Kempinski

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Kempinski Hotels SA

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legal form Société Anonyme
founding 1986
(1897  Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft )
Seat Geneva , Switzerland
management Martin Smura
(Chairman of the board & CEO)
Branch Hotel industry
Website kempinski.com

Weinhaus Kempinski, Cadiner Hall, Berlin
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
Memorial plaque on the house at Fasanenstrasse 21 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
500 RM shares in the Hotelbetriebs-AG dated April 28, 1927
Hotel in the Palais Hansen in Vienna

Kempinski Hotels SA is the oldest European luxury hotel group, with roots in Berlin and today's headquarters in Geneva , Switzerland . It is a subsidiary of Kempinski AG in Munich , Germany . The hotel group is a founding member of the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) hotel network .

The sheikhs of Bahrain are the largest shareholders of the AG .

Company profile

Each of the 5-star hotels has its own style and character and is difficult to compare with the other hotels. The portfolio includes city hotels, grand hotels as well as holiday resorts and residences.

The Kempinski hotels are mainly located in Europe, but also in Africa, the Near and Middle East and Asia. China in particular is a key region for opening new houses. Kempinski operates 75 five-star hotels in 30 countries (2017).

With the exception of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich, which is owned by the group, as well as the leased Hotels Adlon in Berlin, Grand Hotel des Bains in St. Moritz and the leased Palais Hansen in Vienna , the focus of the Kempinski Hotels is on the pure Management of the luxury hotels, which are mostly privately owned.

The Adlon in Berlin, the Çirağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, the San Clemente Palace Kempinski in Venice and The Capitol Kempinski in Singapore have the status of “ Leading Hotel of the World ” (November 2019). The Hotel Bristol in Berlin was renovated in 2008 for approx. 10 million euros, but lost the status of Leading Hotels of the World in 2009 due to quality defects; the Kempinski Hotels Taschenbergpalais and Schloss Reinhartshausen then also withdrew.

history

M. Kempinski & Co

Berthold Kempinski (1843–1910) founded a wine shop in 1862. After the proclamation of the empire, he moved to Berlin and founded a snack bar with a wine tasting room and a wine shop at Friedrichstrasse 76 in 1872. Since Berthold and Helena Kempinski had no male descendants, they took their son-in-law Richard Unger (1866–1947) into the business. They later handed the company over to him on the condition that they keep the Kempinski name. Berthold Kempinski died in 1910.

In addition to a few large restaurants, another was  opened in 1927 on Kurfürstendamm 27 (where the Hotel Bristol is now located ) . In 1928 Kempinski took over the Vaterland house on Potsdamer Platz . From 1932, Kempinski leased Marquardt Castle and operated it as a hotel. On May 1, 1937, the Kempinski wine house and all of its businesses passed into "Aryan" hands with the approval of the responsible party offices . The buyer was M. Kempinski & Co., Weinhaus- und Handels-GmbH , which will continue to run the business according to the previous tradition. This was announced by the regional economic advisor of the district of Greater Berlin to the NSDAP .

Richard Unger emigrated to the USA with his family during World War II and M. Kempinski & Co became part of Aschinger AG. A fire destroyed the restaurant on Kurfürstendamm 27. Many members of the once successful Kempinskis were persecuted by the Nazis and murdered in concentration camps. In 1951, Berthold Kempinski's grandson Friedrich Unger built a hotel on the returned property at Kurfürstendamm 27. The Hotel Kempinski was opened in 1952. In 1953, Friedrich Unger sold his shares and the Kempinski name to Hotelbetriebs-AG .

Hotel company stock corporation

The company was founded in 1897 by Leopold Koppel . It developed into the leading hotel operator in Berlin. The luxury hotels operated include the Hotel Bristol Unter den Linden , Hotel Bellevue and Centralhotel (with the Wintergarten variety ), as well as upscale cafes such as Café Kranzler and Café Bauer .

