Hotel Atlantic Kempinski

The Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg was opened as a grand hotel for the passengers of the Hamburg-America Line in 1909. Since 4 October 2010, the building is a listed building.

Description

The hotel is located directly on Hamburg's Alster Lake and close to the main train station. In a few minutes you are in the main shopping streets. There are 245 rooms and suites, swimming pool, sauna, solarium and fitness facilities. The house has a total of 13 function rooms that can accommodate up to 1200 guests. Several regular events throughout the year are held here, such as the Hamburg Press Ball and the " ball above the clouds ", which is celebrated in the banquet halls of the Atlantic since 1950.

Prominent residents of the "white castle on the Alster" has been for many years the musician and painter Udo Lindenberg. Adjoining the hotel is affiliated restaurant " Tsao Yang " as well as a gallery in the hotel are decorated with so-called " liqueur Ellen " Lindenberg.

The hotel was classified until 2008 as a five -star premium hotel, the hotel had temporarily since no classification. 2009 the hotel from the Direct Marketing Association The Leading Hotels of the World was excluded because of " lack [ s ] quality standards." Following extensive renovation work, the hotel received the highest rating category again in 2011 five-star Superior.

The facade of the hotel was renovated in 2008. The general restoration began in early 2010. Over the next 12 to 14 months was redeveloped in the main house and redesigned as part of a total investment of around 25 million euros a majority of the rooms and suites. The restoration work on the Gründerzeit place in two separate phases instead separated from the hotel operation. The first 140 restored rooms and suites have been made ​​available from May 2011.

A detail of the interior points to the Anglo-German naval race in the year of opening: On a blue carpet on the stairs, the outline of the continent can be seen, but the lack of Great Britain.

Restaurants

The hotel has two restaurants: the Tsao Yang restaurant, is served in the Chinese cuisine, and the Atlantic restaurant which is known for its traditional, local-, especially also maritime cuisine. In summer you can eat and drink in the Mediterranean-style courtyard.

History

The house was built according to the plans of the architectural firm Frederick Weller and Paul Cheerful and opened after two years of construction on 2 May 1909. The shipowner Albert Ballin was involved in the founding of the hotel, there to provide adequate accommodation for the first - class passengers of Hapag.

The first restaurant was director of the then-known chef Franz Pfordte who provided along with its first chef, Alfred Walter game for the art of cooking in the palace on the river Alster. To emphasize the importance of the kitchen, the hotel was called the " Atlantic - Pfordte ", which was mounted on a lattice roof above the front in huge letters.

Between 1945 and 1950, the hotel is the British occupying forces served as accommodation for officers.

Since 1957, the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski is part of the hotel group.

1997 took place in the hotel part of the filming of the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies with Pierce Brosnan instead.

Was opened in 2004 in a German Grand Hotel with the " PrivateMax " the first private cinema.

Since 2011, the beautifully restored rooms and suites present in four different styles.