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Facelifts, expansions and brand new hotels

Press information
April 2008

In 2007 Copenhagen increased its hotel capacity with 250 new hotel rooms, and by the end of 2008 another two new hotels will have opened their doors. At the same time a number of existing hotels have completed or will complete renovations. As a result, the city now offers a wide selection of contemporary hotel accommodation. And the development continues. Within the next few years 4,200 rooms will be added. The Copenhagen city area Ørestad alone will gain 2,550 new hotel rooms over the next few years.

Currently, the Danish capital offers a choice of more than 13,000 hotel rooms spanning a wide range of accommodation from top-class, five-star hotels, to the low-price, contemporary designed rooms of Europe's largest city hostel.

Lars B. Jørgensen, Managing Director of Wonderful Copenhagen CVB, says:
- Once again, in 2007, Copenhagen has seen an increase in the number of bed nights - compared to 2006 the overnight stays at hotels increased by approximately 4,0%. Both hotel and airlift capacity has been expanding in recent years, which gives room for further growth in the future. The external outlook for further development of the convention market in Copenhagen also looks good, with a number of larger conventions such as e.g. COP15, World Outgames and the XIII Olympic Congress, all in 2009.

Copenhagen has been one of Europe's growth centres since the late 1990s. The Copenhagen hotel boom began in 1999 with the opening of the First Hotel Vesterbro****. In 2001 both the 382-room Hilton Copenhagen Airport***** and the 395-room Copenhagen Marriott Hotel***** opened. These projects signalled the start of a major growth in the number of hotels in the city, a growth that continues to this day. Out of the total expansion of 4,200 rooms expected in the city within the coming four years 2,550 will be in the city area Ørestad. Among them will be 800 rooms in conjunction to the Bella Center, Scandinavia's larges congress venue; and 700 rooms in what will be Denmark's largest low budget hotel.

As well as these significant increases in capacity, the fixed link between Sweden and Denmark - which opened in July 2000 - has meant that more than 25,000 hotel rooms are now available in the Øresund Region as a whole.

Pending hotel projects

Within three years Copenhagen will see the opening of a major new Danish-designed congress centre in the city centre. The centre, which will be Copenhagen's second major congress venue, will be called Tivoli Congress Centre. The congress centre will have a maximum capacity of 4,000 people, and its largest conference room will have space for up to 2,500 people. Above the congress centre itself, there will be a hotel complex offering 1,300 rooms in different categories. The first of these hotels will be a new exiting, thematic 400-room Tivoli Hotel that will be developed in strategic cooperation with Tivoli A/S. The hotel will realise a long-held dream for Tivoli A/S, to be able to provide its guests with a total experience and create an exciting thematic hotel close to the amusement park

Arp-Hansen Hotel Group A/S took over the site on April 1, 2008 and has already planned an exciting site development in collaboration with Architect Kim Utzon. Apart from a congress hall plans are for several larger and smaller conference rooms. The Tivoli Hotel, the congress hall and the many conference facilities are expected to open in the second half of 2010. Further information: CEO Dorte Krak, +45 4597 0500,www.arphansen.dk

Northern Europe's largest hotel. Radisson SAS Scandinavia**** have large building investments planned with a new hotel-tower added to the existing hotel. As of yet it is unknown exactly how many rooms will be build, but figures around 400 extra rooms have been mentioned. Today Radisson SAS Scandinavia offers 542 rooms and is Denmark's largest hotel. According to Hotel Director Roy Kappenberger the new hotel can be ready in two to three years if all official licenses are granted. www.scandinavia.copenhagen.radissonsas.com, Further information: Jennie Hansson, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Jennie.Hansson@radissonsas.com, Tel. + 45 3396 5876.

