BERLIN’S ADLON HOTEL EXPANDS, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED SPACE FOR LUXURY TRAVELERS

Berlin’s legendary Hotel Adlon has unveiled an additional 69 elegant rooms and suites. The Adlon’s expansion will provide much needed luxury hotel rooms in a city that in September sees the departure of the Four Seasons chain from Berlin’s capital. “Since the Adlon first opened its doors in 1907, we have been at the forefront of providing the most luxurious hotel experience possible in Germany’s capital,” says Gianni Van Daalen, General Manager of Berlin’s Hotel Adlon Kempinski, “and, 97 years later, we remain at the forefront.”  In addition to the additional new rooms, 48 of the hotel’s deluxe rooms are currently being transformed into 24 suites, precisely in order to meet the demand of luxury travelers, Van Daalen added. 

The Adlon Kempinski, located adjacent to the Brandenburg Gate and to the site of the new United States Embassy, has been the number one address for politicians, royalty and movie stars for almost a century.  This summer, former U.S. president Bill Clinton stayed at the Adlon during his visit to Berlin to promote his new autobiography, and Matt Damon, Tom Hanks and Vin Diesel have all chosen the Adlon for their Berlin stays.  The Adlon is not new to celebrity: it was the location of the 1930 Greta Garbo and John Barrymore movie classic, GRAND HOTEL, and, ever since, celebrities from Caruso to Pavarotti, from Mikhail Gorbachev to Steven Spielberg, from Marlene Dietrich to the Dalai Lama to both Presidents Bush, have stayed here.

ADLON OPENING HIGH-SECURITY WING

To meet the escalating security needs of celebrities and world leaders, the Adlon Kempinski is intensifying security aspects of its presidential suites and its high-security wing.  The presidential suites are being expanded from two to three, each as large as 3,000 square feet, with an additional bedroom, fitness room, steam showers and private dining room.  Four smaller suites are being added for smaller VIP delegations that require the ultimate in security.  While most of the High-Security Wing’s features must remain secret, walls are steel-plated, windows are bullet-proof and corridors have electronic surveillance. For arrivals and departure, “invisible” high-security access to the hotel has been conceived in cooperation with the German Federal Criminal Office and the Germany Foreign Ministry. 

Every guest room at the Adlon – indeed, the entire hotel – is set-up for wireless Internet connections, and the rooms opening this fall have plasma screen televisions, high-speed Internet and CD and DVD players.  The hotel’s elegant haute cuisine restaurant, Lorenz Adlon, has recently received a much respected Michelin star, a tribute to the hotel’s young and multi-talented chef, Thomas Neeser, and executive chef, Rainer Sigg.  In 2005, the Adlon will be opening its vast new Day Spa. “Our goal at the Adlon,” says Van Daalen, “is to surround guests with the kind of luxury that exudes opulence, spaciousness, the finest design, the highest quality products – all of which come together to provide a sense of security and well being.”

To know more about The Adlon, visit www.hotel-adlon.de

 

August 31, 2004   Posted in: Germany