Opening of the Park Inn at Liège Airport

The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened the first Park Inn hotel in Benelux. Today, the Park Inn Liège Hotel opens its doors at the new passenger terminal of Liège Airport in Belgium. With 100 rooms, this new mid market property increases the total number of new Rezidor-rooms opened in 2007 to 2,500. Between 2007 and 2009, Rezidor will add 20,000 rooms to its portfolio.

“Park Inn is our fastest growing brand, and we are glad to launch it in Belgium”, comments Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of the Rezidor Hotel Group. “Park Inn offers a young, dynamic and fresh hotel experience and is the perfect brand for an airport location. With the new Park Inn Liège, we also strengthen our position as one of the leading airport hotel operators in Europe.”

The hotel is located at the new passenger terminal of Liège Airport and lies within one of the largest industrial areas of Liege. It is easily accessible from the highways directing to Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne and Luxembourg. Besides 100 modern and comfortable rooms, it features a restaurant, bar, 8 meeting rooms, a crew lounge and a gym.

Liège is located 100 kilometres east of Brussels. The airport is the first European airport which concentrates primarily on cargo – in 2006, more than 406,000 tons were transported. Liège also offers passenger charter flights and low cost flights to the most important leisure and business destinations in Europe (300,000 passengers per year).

Facts & Figures:
Property: Park Inn Liège Airport (new opening)
Contract Type: Management
Rooms: 100

Total number of new Rezidor-rooms opened in 2007: 2,500