In 1926 Aschinger took over the majority in the stock corporation. In 1927 the Berlin hotel company with the hotels Kaiserhof and Baltic was taken over . In 1949 there was an expropriation by the East Berlin magistrate. Modest beginnings followed in West Berlin and West Germany. In 1953 the Hotel Kempinski on Kurfürstendamm was taken over. Kempinski acquired the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg in 1957 . In 1970 the general meeting decided to change the name to Kempinski Hotelbetriebs-AG . Kempinski takes a 50% stake in the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich.

The company was renamed Kempinski AG in 1977 . The Hotel Gravenbruch in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt is added to the portfolio as the fourth German hotel. Lufthansa acquired shares in Kempinski in 1985 and enables the hotel company to operate hotels abroad. In 1986, Kempinski Hotels SA in Geneva was created as the supporting organization. On September 9, 1999, the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein opened as the third hotel in the chain in the Rhine-Main area. The main shareholders decided in August 2002 to acquire the remaining 1.8% of the shares of the minority shareholders.

Until February 2017, Kempinski was majority owned by the Thai Crown Property Bureau , the royal family's asset management company. A total of 79 hotels in 31 countries belong to the portfolio of the luxury hotel group (as of March 2017). The sheikhs of Bahrain have had a majority in the company since February 2017.

List of Kempinski hotels

Status: August 2020
hotel place Country continent annotation
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin Berlin Germany Europe Leading Hotel of the World
Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden Dresden Germany Europe
Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch Frankfurt Neu-Isenburg Germany Europe
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg Hamburg Germany Europe from 2021: Autograph Collection, Marriott
Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden Germany Europe Opening in May 2015, takeover of the former Intercontinental
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich Munich Germany Europe
Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz Gozo Malta Europe
Kempinski Hotel Das Tirol Jochberg, Kitzbuehel Alps Jochberg Austria Europe
Palais Hansen Kempinski Vienna Vienna Austria Europe
Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains St. Moritz St. Moritz Switzerland Europe
San Clemente Palace Kempinski Venice Italy Europe Leading Hotel of the World
Kempinski Hotel Bahía Marbella Estepona Estepona Spain Europe
7Pines Kempinski Ibiza Ibiza Spain Europe
Kempinski Hotel Grand Arena Bansko Bulgaria Bansko Bulgaria Europe
Kempinski Hotel Adriatic Savudrija Croatia Europe
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest Budapest Hungary Europe
Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow Moscow Russia Europe
Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Russia Europe
Kempinski Grand Hotel Gelendzhik Gelendzhik Russia Europe
Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square Vilnius Lithuania Europe
Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga Riga Latvia Europe
Kempinski Palace Portorož Portorož Slovenia Europe
Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras Strbske Pleso Slovakia Europe
Djibouti Palace Kempinski Djibouti Djibouti (city) Djibouti Africa
Kempinski Hotel Soma Bay Soma Bay Egypt Africa
Kempinski Nile Hotel Cairo Egypt Africa
Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Cairo Cairo Egypt Africa
Kempinski Hotel Fleuve Congo Kinshasa DR Congo Africa
Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra Accra Ghana Africa
Kempinski Seychelles Resort Baie Lazare Seychelles Africa
Villa Rosa Kempinski Nairobi Kenya Africa
Olare Mara Kempinski Masai Mara Masai Mara Kenya Africa
Kempinski Hotel The Dome Belek Belek Turkey Asia
Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay Bodrum Bodrum Turkey Asia
Çirağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul Istanbul Turkey Asia Leading Hotel of the World
Kempinski Summerland Hotel & Resort Beirut Lebanon Asia
Kempinski Hotel Muscat Muscat Oman Asia
Kempinski Hotel Amman Jordan Amman Jordan Asia
Kempinski Hotel Aqaba Aqaba Jordan Asia
Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea Jordan Dead Sea Jordan Asia
Kempinski Hotel Ajman United Arab Emirates Ajman United Arab Emirates Asia
Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates Asia
Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah Dubai United Arab Emirates Asia
Emerald Palace Kempinski Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates Asia
Kempinski Suites & Residences Doha Doha Qatar Asia
Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl Doha Qatar Asia
Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski Riyadh Riad Saudi Arabia Asia
Kempinski Al Othman Hotel Al Khobar Al Khobar Saudi Arabia Asia
The Apurva Kempinski Bali Bali, Nusa Dua Indonesia Asia
Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta Jakarta Indonesia Asia
Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok Bangkok Thailand Asia
Kempinski Hotel Nay Pyi Taw Naypyitaw Myanmar Asia
The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore Singapore Singapore Asia
Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center Beijing China Asia
Sunrise Kempinski Hotel Beijing Beijing China Asia
Beijing Yanqi Island Pavilion Beijing China Asia
Yanqi Hotel Managed By Kempinski Beijing Beijing China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Changsha Changsha China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Chengdu Chengdu, Sichuan China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Chongqing Chongqing China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Dalian Dalian, Liaoning China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Fuzhou Fuzhou China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Guiyang Guiyang China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Hangzhou Hangzhou China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Huizhou Huizhou China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Nanjing Nanjing China Asia
The ONE Executive Suites managed by Kempinski Shanghai China Asia
Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai Shanghai - Pudong China Asia formerly Gran Melia Shanghai
Kempinski Hotel Shenyang Shenyang, Liaoning China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Shenzhen Shenzhen, Guangdong China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Suzhou Suzhou, Jiangsu China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Taiyuan Taiyuan China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Xiamen Xiamen China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Yinchuan Yinchuan China Asia
Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Asia
Cayo Guillermo Resort Kempinski Cuba Cayo Guillermo Cuba America
Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana Havana Cuba America
Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica Portsmouth Dominica America

