The Hotel Brussels

Geschiedenis

The Hotel Brussels is a four-star hotel, located in the Avenue Louise district of Brussels, Belgium, and owned and managed by the Swedish hotel group Pandox AB.A landmark building, it originally opened as a Hilton Hotel in 1969. Pandox AB purchased the building in September 2010, assumed management in February 2011 and commenced a complete renovation of the 27 floors. The renovations were completed after a two-year period.HistoryThe hotel was built in the 1960s on the Boulevard de Waterloo in Brussels, a shopping area running from the Porte Louise to the Porte de Namur. It was one of the first international hotels to be built in Brussels. At that time, the buildings along the Boulevard de Waterloo were all in neo-rococo, neo-classical or neo-renaissance style. The hotel building, however, caused a rupture with those styles being a massive tower containing 27 floors. The architect agency that designed the building was Montois Partners Architects, an agency located in Brussels.The 94-metre-high hotel is the highest public viewpoint in Brussels. The building is really one of the most widely recognised sky-high building on the skyline of Brussels. When city officials decided that for the long-term tall buildings should disappear in Brussels, they decided not to include the hotel on the list with buildings to be removed. This decision proves that the building has become a landmark, and a part of Brussels city centre.In March 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama and his entourage rented a total of 283 rooms of this and another hotel in the city (Crowne Plaza) during a single overnight visit to Brussels, with the president staying at The Hotel Brussels.