HOTEL NEWS
Hamburg continues to boast strong visitor numbers, with 6.3 million hotel stays in 2015 – an increase of 3.7 per cent on the previous year – of which 50 per cent were for business. In July, the city will host the G20 summit – good news for the city’s renowned Fairmont, Sofitel, Park Hyatt and Steigenberger properties, which will likely receive a large portion of the summit’s delegates.
Some 15 more hotels are set to join them in 2017, including the Fontenay, which will become the first luxury hotel to open in the city in 18 years when it is launched in July. Located on the western bank of Alster lake, the 131room Leading Hotels of the World member is housed in a handsome droplet-shaped structure that reflects the fluid lines of the lake and surrounding parkland. It will have a Michelin-starred chef, a 1,000 sqm rooftop spa, indoor and outdoor pools, and a panoramic rooftop bar.
This month, boutique group Sir Hotels, which has properties in Amsterdam and Berlin, will open Sir Nikolai in Hamburg’s old town. Located in a grand former merchant townhouse and goods store, it will have 94 rooms, a 300 sqm underground spa with a pool and sauna overlooking the canal, plus a Japanese-Peruvian restaurant.