Upcoming openings

Formerly planned Kempinski Hotels

  • Germany: Bansin on the island of Usedom , 2003 operating contract signed for Grand Hotel Kempinski Usedom on the beach promenade, later implementation by Seetel Hotels , start of construction of the Seetel Grandhotel Am Kaiserstrand in 2014

Former Kempinski Hotels

  • Argentina - Hotel Libertador Kempinski Buenos Aires
  • Argentina - formerly: four “Boutique Hotels”: Hotel Park Central, Hotel Park Château, Hotel Park Elegance and Hotel Park Plaza.
  • Argentina - Kempinski Patagonia Park Plaza Unique, now: Patagonia Park Plaza Unique El Calafate
  • Azerbaijan - Kempinski Hotel Badamdar Baku, now: Pullman Baku
  • Bahrain - Kempinski Grand & Ixir Hotel Bahrain City Center, since 2014: Le Méridien Bahrain City Center and The Westin Bahrain City Center
  • Belgium - Kempinski Hotel Dukes 'Palace Bruges , now: Hotel Dukes' Palace Bruges
  • Bulgaria - Kempinski Hotel Grand Hermitage, Golden Sands ; now: Melia Hotel Grand Hermitage
  • Bulgaria - Kempinski Hotel Zografski Sofia, now: Hotel Marinela Sofia
  • Chile - Hotel Plaza San Francisco Kempinski Santiago
  • China - Kempinski Hotel Sanya, Hainan Island , now: Nadara Resort & Spa
  • China - Kempinski Hotel Qingdao, now: Wyndham Grand Qingdao
  • China - Kempinski Hotel Haitang Bay Sanya
  • China - Kempinski Hotel Wuxi
  • China - Kempinski Hotel Xi'an, now: Xi'an Jin Jiang International Hotel
  • Hong Kong - Furama Kempinski Hotel; Demolished in 2001
  • Germany - Kempinski Bel Air Resort Binz (until 2006), now: Grand Hotel Binz
  • Germany - Kempinski Grand Heiligendamm , now: Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
  • Germany - Kempinski Hotel Rotes Ross Halle (Saale) , now: Dormero Hotel Halle (Saale)
  • Germany - Kempinski Hotel Elephant Weimar , later Luxury Collection , now Autograph Collection by Marriott
  • Germany - Kempinski Hotel Fürstenhof Leipzig (1996 to 2000), then taken over by Starwood Hotels / The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts
  • Germany - Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich; 2015 takeover by Hilton
  • Germany - Hotel Rheinpark Neuss Kempinski Düsseldorf, later Swissôtel, today Crowne Plaza
  • Germany - Kempinski Hotel & Resort Scharmützelsee, Bad Saarow, now: Arosa Resort
  • Germany - Reinhartshausen Castle Kempinski Eltville Frankfurt, Eltville am Rhein
  • Germany - Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin , since 2017 Hotel Bristol Berlin (as Kempinski Partner Hotel)
  • Germany - Falkenstein Grand Kempinski in Königstein im Taunus (1999 to 2019); now Autograph Collection by Marriott
  • Germany - Villa Rothschild Kempinski in Königstein im Taunus (2009 to 2019); now Autograph Collection by Marriott
  • Greece - Kempinski Nikopolis, now: Nikopolis Thessaloniki
  • Great Britain - The Stafford London by Kempinski, now: The Stafford ( London )
  • India - Leela Kempinski, now: The Leela Kovalam Beach ( Kerala )
