WELCOME HOTEL FRANKFURT enters construction phase

New business hotel enters construction phase

Welcome Hotels to open new hotel at Frankfurt’s trade fair centre

Frankfurt, 19th June. Friday 3pm saw joint Managing Directors Carsten Kritz and Mario Pick cut the first sod for a new Welcome Hotels construction project in the Rebstockgelände area of Frankfurt. They were ably supported by their project partners GeRo Real Estate, Herberger Bau AG, Vivum, the architects office Braun + Güth as well as Councillor Ulrich Caspar who warmly welcomes this new Welcome Hotels presence in Frankfurt that is all set to be a brand new hub for both national and international guests.

Daniel Güth (Architects office Braun & Güth), Carsten Kritz (Managing Director Welcome Hotels), Councillor Ulrich Caspar (Frankfurt/Main City Council), Roland Gehrlein (Chairman of the Board of GeRo Real Estate), Mario Pick (Managing Director Welcome Hotels), Egon Herberger (Speaker of the Board Herberger Bau AG), Moritz Eversmann (Managing Director Vivum) (from left to right)
 

Involving an investment of some 22.5 million Euro (including FF&E) the new hotel will be the 15th member of the Warstein based hotel group. This new build will be Welcome’s first hotel in one of the major metropoles in Germany. The 3-star plus full-service business hotel will be in the close vicinity of Frankfurt’s trade fair centre and in the immediate proximity of the very popular Messeparkhaus am Römerhof multi-storey car park. Following some 15 months of construction this state-of-the-art hotel complex will be all ready to receive its predominantly trade fair and business guests from autumn 2010. The seven-storey hotel will offer 173 rooms in total comprising 29 suites, 19 single rooms and 125 doubles. In-house seminar and conference rooms are also availlable which, due to the clever use of movable dividing walls, can be modified to accommodate groups of all sizes. Covering some 320m2 the rooms can also cater for trade fair related large-scale congresses as well as for IAA car exhibitions requiring vehicular access.
"You are welcome": New premium hotel using a well tried and tested business concept
This addition to the Welcome Hotel group which will boast some 8,800m2 of accommmodation will also focus on their winning combination of "Business“ and "Wellbeing". Managing Directors Carsten Kritz and Mario Pick are counting on the contemporary appointment of the hotel which focusses carefully on the needs of the target guest market in conjunction with the range of F&B provided by a restaurant and a bistro to ensure a high level of occupancy. This will be supported by Welcome Hotels extraordinarily good price/performance ratio. The choice of site in Frankfurt was also influenced by the proximity of green areas. On a fine day the large terrace facing the Stadtplatz is ideal for both hotel guests and passing tourists alike.

The Welcome Hotel am Rebstockgelände also offers excellent transport connections. "A Welcome guest should always feel welcome and at home“, explains Carsten Kritz. "To ensure this, the hotel also has a spacious soft-wellness area comprising a Finish sauna and a steam sauna on the 7th floor affording stunning views of the Mainhattan skyline“.
Christie + Co, one of Europe’s leading consultants for the hospitality sector, was repsonsible for the selection of the operating company and for contractual procedures. Project development is in the capable hands of GeRo Real Estate AG, who are being exclusively advised by Christie + Co.

Look forward to the opening: Lars Weber (Key Account Manager Gastronomy), Carsten Kritz and Mario Pick (Managing Directors Welcome Hotels), Michael Schuhmacher (Area Director of Sales  Gastronomy Warsteiner Bauerei)