Rezidor announces the Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow

Currently under extensive renovation, the new Radisson Royal Hotel featuring 507 guest rooms and 38 serviced apartments is scheduled to open its doors in December 2009.
 
Describing the project as a “momentous and historic hotel redevelopment” of “one of the most remarkable hotel structures in Europe” Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor said his company was now the leading international hotel operator in Russia and the CIS countries.

Aleksey Mikushko, General Director of the JSC Ukraina Hotel believes that agreement with Rezidor had the potential to turn the Ukraina into “a world-class hotel, arguably the finest in the city” while simultaneously preserving the historic site.

The Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow is located right in the city centre, on a curve of the Moskva River at the junction of Kutuzovsky Prospect and Novy Arbat, two of the city’s most prestigious commercial thoroughfares. Within close walking distance from the property there are many notable locations such as the House of Government of the Russian Federation (Russian White House) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Red Square, flanked by the walls of the Kremlin, is within comfortable reach of the Hotel, and Moscow’s international airports are easily accessible with the main railway terminal to Vnukovo Airport just a few hundred metres away.
 
The property forms part of the legendary “Seven Sisters” – the Soviet skyscrapers based on an idea of Stalin and built in Soviet neo-classicism architectural style between 1949 and 1957. Designed by the leading Soviet architects Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky, the monumental 34-storey building is 206 metres high (including a spire measuring 73 metres) and was the largest European hotel of its day. To make such an impressive accomplishment possible Soviet architects studied the engineering techniques used to erect Manhattan’s skyscrapers. All in all approximately 2,000 architects, engineers and artisans were involved in this grandiose project. Starting from the late 50’s only the most renowned citizens and guests of the Soviet Union were rewarded with stays at the hotel while visiting Moscow.
 
Reconstruction work on the building is a complex task, combining the intricate process of restoring the look and feel of the original Ukraina, while at the same time upgrading the guest services and engineering systems to comply with the most stringent modern safety standards.
 
The classical and elegant interiors are now being refurbished and equipped with state-of-the-art technologies; each of the 507 guest rooms and suites, as well as 38 furnished serviced apartments, will offer Radisson signature services such as free high-speed internet access. Standard guest rooms average 32 sqm and suites range in size from 50 up to 260 sqm. A further highlight is the hotel’s art collection of about 1,000 original paintings by the most prominent artists of the socialist realism period. Complementing the unique art collection are several monumental murals and ceiling frescoes located in the public areas of the hotel.
 
The hotel will offer four restaurants: a breakfast restaurant, a Russian restaurant, a fine dining restaurant with a summer terrace operated by the renowned Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov presenting French and Asian menus, plus a further specialty venue on the 30th and 31st floors comprising an Italian and a Japanese restaurant. There is also a bar on the 31st floor with breathtaking views over.

For meetings and events the hotel will offer a modern conference centre with capacity for up to 1,000 delegates. Facilities include nine meeting rooms, a ballroom of almost 450 sqm, a business centre and a library. The Wellness Centre & Spa will feature a total area of 4,000 sqm and include a 50-metre six lane swimming pool, Jacuzzis, a Turkish bath, a Finnish sauna, extensive fitness facilities, a spa, and a dedicated kid’s club. A luxury boutique gallery will host outlets for world class fashion and jewellery brands, and five high-end river cruise liners with restaurants which have been designed for the hotel will provide the opportunity to take a culinary boat trip in the heart of Moscow. 

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