The Hotel Brussels is a
four-star hotel in the
Louise/Louiza district of
Brussels
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, Belgium, owned and managed by the Swedish hotel group Pandox AB. A landmark building, it originally opened as the Brussels
Hilton 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.
The hotel is located on the /, between the / and the
Namur Gate
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, and next to the
Egmont Palace
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. This area is served by the
metro
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stations
Louise/Louiza and
Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort (on lines
2 and
6), as well as the
tram
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stop / (on lines 8 and 92). .
History
The hotel was built in the 1960s on the / in Brussels, a shopping area running from the / to the
Namur Gate
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. It was one of the first international hotels to be built in the city. At that time, the buildings along the Boulevard de Waterloo were all in
neo-Rococo
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,
neoclassical or
neo-Renaissance
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styles. 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 hotel is the highest public viewpoint in Brussels. The building is one of the most widely recognised high-rise buildings on Brussels' skyline. When city officials decided that for the long-term tall buildings should disappear in Brussels, they opted 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
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and his entourage rented a total of 283 rooms of this and another hotel in Brussels (Crowne Plaza) during a single overnight visit to the city, with the president staying at The Hotel Brussels.
Features
The hotel has 421 rooms and 18 suites. Facilities include a restaurant, a bar, an executive lounge, meeting rooms, a spa and a fitness.
Until September 2013 the hotel is to be fully redecorated by GCA Arquitectos Asociados, a Spanish architect bureau.
See also
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Architecture of Belgium
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Lists of hotels
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References
Notes
External links
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Astoria
City of Brussels
Buildings and structures in Brussels
Hotel buildings completed in 1969
Hotels established in 2011
Skyscraper hotels
Belgian companies established in 2011