Rezidor SAS Hospitality Plans To Operate Two Hotels In Turkey

By Staff -- HOTELS Magazine, 11/1/2002

• Rezidor SAS Hospitality Plans To Operate Two Hotels

  In Turkey

• Crestline Will Manage Georgia Tech Hotel And Conference

  Center

• John Q. Hammons Plans US$36 Million Embassy Suites
• Rialto Hotel Is Warsaw's First Boutique Hotel

Rezidor SAS Hospitality Plans To Operate Two Hotels In Turkey

Rezidor SAS Hospitality, Brussels, has signed an agreement with the

Pension Fund Republic of Turkey to operate two hotels in Turkey.

In Ankara, Turkey, a renovation of the current Hotel Stad is in progress,

and the new Radisson SAS Hotel is scheduled to open in late 2004. The

Hotel Stad was one of the first skyscrapers in Ankara, located close

to the main cultural and business center, overlooking the City Park,

former parliament, the State Opera and Ballet and the Central Bank.

The new hotel will offer 190 guestrooms, one restaurant, a bar and meeting

rooms.

In Istanbul, The Radisson SAS Maçka is replacing the Hotel Maçka,

which is being completely demolished. When completed in 2005, the Radisson

SAS Maçka will have 145 guestrooms, two restaurants, two bars,

five conference rooms for up to 300 people, a health club and underground

parking facilities. The hotel will be Radisson SAS’ second hotel

in Istanbul. Its first property here was the 246-room Radisson SAS Conference & Airport

Hotel, which opened in September 2000.

Crestline Will Manage Georgia Tech Hotel And Conference Center

Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Bethesda, Maryland, has been chosen

to manage the 252-room Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference

Center. The high-tech, upscale hotel is part of the new Technology Square complex

that encompasses a three-block area in the heart of Midtown

Atlanta.

The L-shaped, eight-story hotel is being constructed

at an estimated cost of US$47 million. The property will be connected

to the Georgia Institute of Technology’s new Global Learning

Center and overlooks a fully landscaped courtyard for guests and meeting

attendees. The property is wholly owned by a new entity created by

the Georgia Tech Foundation.

The hotel and other Georgia Tech facilities will offer state-of-the-art

technology features, including the ability to project videoconferences

around the world with simultaneous translations. The 21,000 sq.ft. (1,950

sq.m) of function space features 18 meeting rooms, including a 7,200-sq.ft.

(670-sq.m) ballroom that is divisible by six. Other amenities include

a 312-seat conference dining room, lobby bar, club lounge, indoor swimming

pool and a fully equipped fitness center. In addition, the adjacent

Global Learning Center offers three 750-seat amphitheaters, a 125-seat

amphitheater, a 250-seat amphitheater, plus a selection of meeting rooms.

John Q. Hammons Plans US$36 Million Embassy Suites

Springfield, Missouri- based John Q. Hammons Hotels

has announced plans to develop and manage a new US$36 million, 265-suite

Embassy Suites Hotel in Saint Charles, Missouri.

The 11-story, all-suite hotel will be the first upscale hotel in the

area and will be adjacent to the planned Saint Charles Convention Center.

The strategic combination of the hotel and the new convention center

will add more than 144,000 sq.ft. (13,378 sq.m) of meeting space, with

5, 200 sq.ft. (483 sq.m) of flexible meeting space on-site at the hotel.

The Embassy Suites Hotel will feature a variety of amenities for business

and leisure travelers. It will offer a private bedroom in every suite,

a living room with a sofa sleeper, wet bar, refrigerator, microwave

and coffeemaker. In addition, each suite will be equipped with two color

televisions, Internet data port and customizable voicemail, Nintendo

64 and WebTV. Other amenities include a sports bar, restaurant and lounge,

fitness center, complimentary business center, and an oversized indoor

pool and whirlpool.

Construction of the Embassy Suites Hotel is expected

to begin in early 2003, followed by the hotel opening in late 2004.

The interior of the hotel will be designed with the signature atrium

style of John Q. Hammons hotels and will feature a décor that

complements the charm of restored historic Saint Charles.

Rialto Hotel Is Warsaw’s First Boutique

Hotel

When the Rialto Hotel opens in March 2003, it will

be Warsaw’s first luxury boutique hotel. Privately owned and operated

by MOT zo.o, Warsaw, the 45-room Rialto will offer

its guests the highest standards of amenities and services to both

the leisure and business traveler.

The hotel’s services and facilities will

include a restaurant and bar, a cigar room, two meeting rooms and

private dining for up to 25 people. Guests also will have access to

a fitness room that will offer cardiovascular machines, sauna and

a steam room.

Art Deco in theme and design, all rooms and public

areas have been individually and uniquely designed with original furniture

of the period. The architect and interior designer is DOM Architektury,

Warsaw. John Quero will be the hotel’s general manager and is

a native of London, England, with extensive experience in the hotel

and hospitality industry having started his career in 1980 at the

Carlton Tower Hotel in London.

The Rialto Hotel is a member of Design Hotels,e a unique collection

of 120 hotels in 32 countries that are synonymous with distinctive architecture

and interior design, balanced with functionality and service.