the top, 31st, floor.There are also about 1,200 original paintings by the most prominent Russian artists of the first half of the 20th century, and on the first floor the unique Diorama “Moscow – Capital of the USSR” (scale 1:75) which shows the historical centre of Moscow and the city’s surroundings from Luzjniki to Zemlyanoi Val in the year 1977, when the artwork was created.The hotel belongs to the same investors as the Slavyanskaya Hotel nearby, and the Europa Shopping Centre in between.
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