Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg
The Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg is a hotel that is part of the hotel chain Radisson Blu. It is together with the Congress Center Hamburg ( CCH) in close proximity to Dammtor station directly at the edge of the park planet un Blomen. With a height of 108 meters it is the tallest hotel and was until 2013 the tallest building in the city. The building was replaced by rank 1 of the highest inhabited building of Hamburg was not until the construction of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall. It has a total of 32 floors, 27 of which are habitable, and include 556 rooms.
In Hamburg, there is also the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg Airport.
History
From 1970 to 1973, the hotel was built on behalf of the United Hotel Holding GmbH by architects Jost and Gert Schramm PEMPELFORT. When it was opened it was called the Loew's Hotel Plaza Hamburg. As a result, it operated under the name CP Hotels Hamburg Plaza. Following the acquisition in November 1988 by the SAS Group, the name was then changed to SAS Plaza Hamburg, later in Radisson SAS. Current operators of the renamed Radisson Blu 2009 hotel is the hotel chain Rezidor Hotel Group, the owner of the site is the Azure Property Ltd.. based in London. In November 2009, Invesco Ltd.. , A registered in Hamilton, Bermuda investment company took over, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, the hotel property for 155 million euros.
Shaping
The four lower floors of the hotel connect to the CCH and set its horizontal layout continues. Add them all public rooms, restaurants and ballrooms, kitchens and utility rooms and a spa area are housed. In the conference rooms of the hotel 's own congresses can be held. Also to visitors of the Hamburg Messe was thought they may dry ground by a covered Arkadenweg reach the exhibition grounds.
About the southeast side rises vertically outline the Bettenhochhaus of seven mutually shifted segments.
Renovation
A fundamental reorganization took place from October 2008 until the re-opening on 24 September 2009. Here a completely new natural stone facade was installed, but that should change because of historic preservation to the general impression of the hotel only slightly. Inside the Swedish architect Christian Lundwall redesigned all public areas and rooms. He used, among other furniture from the first hotel of the chain, which opened in 1960 SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. In one of the two lobbies are the armchairs "Egg" by Arne Jacobsen. Also works of Le Corbusier and Walter Knoll were used. The former indoor swimming pool was converted into a fitness and wellness area, restaurant Four countries parlors to a meeting and event space and bar on the 27th floor to an area for receptions. But elsewhere new restaurant spaces were created. Only the Polynesian -style Trader Vic's, was preserved during the renovation, which cost 48 million euros.
Movies
For the final consequences of the ZDF TV series Timm Thaler, the hotel and its surroundings served as a filming location.