From April 2008, visitors to the famous Tivoli Gardens will be able to stay at a hotel located in the gardens themselves. The hotel will be Copenhagen's first 'all-suite' hotel offering 13 exclusive suites all but one of them overlooking Tivoli Gardens. The hotel is a part of a unique complex which will also feature meeting facilities for 20 respectively 80 people, a gourmet restaurant, brasserie, delicatessen, a well-stocked Vinotek with all wines by the glass and with room for events for up to 100 people and a fully functioning dairy where organic fresh milk will be bottled, butter will be churned, and yoghurt and fresh cheese will be produced. The company behind the complex is Løgismose A/S famous for its wine importing; Summerbird chocolates; the luxury inn, Falsled Kro; and the Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant, Kong Hans Kælder. Further information: Ms Helena Thomsen, Managing Director, Tel +45 2173 0388, helena@loegismose.dk

Denmark's first floating hotel, Copenhagen Living, will open its gangway for guests this spring. The hotel will be located in the inner harbour just ten minutes walk from the down town area and is operated by the company Waterliving. The highly regarded restaurant ship, VIVA, adjacent to the hotel, will handle catering and room service for guests in the ship's 12 individually decorated rooms. The interior of the hotel will blend design classics with bespoke furniture specially made for the hotel, while the panoramic windows will afford guests an excellent view of the harbour and city. The rooms will be decorated by some of the most talented young artists in Denmark. Just around the corner from the hotel is one of the city's open-air harbour swimming pools, open to the public from June to the end of August. www.cphliving.com Further information: Mr Lars Rahbek, Press Coordinator, Tel +45 2680 9230, lars@larm-produktion.dk

January 2008, Sjælsø Gruppen will commence the construction of Copenhagen Towers, consisting of 130,000 sq m of exclusive office, hotel, conference and shopping facilities in the city area Ørestad. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the owner of the Crowne Plaza brand, has recently signed a franchise agreement with CPH Hotel Management A/S, the company founded in order to run the hotel. The four-star hotel will hence be known as Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers with an opening scheduled for late summer 2009. 365 guest rooms will be found including four Suites and 39 Club Rooms, offering all the amenities expected from Crowne Plaza. The hotel will furthermore include a restaurant, a bar, lounge and a conference and events centre comprising a total of 20 meeting rooms. www.copenhagentowers.dk Further information: Mr Ib Henrik Rønje, Executive Director, Sjælsøgruppen A/S, Tel. +45 4810 0000

In June 2009 what will be one of Denmark's largest hotels will open in the city quarter Ørestad, close to the congress and convention venue Bella Center and next door to the largest shopping centre in Denmark, Fields. The two-star hotel will offer 700 rooms and be operated by the Danish budget hotel chain Cab Inn. The hotel will include a breakfast cafe with space for 500 guests; a cafe/restaurant for 150; a conference centre with room for 200; a lobby bar; and a business centre. The hotel will offer wireless internet access throughout. The hotel has been designed by the internationally renowned US architect Daniel Libeskind. Further information: Mr Niels Fennet, Director, Cab Inn Hotels, Tel. +45 40282539, nf@cabinn.com or Mr Carsten Arlund, Press Coordinator, Ørestad Company I/S, Tel +45 20751745

Also in 2009 the already impressive facilities of the congress and convention venue Bella Center are set to be augmented with a four-star hotel with a wellness-centre; a restaurant; a café; and a skybar. With 800 rooms the hotel will be the largest hotel in the Nordic region. Bella Center will itself construct the two, 75 metre high buildings, although the issue of who will run the hotel is currently under discussion with potential partners. Further information: Ms Lene Mortensen, Congress and Event Director, Tel + 45 3247 2173, lene.mortensen@bellacenter.dk

The North Sealand picturesque old fishing village Gilleleje will also expand its capacities with a new state of the art full-scale spa and wellness resort. The resort will offer 200 rooms and have a view over an 18 hole golf course. The wellness centre includes a spa, which will offer a blend of European and Asian treatments; a variety of saunas; a swimming pool; and a complete fitness centre. Besides the wellness centre the resort will also offer a conference centre, which will be able to host up to 350 guests. The resort is expected to open in 2009 and will be run by the Finnish Sunborn Corporation. Sunborn Corporation has chosen to team up with the Danish architect firm Friis & Moltke and advisory engineers Grontmij/Carl Bro. www.sunborn.comFurther information: Mr Hans Niemi, Executive Director, Tel. +358 (0)2 445 5603, hans.niemi@sunborn.com

