The Fontenay
The Fontenay is a luxury hotel in Hamburg, Germany. The hotel is part of the consortium The Leading Hotels of the World.[1]
Hotel[edit]
Builder and owner is Klaus-Michael Kühne.[2] The building is located in Hamburg-Rotherbaum on the road Fontenay on the southwestern shores of Außenalster and offers 131 guest rooms and suites, some with Alster view. The organic architecture was designed by the architect Jan Störmer. The lobby, called Atrium Lounge, has a room height of 27 meters.[3]
For the lobby William Brand of the atelier Brand van Egmond was commissionend to create the light installation, with a height of 6 meters.[4]
History[edit]
The hotel is named after the shipbroker John Fontenay, who acquired a large plot of land in front of the Dammtor at the Aussenalster in 1816, through which today the street Fontenay runs.[5] The building stands on the site of the former InterContinental hotel, also called InterConti.[6][7] It had to close in February 2013 due to bankruptcy. In March 2013 it was announced that Klaus-Michael Kühne had acquired the hotel for around 20 million euros, who demolished it in February 2014.[8][9][10]
The cornerstone ceremony for The Fontenay Hamburg took place on 14 August 2014.[11] Originally the hotel opening was planned for the summer of 2016. In November 2015, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated and announced that there were delays.[12] Due to a water damage in the summer of 2017,[13] the appointment was again postponed several times. The Fontenay was officially opened on 19 March 2018.[14][15][16]
References[edit]
- ^ www.lhw.com: List of hotels in western europe
- ^ Kühne und Scholz legen Grundstein für Hotel “The Fontenay” (in: Hamburger Abendblatt, August 14, 2014; retrieved on December 4, 2014)
- ^ thefontenay.de: architecture of the building
- ^ [1] light installation
- ^ Areal of the foundation John Fontenay (retrieved on March 7, 2018)
- ^ Tourismus / Hamburg: Bäume in der Halle (DER SPIEGEL 34/1969 of August 18, 1969)
- ^ Fontenay: Ist die Bebauung längst beschlossene Sache?. (abendblatt.de of November 5, 1986, retrieved on March 7, 2018)
- ^ Konkursantrag: Früher stieg James Bond im InterConti ab. (abendblatt.de of November 2, 2012, retrieved on March 6, 2018)
- ^ Plant Klaus-Michael Kühne neues Luxus-Hotel im Interconti? (abendblatt.de of March 15, 2013, retrieved on March 6, 2018)
- ^ Hotelmarkt: Hotelprojekte in Deutschland boomen (ahgz.de of Oktober 1, 2013, retrieved on 6. März 2018)
- ^ Kühne und Scholz legen Grundstein für Hotel "The Fontenay" (abendblatt.de of August 14, 2014, retrieved on March 6, 2018)
- ^ Richtfest für Luxushotel "The Fontenay" in Hamburg. (zeit.de of November 20, 2015, retrieved on March 7, 2018)
- ^ Luxushotel Wasserschaden: Eröffnung von The Fontenay verzögert sich (abendblatt.de of August 16, 2017, retrieved on March 7, 2018)
- ^ ahgz.de: Fontenay-Eröffnung verschiebt sich weiter
- ^ Eröffnungstermin für Luxushotel The Fontenay steht fest. (abendblatt.de of March 5, 2018, retrieved on March 6, 2018)
- ^ Neue Luxusherberge für Hamburg (hamburg.de, retrieved on March 6, 2018)