Radisson Blu

Radisson Blu
Owner / user	Radisson Hotel Group
Introductory year	2009
Products	Hotels & Resorts
Markets	Worldwide
Website	radissonhotels.com

Radisson Blu is a four- to five-star brand of the Radisson Hotel Group , which operates around 400 hotels in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. It was named after the French explorer, ranger and fur trader Pierre-Esprit Radisson .

development

Until 2005 the company was majority owned by the SAS Group , the parent company of SAS Scandinavian Airlines , and operated under the name Radisson SAS . After the complete takeover by Rezidor (now Radisson Hotel Group ), it has been operating under the current name Radisson Blu since February 2009 .

Radisson Blu is currently (as of January 2019) in German-speaking countries with 22 hotels in Germany, three hotels in Austria (in Salzburg and Vienna ) and five hotels in Switzerland (in Andermatt , Basel , Lucerne , St. Gallen and at Zurich Airport ) represented. Another hotel in Geneva is under construction in Switzerland .

Well-known houses

The hotel towers are typical of Radisson Blu. Because of the famous design by the architect Arne Jacobsen , the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Copenhagen (formerly SAS Hotel , today Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen ), built in the international style, was one of the most famous hotels of the brand. Another hotel is located in the Tour Part-Dieu in Lyon . The Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg is the tallest hotel in the city at 118 m. The Hotel Ukraine in Moscow has also been part of the brand since 2010.

In addition, some traditional stores were also taken over from the chain, such as the Schwarze Bock in Wiesbaden .

A hostage-taking occurred in the hotel in the Malian capital Bamako on November 20, 2015 .