Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg is a hotel in

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, Germany operated by

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under the

Radisson Blu Radisson Blu is an international chain of hotels operated by Radisson Hotels. With roots dating back to the 1960s, the Radisson Blu brand name came into existence in 2009 with a rebranding from Radisson SAS. Its hotels are found in major cities, ...

brand. At 108 meters, it is the tallest hotel in

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and is on the

list of tallest buildings in Hamburg This is a list of tallest buildings in Hamburg. As in most German cities except Frankfurt, skyscrapers or high-rises in Hamburg are rarely approved or built. Tallest buildings and structures The few high-rises in Hamburg are mostly clustered ...

and the

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. It has 32 floors and 556 rooms. The hotel is in the

Planten un Blomen Planten un Blomen is an urban park with a size of in the inner-city of Hamburg, Germany. The name Planten un Blomen is Low German for "Pflanzen und Blumen" in German or "Plants and Flowers" in English. History The first plant was a Platanus, p ...

park and is next to the

Congress Center Hamburg Congress Center Hamburg (formerly Congress Centrum Hamburg) is a convention center in Hamburg, Germany, located right next to Planten un Blomen, near the Hamburg Dammtor station. It opened on 14 April 1973 as the first of its kind in Germany. ...

and near

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. The hotel also has 2,122 m² of meeting space in 12 conference rooms on a separate floor.

History

The hotel was designed by architects Jost Schramm and Gert Pempelfort. Construction began in 1970 and the hotel opened in April 1973 as Loews Hamburg Plaza. It was renamed Hamburg Plaza Hotel when it was managed by

Canadian Pacific Hotels Canadian Pacific Hotels (CPH) was a division of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) that primarily operated hotels across Canada. CPR restructured the division as a subsidiary in 1963. Early hotels Since passenger revenue made a significant co ...

. In 1988, it was acquired by

SAS Group SAS AB (Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag), trading as SAS Group, is an airline holding company headquartered in the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It is the owner of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines and S ...

and renamed the SAS Hamburg Plaza Hotel. When SAS Group's SAS International Hotels created a co-brand with

, it was renamed Radisson SAS Hamburg Hotel. In October 2009, a €48 million renovation of the hotel was completed. In November 2009, a European hotel fund managed by

Invesco Invesco Ltd. is an American independent investment management company that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional branch offices in 20 countries. Its common stock is a constituent of the S&P 500 and trades on the New York stock exc ...

acquired the hotel for €155 million. The hotel was renamed the Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg in 2009. In November 2015, Azure acquired the hotel. In March 2017, Wenaasgruppen acquired the hotel.

In popular culture

The final episodes of the

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television series Timm Thaler were filmed at the hotel.

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History

In popular culture

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