Oscar Jensen Gruppen has recently received a license to commence the construction of a modern shopping/hotel/gallery venue in the southern end of the pedestrian street Strøget, near the City Hall Square. In 2009, a trendy five-star hotel will open in this Le-Klint inspired building designed by the French architect Manuelle Gautrand. The hotel will offer close to 100 top-class rooms in a trendy and creative environment. www.oscarjensen.dk Further information: Mr Henrik Wessmann Jensen, Executive Director, Tel. +45 4055 0080 hw@oskar-jensen.dk

Steen & Strøm, contractors behind Denmark's largest shopping centre, Fields, are currently busy with a large-scale hotel project. The four-star hotel will be located immediately adjacent to Fields in the city area Ørestad, offering approximately 400 fully equipped rooms, as well as highly flexible conference facilities with room for up to 2,500 people. An exclusive restaurant and stylish lounge areas will be located within the hotel complex. Opening is scheduled early 2010. Further information: Ms Karen Nielsen, Director of Business Development, Steen & Strøm A/S, Tel. +45 7010 5505

The Icelandic company, Klasi hf, SHL development APS and the Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen are behind another pending hotel project located in the city area Ørestad, close to the airport. Holistic House, a combined wellness, spa, fitness and health centre, will also include a hotel with 300 exclusive rooms designed for the purpose of total relaxation and recreation. Inspired by the Blue Lagoon of Reykjavik, the intention is to create a wellness- and health centre of the highest standard in Scandinavia. Further information: Mr Jonas Thomsen, Press Coordinator, Tel. +45 3345 0534

Ongoing hotel renovations
In 2008 FIRST HOTEL Skt. Petri***** located in the heart of Copenhagen's old Latin quarter will open a 1000 m2 new multipurpose facility complete with state-of-the art audiovisual equipment. The bright and airy facilities will be located on the same floor as the hotel lobby, cocktail bar and restaurant. In spring 2008 the hotel will also open up to their newly refurbished courtyard terrace that will feature an alfresco lounge for evening cocktails. FIRST HOTEL Skt. Petri already offers seven meeting-rooms hosting from 5 to 240 guests as well as flexible conference venues for fashion shows, product launches and business receptions. FIRST HOTEL Skt. Petri is the only Danish member of Design Hotels and offers 268 rooms and suites. www.sktpetri.dk. Further information: Michael Peel, MICE Sales Manager, Tel T: +45 33 45 91 00.

Gentofte Hotel has initiated an extensive renovation of the entire hotel. The renovation will bring conference facilities up to date, freshen up the restaurant and modernise rooms with new bathrooms and flat screen TV. At the same time the main building will get a new roof and roof construction. The renovation is expected to be finished by the end of April 2008. Gentofte Hotel is part of the ARP. Hansen Hotel Group. The main building was originally an old inn dating back to 1667. The hotel offers 91 rooms and 9 different meeting rooms hosting up to 130 people. www.gentoftehotel.dk. Further information: Carsten Kure, Sales and Marketing Director, Tel +45 4597 0528, c.kure@arp-hansen.dk.

In early 2006 the Palace Hotel**** embarked on a comprehensive renovation of its historic premises dating from 1910. When completed late 2008, the hotel, located on Copenhagen's City Hall Square, will be a fully equipped, five star Lé Méridien Hotel. As of now 74 new rooms are ready to welcome guests but on completion the hotel will have a capacity of 162 rooms with top levels of comfort, as well as three conference rooms all fitted with state of the art technical equipment. The hotel's interior is influenced by its rich history, combined with striking, modern Scandinavian decor. www.palacehotel.dk Further information: Ms Anette Rasted, Sales & Marketing Manager, Tel +45 3314 4050, anette.rasted@lemeridien.com

Following a takeover of the three-star Copenhagen Ibis Hotel Triton, the boutique hotel chain, Guldsmed Hotels, closed the hotel down at the end of 2006 to commence a complete makeover. The hotel has now been re-launched as a four-star boutique hotel named Axel Hotel Guldsmeden**** with 129 rooms and suites; conference facilities for up to 40 people; a restaurant; and a bar with lounge area. By early 2008, a complete Spa- and wellness department will also open in this luxurious hotel. Breakfast consists of 100 % organic products, and meals purchased in the restaurant are also primarily organic. www.hotelguldsmeden.dk Further information: Ms Kirsten Aggersborg, PR & Communications, Tel +45 3322 1500

