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.

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.

Patio Hotels

The Patio Hotels Group was a British hotel chain established in 1983 with hotels in Europe and Israel.The first three hotels were built in France in the 1980s followed by the Patio Eilat Resort Hotel in Israel. Two hotels were later opened in Scotland – one in Clydebank (completed in 1990) and another in Aberdeen (completed in 1996).The last hotel left in the chain, the Aberdeen hotel, was revamped in September 2008 and now operates under the Doubletree brand, which is part of the Hilton family.

Park Plaza Hotels Limited

Park Plaza Hotels Limited (AIM: PPH) is owner, operator and franchisor of hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company is based in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The majority of the group’s hotels operate under the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand (part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide), over which the Group has exclusive rights in 56 countries in EMEA, or art’otel, a brand which the company fully owns. Park Plaza Hotels also manages the all-suite Plaza on the River – Club and Residence, London.The group opened its first hotel in 1989; Park Plaza Mandarin Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Victoria Hotel Amsterdam (later renamed as Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam), a historical landmark built in 1890, becomes the company’s second hotel. In 2000 Park Plaza Hotels acquires the master franchise for the Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand from Park Plaza Worldwide for the EMEA region.Park Plaza Hotels started to manage the art’otels in 2000 and acquired full ownership of the brand in 2007.In 2002 the first Chino Latino Restaurant & Bar, offering a mix of pan-Asian cuisine and Latin cocktails, opened at Park Plaza Nottingham; later followed by a Chino Latino at Park Plaza Leeds (2003) and Park Plaza Riverbank London (2005). The first Chino Latino outside of the United Kingdom will open in 2010 at the art’otel cologne.There are currently more than 38 hotels and aparthotels and nearly 7,000 rooms in the Group’s portfolio. By the end of 2012, the Group’s committed projects and territorial franchise agreements are expected to increase the number of rooms to over 13,000.Projects under development include art’otel cologne (2010), Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London (2010), Park Plaza Marrakech (2010), art’otel marrakech (2010), Park Plaza Nuremberg (2011), art’otel amsterdam (2011) and art’otel london hoxton (2012).Park Plaza Hotels’ shares are admitted for trading on London’s Alternative Investment Market.

Hotel Europe (Vancouver)

Hotel Europe is a six-story heritage building located at 43 Powell Street (at Alexander) in the Gastow area of Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was commissioned by hotelier Angelo Calori and built in 1908 - 1909 by Parr and Fee Architects. Situated on a triangular lot, the building is designed in the flatiron style. It was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Canada and the earliest fireproof hotel in Western Canada. Contractors had to be brought in from Cincinnati, Ohio for the necessary expertise; the Ferro-Concrete Construction Company began this project six years after constructing the first tall concrete building in the world.
With funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the building was renovated in 1983 as affordable housing with A. Ingre and Associates as the project designers. The residential units are now managed by the Affordable Housing Society. A beer parlour formerly existed below the ground floor, which included areaways extending underneath the above sidewalks. To prevent a cave-in from the weight of pedestrians and above ground traffic, the City of Vancouver filled the areaway in with pea gravel at a cost of $215,000, which presumably can be easily removed in the event of future restoration.The Hotel Europe was one of the filming location for the suspense movie The Changeling. In it, the building houses the Seattle Historical Society, but the hotel sign can be seen on the right side facade of the building in some takes. Some scenes are set on its spectacular roof terrace.

Etap Hotel

Etap is a European chain of basic-service budget hotels owned by the Accor Group. There are several branches in major cities and close to transport hubs like the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles. The chain competes with chains like Holiday Inn and Travelodge in Europe and the UK.

Grand Hotel Europe

Grand Hotel Europe (Russian: Гранд Отель Европа; known as Hotel Evropeiskaya until 1991) vies with Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel and Hotel Astoria for the title of the most luxurious five-star hotel in Saint Petersburg, Russia.One of great hotels of the 19th-century Europe, it opened its doors to the public on January 28, 1875, replacing an earlier inn situated on the same site. Its marble-and-gilt interiors, sweeping staircases and elegant furniture attracted crowds of well-to-do visitors, including Ivan Turgenev, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, H.G. Wells, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav V of Sweden, Elton John, Jacques Chirac, to name only a few notables who lodged there.In the 1910s, the hotel was remodelled in the Art Nouveau style to designs by Fyodor Lidval and Leon Benois. The latest major renovation was carried on between 1989 and 1991.The hotel was featured in the 1995 James Bond movie, GoldenEye. However, none of the movie was shot at the hotel, the exterior used was actually the Langham Hotel in London, while the interiors were sets.

Hilton London Paddington

The Great Western Royal Hotel, now known as the Hilton London Paddington, is a hotel that forms part of the Paddington station complex in London, England. The hotel was built on Praed Street in 1851–54 to a design by architect Philip Charles Hardwick, and effectively forms the main facade of the station, closing off the end of the trainshed at the head of the terminal platforms. It was built by Cubitts, the building firm founded by Thomas Cubitt.At Paddington, Hardwick pioneered the Second Empire style for buildings of this type in England. In its original form, the hotel was extensively ornamented inside and outside, and there is a surviving allegorical sculpture in the pediment by John Thomas.The Great Western Railway originally leased the hotel to a subsidiary, the Great Western Royal Hotel Company, which was chaired by their engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel from 1855 until his death in 1859. The railway company took full control of its operation in the later nineteenth century, and in the 1930s extended and remodelled it within and without under the direction of their architect P. A. Culverhouse.In accordance with Government policies on privatization of British Rail, it was sold to the private sector in 1983. It was refurbished and reopened under its present name, as part of the Hilton Hotels chain, in 2001.

The Landmark London

The Landmark London is a five star hotel on Marylebone Road on the northern side of central London, England in the borough of London named the City of Westminster. It was originally opened by the Great Central Railway, under the title Hotel Great Central.The hotel was originally one of London's Victorian era railway hotels, the Great Central Hotel. It was first proposed by Sir Edward Watkin of the Great Central Railway who envisaged Marylebone station, which the hotel was to serve, as the hub of an international railway which would run through a channel tunnel. Sir Edward's aspirations proved to be overambitious (not for the only time as he was behind the Watkins' Tower, which was a failed attempt to outdo the Eiffel Tower), and after the Great Central ran into financial difficulties the site of the hotel was sold to Sir John Blundell Maple of the furniture company Maples, who opened his hotel in 1899. Marylebone station is one of the smallest of the central London termini, but its hotel was among the grandest of the London railway hotels. It had a clock tower and was built around a large central courtyard. There were two main entrances, one on the northern side facing the station and the other on the southern side towards Marylebone Road. The architect was Colonel Sir Robert William Edis and the style was eclectic and opulent.

Chester Grosvenor and Spa

Chester Grosvenor and Spa is an hotel in Chester, England. The Grade II listed building was built between 1863 and 1866 and is owned by the Duke of Westminster. The long-standing establishment features an on-site restaurant that has been awarded a Michelin star for 19 consecutive years.Chester Grosvenor and Spa occupies an historic location on Eastgate, in the centre of Chester. It is next to the landmark Eastgate Clock and in close proximity to other notable features of the town, including Grosvenor Park, The Mall Chester Chester Cathedral, and the ancient city walls.