The Hotel Savoy Moscow is a historic hotel in Moscow, opened in 1913. The symbol of the hotel is a
salamander.
Location
, at 3/6, b.1, Rozhdestvenka, Moscow, 109012, Russia.
History
The Savoy Hotel opened on March 30, 1913. It was built to host tourists visiting Russia for the
Romanov tercentenary, a huge celebration of 300 years of Russian imperial rule in May 1913. In 1959, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the
German Democratic Republic
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, the hotel was renamed Hotel Berlin.
In 1987, the hotel closed for a $16 million restoration, funded by INFA, a joint venture between
Intourist
Intourist (russian: Интурист, a contraction of , "foreign tourist") was a Russian tour operator, headquartered in Moscow. It was founded on April 12, 1929, and served as the primary travel agency for foreign tourists in the Soviet Uni ...
, the Soviet state tourism monopoly, and
Finnair, which reserved 80% of the rooms for its own passengers. It reopened on October 3, 1989, under its original name, as the Hotel Savoy Moscow. The luxury hotel was aimed exclusively at wealthy Western guests. Like most other luxury hotels in Moscow at the time, it did not accept Rubles, but unlike others, it did not accept western hard currency cash either. Instead, the Savoy required that all payments be made with credit cards, to cut down on corruption. Among its amenities was a casino, operated by another Finnish firm, Casino Amherst International Ltd. In 2005, the Savoy was renovated, at a cost of $20 million.
Current ownership
The hotel is owned by OAO Infa-Otel, whose stock is shared between Musgrave Holdings (84%), a member of the Guta Group, and the government of Moscow (16%).
References
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External links
Official website
Hotels in Moscow
Companies nationalised by the Soviet Union
Hotel buildings completed in 1913
Hotels established in 1913
Hotels established in 1989