Brussels, Rezidor SAS, the Brussels-based hospitality company, announces the new Radisson SAS Media Harbour Hotel Düsseldorf, slated to open in September 2005 in the city’s bustling Medienhafen district. The new hotel is the second Radisson SAS hotel in Düsseldorf, joining the Radisson SAS Hotel in the city center.
The Radisson SAS Media Harbour Hotel Düsseldorf offers 135 rooms and suites, two executive boardrooms and a wellness area. Internationally renowned interior designer Matteo Thun, known for his work on the new United Nations building in Geneva and several properties in Europe and Asia, designed the interior of the hotel.
The hotel’s restaurant and bar offer fresh and simple Italian food in a stylish and busy piazza overlooking an outdoor terrace and landscaped garden. Additional dining is available in a private dining room and a smaller courtyard, while wine tastings are available in the hotel’s signature wine cellar.
The hotel boasts a modern design and is part of the “new breed” of Radisson SAS hotels, joining the Radisson SAS Hotel London Stansted Airport with its infamous wine tower and the Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin with it’s 82-foot high lobby aquarium.
Düsseldorf is located in western Germany, along the Rhine River. It is accessible by Düsseldorf International Airport and by train. Home to 18 museums and the German Opera House, Düsseldorf offers guests a cultural experience. It is a city known for its modern architecture as well as great shopping on the Königsallee, one of the world’s most elegant shopping boulevards.
Rezidor SAS Hospitality is one of the fastest growing hospitality companies in the world and currently has 252 hotels, encompassing over 47,000 rooms, in operation and under development in 48 countries, with the aim to develop 700 hotels across its different brands by 2012.
In September 2002,
Rezidor SAS announced a unique deal with US-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide to expand selected Carlson brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rezidor SAS now operates Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Regent International Hotels Park Inn and Country Inns & Sutes in these areas. Initially Rezidor SAS Hospitality was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Stockholm-based SAS Group. In June 2005 Rezidor SAS Hospitality completed the strategic agreement with US-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, which resulted in an enhancement of their long-time franchise partnership into a shareholder agreement. Carlson Hotels Worldwide acquired a 25 percent shareholding in Rezidor SAS Hospitality from SAS group in return for renegotiated commercial terms of the parties’ current Master Franchise Agreement. Rezidor SAS Hospitality head office is based in Brussels.
For more information on Rezidor SAS and its different brands, visit
www.rezidorsas.com.
Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, part of Rezidor SAS Hospitality, offers first class service, providing guests with a contemporary, upscale hospitality experience. Radisson SAS has received numerous awards for Best Hotel Chain and is renowned for its “Yes I Can” spirit of service and the “100% Guest Satisfaction Guarantee”. It currently includes 173 hotels either in operation or under development, in 39 countries, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For more information, visit
www.radissonsas.com