Copenhagen's largest hotel, the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel****, has recently commenced an extensive room renovation programme. Intense, warm colours dominate the new style, which is intended to create a homely atmosphere. The hotel has chosen to renovate four floors each year, which means that the full renovation of all 542 rooms will be completed in 2010. Currently, an additional expansion of 400 new rooms is being negotiated, and if agreed on, the hotel will offer more rooms than any other hotel in Northern Europe. www.radissonsas.com Further information: Mr Palle Hansen, Operational Manager, Tec. Dep., Tel +45 3396 5817, Palle.Hansen@radissonsas.com

Following the purchase by the Swedish company ProfilHotels AB in September 2006, the Sofitel Plaza Copenhagen Hotel and the Ibis Copenhagen Crown Hotel are now operated by the company's Danish subsidiary ProfilHotels A/S. The hotels will henceforth be known as the Copenhagen Plaza**** and Copenhagen Crown*** respectively. The Copenhagen Crown is set to undergo a renovation in the near future, intended to sharpen the hotel's profile. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen Plaza has already undergone renovation, primarily with a focus on the creation of a new international restaurant concept. Several minor improvements have also been made, including installing flat screen TVs, small dumb bells in each room and new toilet requisites. www.profilhotels.dk Further information: Mr Lars Grambo, General Manager, Tel +45 3370 5730 lars.grambo@profilhotels.dk

Fredensborg Store Kro, in Northern Sealand, is currently undergoing a thorough renovation. The renovation of the hotel's 49 rooms has recently been completed. As a result of the hotel's health policy all rooms are non-smoking and minibars have been removed. Guests will instead be offered fresh fruit and water. The conference facilities, which are next in line to be renovated, will be able to accommodate up to 200 people, and feature high speed Internet connection free of charge. This final part of the renovation will begin in early 2008. The hotel is located half an hour's drive from Copenhagen city centre. www.storekro.com Further information: Mr Kristian Darmer, Hotel Manager, Tel +45 4840 0130 hotelchef@storekro.dk

The lobby and reception of the Brøchner-owned Hotel Kong Arthur**** situated just a five-minute walk from the city centre, underwent a thorough renovation last year. The hotel has also recently opened a brand new wing with 40 new rooms, and now offers 155 rooms in all categories. The remaining 115 rooms will undergo a similar renovation during 2008. As well as this an exclusive spa now offers guests a complete wellness experience. The hotel also offers conference facilities for up to 50 people. www.kongarthur.dk Further information: Ms Marie Louise Thyssen, Marketing Coordinator, Tel+45 3395 7715, mt@brochner-hotels.dk

Completed hotel renovations
New conference facilities with room for 700 people
In February 2008 the Clarion Hotel Copenhagen**** opened a new, 1200m conference centre capable of hosting up to 700 delegates. The conference centre is equipped with up-to-the minute technology and flexible meeting rooms. The hotel offers 215 rooms and lies mid-way between the Bella Center and the City Hall Square, both of which can be reached in a few minutes by car. Clarion Hotel Copenhagen has also become a non-smoking hotel, in line with the chain's new policy under which all of its hotels became smoke free on January 1^st 2007. www.choicehotels.dk, Further information: Christian Topstad, Hotel Director, Tel. 27 51 48 58

Following a takeover in September 2006 by Norway's Norlandia Hotels & Resorts, the Mercure Hotel Richmond Copenhagen, Mercure Hotel Copenhagen and Ibis Copenhagen Star Hotel have recently been relaunched with new interiors and new names. The Norlandia Richmond Hotel***, the Norlandia Mercur Hotel*** and the Norlandia Star Hotel*** are all situated near the City Hall Square and Tivoli Gardens. A fully renovation of all rooms has been completed at all three hotels. Norlandia Richmond offers conference facilities for up to 120 people, while Norlandia Mercur offers an indoor tennis court. www.norlandiahotels.dk Further information: Tel +45 3312 5711

