The Hilton Munich Airport (until 31 December 2014 ''Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich'') is a hotel located on the grounds of Munich Airport, between Terminals 1 and 2, near the Munich Airport Center business facility. Following a construction period of 20 months, the hotel opened on 17 May 1994, two years after the airport went into operation. The architect of the hotel is German-born Helmut Jahn of the Chicago-based Murphy/Jahn Architectural Group. The hotel's grand plaza is a 24- metre high and 1400 square metre large atrium hall with a glass roof and decorated with

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(18 metres tall) from Florida. Green cubes and grown-over pyramid shapes continue the outer landscape surrounding the airport. On 1 January 2015, the hotel was taken over by

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. In March 2017, a 7-story extension building was completed adding 162 rooms spanning over 6 floors and new office spaces on the first floor. The existing office facilities on the ground floor of the old building were converted into conference facilities.Hilton Munich Airport Expanded With New Design and 162 Additional Rooms
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''(in English and German)'' Hotels in Munich Hotel buildings completed in 1994 Hotels established in 1994 1994 establishments in Germany

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