The Hotel Brussels

The Hotel Brussels
General information
Location Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates 50°50′14″N 4°21′27″E / 50.83731°N 4.35739°E / 50.83731; 4.35739Coordinates: 50°50′14″N 4°21′27″E / 50.83731°N 4.35739°E / 50.83731; 4.35739
Completed 1969 (1969)
Opening 2011 (2011) as The Hotel Brussels
Renovated 2011 (2011)
Owner Pandox AB
Management Pandox AB
Technical details
Floor count 27
Design and construction
Architect Montois Partners Architects
Renovating team
Architect GCA Arquitectos Asociados
Other information
Number of rooms 403
Number of suites 18
Number of restaurants 1
Parking Yes
Website
thehotel-brussels.be

The Hotel Brussels is a four-star hotel, located in the Avenue Louise district of Brussels, Belgium, and owned and managed by the Swedish hotel group Pandox AB.

A landmark building, it originally opened as a Hilton Hotel in 1969. Pandox AB purchased the building in September 2010, assumed management in February 2011 and commenced a complete renovation of the 27 floors.[1] The renovations were completed after a two-year period.[2]

History

The hotel was built in the 1960s on the Boulevard de Waterloo in Brussels, a shopping area running from the Porte Louise to the Porte de Namur. It was one of the first international hotels to be built in Brussels. At that time, the buildings along the Boulevard de Waterloo were all in neo-rococo, neo-classical or neo-renaissance style.[3] The hotel building, however, caused a rupture with those styles being a massive tower containing 27 floors. The architect agency that designed the building was Montois Partners Architects, an agency located in Brussels.[4]

The 94-metre-high hotel is the highest public viewpoint in Brussels. The building is really one of the most widely recognised sky-high building on the skyline of Brussels. When city officials decided that for the long-term tall buildings should disappear in Brussels, they decided not to include the hotel on the list with buildings to be removed. This decision proves that the building has become a landmark, and a part of Brussels city centre.[5]

In March 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama and his entourage rented a total of 283 rooms of this and another hotel in the city (Crowne Plaza) during a single overnight visit to Brussels, with the president staying at The Hotel Brussels.[6]

Features

The hotel has 421 rooms and 18 suites. Facilities include a restaurant, a bar, an executive lounge, meeting rooms, a spa and a fitness.

Until September 2013 the hotel is to be fully redecorated by GCA Arquitectos Asociados, a Spanish architect bureau.[7] In 2010, GCA Arquitectos Asociados won the Hostelco 2010 Award for its contribution to the hotel arts in Barcelona, an award for the most innovative project in the hospitality industry on the occasion of the international Hostelco trade fair.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hilton Brussels becomes "The Hotel"". Amcham Belgium. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ↑ . Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boulevard de Waterloo". Brussels Life.
  4. ↑ "Montois Partners Architects". Brussels Invest and Export.
  5. ↑ Montois Partners: Selected and Current Works. Images Publishing Dist Ac. 2006. p. 256. ISBN 1864700696.
  6. ↑ . Bruselnieuws.
  7. ↑ "Contemporary, stylish design for The Hotel". Online Travel News Distribution.

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