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Øresund Region Meetings & Conventions Hotels Cruise Town areas Fashion, Design & Shopping Gastronomy & Night life Sights & Events Copenhagen specialities Gay Press > Press information > Meetings & Conventions > Facelifts, expansions and brand new hotels Facelifts, expansions and brand new hotels Press information April 2008 In 2007 Copenhagen increased its hotel capacity with 250 new hotel rooms, and by the end of 2008 another two new hotels will have opened their doors. At the same time a number of existing hotels have completed or will complete renovations. As a result, the city now offers a wide selection of contemporary hotel accommodation. And the development continues. Within the next few years 4,200 rooms will be added. The Copenhagen city area Ørestad alone will gain 2,550 new hotel rooms over the next few years. Currently, the Danish capital offers a choice of more than 13,000 hotel rooms spanning a wide range of accommodation from top-class, five-star hotels, to the low-price, contemporary designed rooms of Europe's largest city hostel. Lars B. Jørgensen, Managing Director of Wonderful Copenhagen CVB, says: - Once again, in 2007, Copenhagen has seen an increase in the number of bed nights - compared to 2006 the overnight stays at hotels increased by approximately 4,0%. Both hotel and airlift capacity has been expanding in recent years, which gives room for further growth in the future. The external outlook for further development of the convention market in Copenhagen also looks good, with a number of larger conventions such as e.g. COP15, World Outgames and the XIII Olympic Congress, all in 2009. Copenhagen has been one of Europe's growth centres since the late 1990s. The Copenhagen hotel boom began in 1999 with the opening of the First Hotel Vesterbro**. In 2001 both the 382-room Hilton Copenhagen Airport* and the 395-room Copenhagen Marriott Hotel* opened. These projects signalled the start of a major growth in the number of hotels in the city, a growth that continues to this day. Out of the total expansion of 4,200 rooms expected in the city within the coming four years 2,550 will be in the city area Ørestad. Among them will be 800 rooms in conjunction to the Bella Center, Scandinavia's larges congress venue; and 700 rooms in what will be Denmark's largest low budget hotel. As well as these significant increases in capacity, the fixed link between Sweden and Denmark - which opened in July 2000 - has meant that more than 25,000 hotel rooms are now available in the Øresund Region as a whole. Pending hotel projects Within three years Copenhagen will see the opening of a major new Danish-designed congress centre in the city centre. The centre, which will be Copenhagen's second major congress venue, will be called Tivoli Congress Centre. The congress centre will have a maximum capacity of 4,000 people, and its largest conference room will have space for up to 2,500 people. Above the congress centre itself, there will be a hotel complex offering 1,300 rooms in different categories. The first of these hotels will be a new exiting, thematic 400-room Tivoli Hotel that will be developed in strategic cooperation with Tivoli A/S. The hotel will realise a long-held dream for Tivoli A/S, to be able to provide its guests with a total experience and create an exciting thematic hotel close to the amusement park Arp-Hansen Hotel Group A/S** took over the site on April 1, 2008 and has already planned an exciting site development in collaboration with Architect Kim Utzon. Apart from a congress hall plans are for several larger and smaller conference rooms. The Tivoli Hotel, the congress hall and the many conference facilities are expected to open in the second half of 2010. Further information: CEO Dorte Krak, +45 4597 0500,www.arphansen.dk Northern Europe's largest hotel. Radisson SAS Scandinavia**** have large building investments planned with a new hotel-tower added to the existing hotel. As of yet it is unknown exactly how many rooms will be build, but figures around 400 extra rooms have been mentioned. Today Radisson SAS Scandinavia offers 542 rooms and is Denmark's largest hotel. According to Hotel Director Roy Kappenberger the new hotel can be ready in two to three years if all official licenses are granted. www.scandinavia.copenhagen.radissonsas.com, Further information: Jennie Hansson, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Jennie.Hansson@radissonsas.com, Tel. + 45 3396 5876. From April 2008, visitors to the famous Tivoli Gardens will be able to stay at a hotel located in the gardens themselves. The hotel will be Copenhagen's first 'all-suite' hotel offering 