Braunschweig, Germany, 2016-Jan-29 — /Travel PR News/ — Second hotel to be launched by the Steigenberger Hotel Group in a region which has the highest density of scientific researchers in Europe – close cooperation with the B&L Group – opening scheduled for the autumn – interior areas styled by star designer Matteo Thun.
The InterCityHotel Braunschweig is celebrating its topping-out ceremony today. Located within the direct vicinity of the main railway station and the BraWoPark, a shopping and business centre which opened in November last year, the hotel will offer 174 rooms, a conference area, a bistro and a bar. Interior architecture is by the star Italian designer Matteo Thun, a multi-award winning artist who studied under Oskar Kokoschka before going on to hold a professorship at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Thun’s work motto “eco – non ego!” (ecology, not ego) is a perfect match for Steigenberger’s Corporate Responsibility philosophy, and the company is set to embark upon a long-term cooperation agreement with him.
The Hamburg-based B&L Group, with which the InterCityHotel GmbH has successfully and closely collaborated on several hotels in the past, is in charge of the overall implementation of the project.
The architectural firms of Reichel+Stauth from Braunschweig and php prasch buken und partner from Hamburg are responsible for the design of the hotel.
The general contractor is W. Markgraf GmbH & Co KG of Bayreuth.
In his introductory address, InterCityHotel GmbH Managing Director Joachim Marusczyk emphasised: “The InterCityHotel Braunschweig means that we will establish a presence in a region which has the greatest concentration of scientific researchers in the whole of Europe. This is a perfect match for the highly successful product we offer. We are the only European hotel group to provide free use of local public transport via a “FreeCityTicket” included in the room price. It goes without saying that this scheme will be rolled out to what will be our 39th hotel. There is nowhere where this makes more sense than in a city which is considered to be the safest in all of Germany.”
The InterCityHotel will join the Steigenberger Parkhotel to become the company’s second representative in Braunschweig. Opening is scheduled for the autumn of 2016.
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Steigenberger Hotels AG is one of Europe’s leading hotel companies. From its Head Office in Germany, the Steigenberger Group operates 113 hotels on three continents including 20 which are under construction or at the planning stage.
Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts includes some of the most prestigious hotels in Europe, such as the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof and the Steigenberger Parkhotel in Düsseldorf. InterCityHotel is a medium-price brand that offers 38 hotels located in city centres and at airports. “Jaz in the City” is a new creative concept, and the first hotel to be operated under this brand opened in Amsterdam in November 2015.
www.steigenbergerhotelgroup.com
SOURCE: Steigenberger Hotels AG
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Steigenberger Hotel Group to open The InterCityHotel Braunschweig in autumn 2016