  • India - The Leela Palace Kempinski Bangalore, now: The Leela Palace Bengaluru
  • India - The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon Delhi, now: The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel & Residences
  • India - The Leela Kempinski Goa, now: The Leela Goa
  • India - The Leela Palace, now: The Leela Palace Chennai
  • India - The Leela Kempinski Kovalam Beach Kerala, now: The Leela Kovalam
  • India - The Leela Kempinski Mumbai, now: The Leela Mumbai
  • India - The Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur, now: The Leela Palace Udaipur
  • India - The Leela Palace Kempinski New Delhi, now: The Leela Palace New Delhi
  • India - Kempinski Ambience Hotel, now: The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel Delhi
  • Italy - Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Constanza Resort, now: Giardino di Constanza Mazara del Vallo (Trapani)
  • Italy - Kempinski Hotel Pragelato Village Turin , now: Pragelato Village Resort
  • Canada - Ritz-Carlton Kempinski Montreal
  • Canada - Sutton Place Hotel Kempinski Toronto
  • Mali - Kempinski Hotel El Farouk Bamako, now: Hotel Laico El Farouk
  • Morocco - Hotel Kempinski Mansour Eddhabi, now: Hotel Mansour Eddhabi & Palais des Congrès
  • Namibia - Kempinski Mokuti Lodge, now: Mokuti Etosha Lodge
  • Namibia - Kempinski Midgard Country Estate, now: Midgard Country Estate
  • Austria - Kempinski Bad Tatzmannsdorf , now: Reiters Supreme Hotel
  • Russia - Hotel Nikol'skaya Kempinski Moscow, Moscow; today: The St. Regis Moscow Nikolskaya ( Starwood )
  • Switzerland - Le Mirador Kempinski Lake Geneva, Le Mont-Pèlerin , now: Le Mirador Resort & Spa
  • Switzerland - Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva, now: Fairmont Grand Hotel, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
  • Slovakia - Kempinski Hotel River Park, Bratislava, now: Grand Hotel River Park
  • Spain - Grand Hotel Atlantis Bahia Real Fuerteventura
  • Tanzania - Hotel Kempinski Zanzibar , now: Melia Zanzibar Kiwenga Beach
  • Tanzania - Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski in Dar es Salaam, now: Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro
  • Thailand - Kempinski Hotel Cher Fa Khao Lak, now: JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort and Spa
  • Thailand - The Mansion Kempinski Bangkok
  • Chad - Kempinski Hotel N'Djamena Chad, now: Ledger Plaza N'Djamena Chad
  • Czech Republic - Kempinski Hybernská Prague, now: The Mark Luxury Hotel Prague (since 2014 , even if the press report states 2008 )
  • USA - Hotel 21 East Kempinski Chicago
  • USA - Campton Place Hotel Kempinski San Francisco; 2019: Taj Hotels
  • USA - Checkers Hotel Kempinski Los Angeles; 2019: Hilton Checkers Los Angeles
  • USA - Grand Kempinski Dallas (1988–1997), formerly The Registry Hotel, from Nov. 1997 Inter-Continental Dallas, since 2018 Renaissance Dallas Addison
  • United Arab Emirates - Emirates Palace Hotel , Abu Dhabi ; since January 2020: Mandarin Oriental