13 exclusive suites all but one of them overlooking Tivoli Gardens. The hotel is a part of a unique complex which will also feature meeting facilities for 20 respectively 80 people, a gourmet restaurant, brasserie, delicatessen, a well-stocked Vinotek with all wines by the glass and with room for events for up to 100 people and a fully functioning dairy where organic fresh milk will be bottled, butter will be churned, and yoghurt and fresh cheese will be produced. The company behind the complex is Løgismose A/S famous for its wine importing; Summerbird chocolates; the luxury inn, Falsled Kro; and the Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant, Kong Hans Kælder. Further information: Ms Helena Thomsen, Managing Director, Tel +45 2173 0388, helena@loegismose.dk Denmark's first floating hotel, Copenhagen Living, will open its gangway for guests this spring. The hotel will be located in the inner harbour just ten minutes walk from the down town area and is operated by the company Waterliving. The highly regarded restaurant ship, VIVA, adjacent to the hotel, will handle catering and room service for guests in the ship's 12 individually decorated rooms. The interior of the hotel will blend design classics with bespoke furniture specially made for the hotel, while the panoramic windows will afford guests an excellent view of the harbour and city. The rooms will be decorated by some of the most talented young artists in Denmark. Just around the corner from the hotel is one of the city's open-air harbour swimming pools, open to the public from June to the end of August. www.cphliving.com Further information: Mr Lars Rahbek, Press Coordinator, Tel +45 2680 9230, lars@larm-produktion.dk January 2008, Sjælsø Gruppen will commence the construction of Copenhagen Towers, consisting of 130,000 sq m of exclusive office, hotel, conference and shopping facilities in the city area Ørestad. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the owner of the Crowne Plaza brand, has recently signed a franchise agreement with CPH Hotel Management A/S, the company founded in order to run the hotel. The four-star hotel will hence be known as Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers with an opening scheduled for late summer 2009. 365 guest rooms will be found including four Suites and 39 Club Rooms, offering all the amenities expected from Crowne Plaza. The hotel will furthermore include a restaurant, a bar, lounge and a conference and events centre comprising a total of 20 meeting rooms. www.copenhagentowers.dk Further information: Mr Ib Henrik Rønje, Executive Director, Sjælsøgruppen A/S, Tel. +45 4810 0000 In June 2009 what will be one of Denmark's largest hotels will open in the city quarter Ørestad, close to the congress and convention venue Bella Center and next door to the largest shopping centre in Denmark, Fields. The two-star hotel will offer 700 rooms and be operated by the Danish budget hotel chain Cab Inn. The hotel will include a breakfast cafe with space for 500 guests; a cafe/restaurant for 150; a conference centre with room for 200; a lobby bar; and a business centre. The hotel will offer wireless internet access throughout. The hotel has been designed by the internationally renowned US architect Daniel Libeskind. Further information: Mr Niels Fennet, Director, Cab Inn Hotels, Tel. +45 40282539, nf@cabinn.com or Mr Carsten Arlund, Press Coordinator, Ørestad Company I/S, Tel +45 20751745 Also in 2009 the already impressive facilities of the congress and convention venue Bella Center are set to be augmented with a four-star hotel with a wellness-centre; a restaurant; a café; and a skybar. With 800 rooms the hotel will be the largest hotel in the Nordic region. Bella Center will itself construct the two, 75 metre high buildings, although the issue of who will run the hotel is currently under discussion with potential partners. Further information: Ms Lene Mortensen, Congress and Event Director, Tel + 45 3247 2173, lene.mortensen@bellacenter.dk The North Sealand picturesque old fishing village Gilleleje will also expand its capacities with a new state of the art full-scale spa and wellness resort. The resort will offer 200 rooms and have a view over an 18 hole golf course. The wellness centre includes a spa, which will offer a blend of European and Asian treatments; a variety of saunas; a swimming pool; and a complete fitness centre. Besides the wellness centre the resort will also offer a conference centre, which will be able to host up to 350 guests. The resort is expected to open in 2009 and will be run by the Finnish Sunborn Corporation. Sunborn Corporation has chosen to team up with the Danish architect firm