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2021
MEININGER Hotels expands leadership team: Two new members join Executive Committee
November 2021

MEININGER Hotels expands leadership team: Two new members join Executive Committee

Malin Widmarc-Nilsson and Nicolas Capelle have been appointed to the Executive Committee of MEININGER Hotels with immediate effect. Their addition adds further depth to the group’s Executive Committee.

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MEININGER Hotels to open its fourth hotel in Austria this November: Innsbruck is the fourth of five new openings in 2021
October 2021

MEININGER Hotels to open its fourth hotel in Austria this November: Innsbruck is the fourth of five new openings in 2021

It has been a fruitful year for MEININGER Hotels. In the beginning of November, the group will open the doors to its newest hotel: the MEININGER Hotel Innsbruck Zentrum, the fourth MEININGER hotel in Austria. This means that in addition to Salzburg and Vienna, guests can now benefit from low-cost accommodation in Innsbruck. The new MEININGER hotel in Innsbruck is done in a fitting "Way to Mountain Adventure" theme and offers a total of 260 beds. The group's fifth 2021 opening is planned for December in Marseille, France.

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Geneva: MEININGER Hotels opens second hotel in Switzerland in June – interior design inspired by the big bang
June 2021

Geneva: MEININGER Hotels opens second hotel in Switzerland in June – interior design inspired by the big bang

Geneva is the third new opening for MEININGER Hotels this year, and the group’s second Swiss location after Zurich, where a new MEININGER hotel has just opened last month. The newly constructed building in Geneva’s Charmilles district offers a total of 104 rooms and 362 beds. Two more new openings are on the agenda for MEININGER Hotels this year–in Innsbruck and Marseille. A total of five new hotels will open in 2021.

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Expansion in 2021: The second of five new hotels opens in Bordeaux in May
May 2021

Expansion in 2021: The second of five new hotels opens in Bordeaux in May

It is the second of five new hotels that MEININGER Hotels will open this year and the third in France: the MEININGER Hotel Bordeaux Gare Saint-Jean opened 26 May. Close to main train station Gare Saint Jean, the hotel can accommodate up to 493 guests in a total of 162 rooms. With this project, the hotel group once again emphasizes its ambitious growth plans during the pandemic.

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Market entry in Switzerland: MEININGER’s first hotel in Switzerland opens in Zurich in May
May 2021

Market entry in Switzerland: MEININGER’s first hotel in Switzerland opens in Zurich in May

MEININGER Hotels starts the season of new openings in May with a market entry: In Zurich, the hotel chain opens its first hotel in Switzerland. A second hotel will follow in June in Geneva, western Switzerland. However, the opening of the 174-room hotel in the sustainable Greencity district on the outskirts of Zurich not only marks the market entry into a new country, but also the start of a total of five new openings in the pandemic year 2021.

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Ambitious growth plans for 2021: MEININGER to open five new hotels this year
March 2021

Ambitious growth plans for 2021: MEININGER to open five new hotels this year

Expansion, new market entry and more hotel projects in the pipeline - MEININGER Hotels is pushing ahead with growth plans. Investments in digitalisation and sustainability, and priorities in creating a leaner organisation as the group moves forward are also high on the priority list of items being moved forward during lockdown.

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2020
MEININGER Hotels appoints new CEO and CFO
May 2020

MEININGER Hotels appoints new CEO and CFO

MEININGER Hotels is pleased to announce the appointment of Ajit Menon as Interim Chief Executive Officer, following the departure of former CEO, Hannes Spanring; and Andrew Scott as Chief Financial Officer.

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2019
MEININGER Hotel reassures its ambitions for growth in France: Second MEININGER Hotel opens in Lyon
November 2019

MEININGER Hotel reassures its ambitions for growth in France: Second MEININGER Hotel opens in Lyon

At the beginning of October, MEININGER Hotels celebrated a milestone in its international growth and expansion strategy with the opening of the MEININGER Hotel Paris Porte de Vincennes and the associated entry into the French market. The MEININGER Hotel Lyon Centre Berthelot is the second hotel in France, realized in partnership with Covivio. The hotel group emphasizes its goal to become the market leader in the hybrid hotel segment in France.

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Market entry in Israel: MEININGER Hotels comes to Tel Aviv
November 2019

Market entry in Israel: MEININGER Hotels comes to Tel Aviv

The hotel group MEININGER reaches a new milestone in its expansion: MEININGER Hotels has signed a contract for its first property in Tel Aviv, its market entry into Israel. The signing for the first hotel in the Middle East is part of the growth plans to operate over 35,000 beds worldwide by 2024. The hotel will be located in a 28-storey mixed-use building in Levanda St 53 and is expected to open second half of 2024. The project is being realized with an Israeli group of investors.

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Further expansion in the UK: MEININGER Hotels comes to Liverpool
October 2019

Further expansion in the UK: MEININGER Hotels comes to Liverpool

MEININGER Hotels has today signed a contract for a new hotel in Liverpool, reinforcing its aim for further growth in the UK.

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