literature

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  • Elfi Splendor : M. Kempinski & Co. Nicolai, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-87584-458-0 .
  • Jochen Kleining: M. Kempinski & Co. "The Aryanization" of a traditional Berlin company . Diplomica Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 3-8366-6194-2 .
  • Michael Klein: Aschinger Group - Aschinger's Aktien-Gesellschaft, Hotelbetriebs-AG, M. Kempinski & Co. Weinhaus und Handelsgesellschaft mbH . In: Landesarchiv Berlin: Find aids . Bd. 34. Stock group A Rep. 225. Berlin 34.2005 (introduction, overview and summary, especially p. XIII ff., Extensive lit.-indexed; landesarchiv-berlin.de (PDF; 1.5 MB), Landesarchiv Berlin ).
  • Michael Klein: Aschinger - not just a name, but a term! . In: Berlin in the past and present. Yearbook of the Landesarchiv, Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-7861-2501-5 , pp. 117-134.

media

  • Dora Heinze: Kempinski - a Berlin chronicle. Production of the SFB

Web links

Commons : Kempinski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry of “Kempinski Hotels SA” in the commercial register of the Canton of Geneva
  2. ↑ Two royal houses swap power at Kempinski , Welt.de, accessed on February 27, 2017
  3. ^ WORLD: Hotel industry: Two more Kempinski hotels are leaving “Leading” . July 24, 2009 ( welt.de [accessed November 5, 2019]).
  4. ↑ The "heir" of the Kempinskis . ( Memento from October 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) In: Jüdische Zeitung , January 2007
  5. ^ CV newspaper. General newspaper of Judaism. XVI. Year No. 19, Berlin, May 13, 1937, p. 18, Merchant's Notebook, General ( pdf ( memento of March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  6. ↑ Marlies Emmerich: Everything lost - only the hotel name remained - Fritz Carpet is fighting for recognition of the Kempinski family heritage . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 8, 2007
  7. ↑ a b Christoph Laubscher: Crimes out of greed - nicely packaged - review of the SFB production Kempinski - a Berlin Chronicle . Originally published in: Junge Welt 05/1998
  8. ↑ kempinski.com
  9. ↑ https://www.touristik-aktuell.de/nachrichten/hotels/news/daten/2017/12/22/kempinski-verliert-das-atlantic/
  10. ↑ The InterConti Berchtesgaden becomes a Kempinski ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ AHGZ Kempinski invests in Bansin: Operator contract for Grandhotel Insel Usedom signed , November 1, 2003, accessed on January 9, 2014
  12. ↑ Seetel ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) The two major projects, the “Grandhotel Kaiserstrand” (approx. 130 hotel rooms) and the “Mare Balticum Suite Resort” (approx. 70 suites and apartments) on the beach promenade in Bansin Usedom, to be realized from 2014 , accessed on January 9, 2014
  13. ↑ Starwood takes over Bahrain hotels from Kempinski Hotelier Middle East , July 1, 2014, accessed November 13, 2018
  14. ↑ https://www.tophotel.de/hotelmarkt-weimar-elephant-schliesst-bis-ende-2018-18428/
  15. ↑ http://www.voelcker-hospitality.de/downloads/Rheinpark-Plaza_a3.pdf
  16. ↑ https://www.tophotel.de/uebernahmedas-grand-hotel-kempinski-geneva-wird-zum-fairmont-48597/
  17. ↑ Mark Luxury Hotel Prague ( Memento from December 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ http://www.grandmark.cz/files/press-kit-eng.pdf
  19. ↑ https://www.tophotel.de/nach-15-jahren-unter-kempinski-flagge-das-emirates-palace-wird-ein-mandarin-oriental-49318/

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