Friis & Moltke and advisory engineers Grontmij/Carl Bro. www.sunborn.comFurther information: Mr Hans Niemi, Executive Director, Tel. +358 (0)2 445 5603, hans.niemi@sunborn.com Oscar Jensen Gruppen has recently received a license to commence the construction of a modern shopping/hotel/gallery venue in the southern end of the pedestrian street Strøget, near the City Hall Square. In 2009, a trendy five-star hotel will open in this Le-Klint inspired building designed by the French architect Manuelle Gautrand. The hotel will offer close to 100 top-class rooms in a trendy and creative environment. www.oscarjensen.dk Further information: Mr Henrik Wessmann Jensen, Executive Director, Tel. +45 4055 0080 hw@oskar-jensen.dk Steen & Strøm, contractors behind Denmark's largest shopping centre, Fields, are currently busy with a large-scale hotel project. The four-star hotel will be located immediately adjacent to Fields in the city area Ørestad, offering approximately 400 fully equipped rooms, as well as highly flexible conference facilities with room for up to 2,500 people. An exclusive restaurant and stylish lounge areas will be located within the hotel complex. Opening is scheduled early 2010. Further information: Ms Karen Nielsen, Director of Business Development, Steen & Strøm A/S, Tel. +45 7010 5505 The Icelandic company, Klasi hf, SHL development APS and the Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen are behind another pending hotel project located in the city area Ørestad, close to the airport. Holistic House, a combined wellness, spa, fitness and health centre, will also include a hotel with 300 exclusive rooms designed for the purpose of total relaxation and recreation. Inspired by the Blue Lagoon of Reykjavik, the intention is to create a wellness- and health centre of the highest standard in Scandinavia. Further information: Mr Jonas Thomsen, Press Coordinator, Tel. +45 3345 0534 Ongoing hotel renovations In 2008 FIRST HOTEL Skt. Petri***** located in the heart of Copenhagen's old Latin quarter will open a 1000 m2 new multipurpose facility complete with state-of-the art audiovisual equipment. The bright and airy facilities will be located on the same floor as the hotel lobby, cocktail bar and restaurant. In spring 2008 the hotel will also open up to their newly refurbished courtyard terrace that will feature an alfresco lounge for evening cocktails. FIRST HOTEL Skt. Petri already offers seven meeting-rooms hosting from 5 to 240 guests as well as flexible conference venues for fashion shows, product launches and business receptions. FIRST HOTEL Skt. Petri is the only Danish member of Design Hotels and offers 268 rooms and suites. www.sktpetri.dk. Further information: Michael Peel, MICE Sales Manager, Tel T: +45 33 45 91 00. Gentofte Hotel has initiated an extensive renovation of the entire hotel. The renovation will bring conference facilities up to date, freshen up the restaurant and modernise rooms with new bathrooms and flat screen TV. At the same time the main building will get a new roof and roof construction. The renovation is expected to be finished by the end of April 2008. Gentofte Hotel is part of the ARP. Hansen Hotel Group. The main building was originally an old inn dating back to 1667. The hotel offers 91 rooms and 9 different meeting rooms hosting up to 130 people. www.gentoftehotel.dk. Further information: Carsten Kure, Sales and Marketing Director, Tel +45 4597 0528, c.kure@arp-hansen.dk. In early 2006 the Palace Hotel**** embarked on a comprehensive renovation of its historic premises dating from 1910. When completed late 2008, the hotel, located on Copenhagen's City Hall Square, will be a fully equipped, five star Lé Méridien Hotel. As of now 74 new rooms are ready to welcome guests but on completion the hotel will have a capacity of 162 rooms with top levels of comfort, as well as three conference rooms all fitted with state of the art technical equipment. The hotel's interior is influenced by its rich history, combined with striking, modern Scandinavian decor. www.palacehotel.dk Further information: Ms Anette Rasted, Sales & Marketing Manager, Tel +45 3314 4050, anette.rasted@lemeridien.com Following a takeover of the three-star Copenhagen Ibis Hotel Triton, the boutique hotel chain, Guldsmed Hotels, closed the hotel down at the end of 2006 to commence a complete makeover. The hotel has now been re-launched as a four-star boutique hotel named Axel Hotel Guldsmeden**** with 129 rooms and suites; conference facilities for up to 40 people; a restaurant; and a bar with lounge area. By early 2008, a complete Spa- and wellness department will also open in this luxurious hotel. Breakfast consists of 100 % organic products, and meals purchased in the restaurant are also primarily organic. www.hotelguldsmeden.dk Further information: Ms Kirsten Aggersborg, PR & Communications, Tel +45 3322 1500 Copenhagen's largest hotel, the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel***, has recently commenced an extensive room renovation programme. Intense, warm colours dominate the new style, which is intended to create a homely atmosphere. The hotel has chosen to renovate four floors each year, which means that the full renovation of all 542 rooms will be completed in 2010. Currently, an additional expansion of 400 new rooms is being negotiated, and if agreed on, the hotel will offer more rooms than any other hotel in Northern Europe. www.radissonsas.com Further information: Mr Palle Hansen, Operational Manager, Tec. Dep., Tel +45 3396 5817,* Palle.Hansen@radissonsas.com Following the purchase by the Swedish company ProfilHotels AB in September 2006, the Sofitel Plaza Copenhagen Hotel and the Ibis Copenhagen Crown Hotel are now operated by the company's Danish subsidiary ProfilHotels A/S. The hotels will henceforth be known as the Copenhagen Plaza** and Copenhagen Crown***** respectively. The Copenhagen Crown is set to undergo a renovation in the near future, intended to sharpen the hotel's profile. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen Plaza has already undergone renovation, primarily with a focus on the creation of a new international restaurant concept. Several minor improvements have also been made, including installing flat screen TVs, small dumb bells in each room and new toilet requisites. www.profilhotels.dk Further information: Mr Lars Grambo, General Manager, Tel +45 3370 5730 lars.grambo@profilhotels.dk Fredensborg Store Kro, in Northern Sealand, is currently undergoing a thorough renovation. The renovation of the hotel's 49 rooms has recently been completed. As a result of the hotel's health policy all rooms are non-smoking and minibars have been removed. Guests will instead be offered fresh fruit and water. The conference facilities, which are next in line to be renovated, will be able to accommodate up to 200 people, and feature high speed Internet connection free of charge. This final part of the renovation will begin in early 2008. The hotel is located half an hour's drive from Copenhagen city centre. www.storekro.com Further information: Mr Kristian Darmer, Hotel Manager, Tel +45 4840 0130 hotelchef@storekro.dk The lobby and reception of the Brøchner-owned Hotel Kong Arthur**** situated just a five-minute walk from the city centre, underwent a thorough renovation last year. The hotel has also recently opened a brand new wing with 40 new rooms, and now offers 155 rooms in all categories. The remaining 115 rooms will undergo a similar renovation during 2008. As well as this an exclusive spa now offers guests a complete wellness experience. The hotel also offers conference facilities for up to 50 people. www.kongarthur.dk Further information: Ms Marie Louise Thyssen, Marketing Coordinator, Tel+45 3395 7715, mt@brochner-hotels.dk Completed hotel renovations New conference facilities with room for 700 people In February 2008 the Clarion Hotel Copenhagen** opened a new, 1200m conference centre capable of hosting up to 700 delegates. The conference centre is equipped with up-to-the minute technology and flexible meeting rooms. The hotel offers 215 rooms and lies mid-way between the Bella Center and the City Hall Square, both of which can be reached in a few minutes by car. Clarion Hotel Copenhagen has also become a non-smoking hotel, in line with the chain's new policy under which all of its hotels became smoke free on January 1^st 2007. www.choicehotels.dk, Further information: Christian Topstad, Hotel Director, Tel. 27 51 48 58 Following a takeover in September 2006 by Norway's Norlandia Hotels & Resorts, the Mercure Hotel Richmond Copenhagen, Mercure Hotel Copenhagen and Ibis Copenhagen Star Hotel have recently been relaunched with new interiors and new names. The Norlandia Richmond Hotel***, the Norlandia Mercur Hotel*** and the Norlandia Star Hotel***** are all situated near the City Hall Square and Tivoli Gardens. A fully renovation of all rooms has been completed at all three hotels. Norlandia Richmond offers conference facilities for up to 120 people, while Norlandia Mercur offers an indoor tennis court. www.norlandiahotels.dk Further information: Tel +45 3312 5711 Further information: Wonderful Copenhagen®, Tel: +45 3325 7400 Press Officer MICE, Ms Malene Schrøder, mes@woco.dk International Press Officer, Mr Henrik Thierlein, hth@woco.dk For the latest update click on www.visitcopenhagen.com/press