Situated on the banks of the Rhine, just moments away from Bonn's famous Museum Mile, the Marriott Bonn World Conference Hotel is scheduled to open its doors to guests at the end of the month. With 17 floors, 336 rooms including 30 suites, two presidential suites and an array of modern facilities, the hotel is one of the largest in Germany and boasts a roof-top restaurant, fitness centre, spa and indoor pool.
Carsten Fritz will succeed Michael Kain as Director of the Steigenberger Parkhotel Düsseldorf. Mr. Kain will be taking over the reins at the Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg in Bonn-Königswinter with effect from 1 June. Michael Kain has held a number of management positions in the Steigenberger Hotel Group over the past 30 years. Having successfully overseen the completion of renovation works and a repositioning at the Steigenberger Parkhotel, he will be now bringing his extensive experience to bear as he takes charge of the Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg.
The Swiss company Hospitality Connection has announced the entry of the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef, Bonn, Germany to its exclusive online hospitality network: HOSCO. Hospitality Connection, based in Geneva (Switzerland), provides hospitality players including over 400 companies and 2300 students from 16 top-ranked hotel schools, with an innovative tool to meet and interact.
The German government is trying once again to sell its famous five-star hotel, but market participants say the property, on a mountainside overlooking the former West German capital of Bonn, will be a hard sell. The Grandhotel Petersberg, the government's former guesthouse, first went on the market—with no success—shortly before a reunified Germany moved its capital back to Berlin.
experienced hotel manager, his most recent position was as Director of the Grandhotel Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof in Frankfurt.