The Rezidor Hotel Group, the European franchise holder for Radisson, is to add to its presence in Germany with a hotel at Hamburg airport. Now under construction, and due to open in July 2009 The Radisson Airport Hotel will have direct connection to Terminal 2 serving Lufthansa and other Star Alliance flights.
Besides 270 modern designed guestrooms, the property will feature a restaurant, a bar, a fitness area and 650 square metres conference and meeting facilities. On two levels directly under the building, 168 public parking spaces will be available. Owner of the ground is the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; further project partners are Airport-Hotel-Hamburg GmbH & Co KG and FAY Management Holding AG.
”Germany is a strong home market for us, and Hamburg an important location,” comments The Rezidor Hotel Group president and CEO Kurt Ritter. ”We opened the first German Radisson SAS Hotel in this city ” until today one of our most successful hotels in the country. We know the market well and are looking forward to manage a second and strategically located property in town.” Hamburg Airport is ranked as the 5th busiest German airport, handling 70 airlines and 11m passengers last year.