Hotel project 'Hilton Copenhagen City’ set to open in 2020

Danish companies ATP Real Estate and BC Hospitality Group are joining forces in a new hotel project that secures the return of hotel company, Hilton, to the Danish capital Copenhagen by 2020. They will invest in a refurbishment and extension of a former bank premises on the Copenhagen waterfront, which is being converted into a Hilton hotel. Under the provisional name ‘Hilton Copenhagen City’, the future hotel is the brainchild of Danish architect company, Henning Larsen Architects, which will be carrying out the conversion. Michael Nielsen, CEO of ATP Real Estate says: “The investment will not only contribute positively to the ROI of ATP Real Estate and thus, our ATP members, but also to the city’s growth potential by increasing the number of facilities available to international leisure and business travellers,” adds Nielsen. Move up to 2nd para: The new of 29,000sqm hotel will accommodate some 400 rooms as well as meeting and conference facilities, an executive lounge, and more. Working in harmony with the city’s architectural and sustainable profile, the building will open up to both the harbour area and the neighbouring area of Torvegade and Knippelsbro. BC Hospitality Group three other international hotel brands in the city – the five-star Copenhagen Marriott as well as the two four-star hotels: AC Hotel Bella Sky Copenhagen; and Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers. “This new collaboration means that our Group will be operating all four of the international hotel brands in the city,” says CEO of BC Hospitality Group, Allan L. Agerholm. “This hotel project is an integral part of our Group’s strategy of ensuring a continued growth in the number of strong international hotel brands – and thereby foreign guests – in the Danish capital,” he added. In total, BC Hospitality Group offers more than 1,584 hotel rooms, 162 meeting and conference rooms, and conference, meeting and event facilities with a maximum capacity of over 30,000 delegates. Hilton (NYSE: HLT) comprises more than 5,100 properties with nearly 838,000 rooms in 103 countries and territories. For more information, click here.