Corinthia Hotels announced the re-launch of its refurbished and extended 400-bedroom luxury hotel on Nevskiy Prospect in St Petersburg, Russia, having more bedrooms and more facilities under one roof than any other luxury hotel in the City.  Her Excellency the Governor of St Petersburg Valentina Matvienko officially inaugurated the new hotel at a grand opening ceremony on Monday 25th May. 

  His Excellency Professor Guido de Marco, President Emeritus of Malta, Mr Alfred Pisani, Founder and Chairman of Corinthia Hotels and Mr Vadim Tulpanov, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg, also presided over the grand ceremony, for which several dignitaries from Russia and overseas attended.

 

  The Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel was acquired as an operating hotel in 2002 by International Hotel Investments (IHI) plc, a Malta-based hotel investment, development and management company, which owns and manages Corinthia Hotels worldwide. At the time, IHI also acquired the vacant grand properties on either side of the Hotel on the city’s main boulevard.

 

  Over the past two years, IHI has invested a further Euro 100 million, including the total refurbishment of the original Hotel, complete with a brand new and larger, grand foyer, a new restaurant and new bars. The adjoining buildings on either side of the hotel, which had been acquired in a state of serious disrepair, were demolished and carefully reconstructed with ornate facades matching their original splendour, rebuilt using traditional techniques.

 

  One of the adjoining properties at Nevskij 59 now houses the executive wing to the Corinthia Hotel, featuring 107 executive suites and bedrooms along with a 250-square-metre Presidential Suite and an executive lounge, bringing the hotel’s total inventory to almost 400 rooms. The centrepiece of this extension is the Grand Ballroom, seating close to 600 persons, which is the largest meeting space of its kind in any five-star hotel in the City of St Petersburg. The ballroom is further supported by a suite of 14 executive meeting rooms. Over 1,200 guests can be accommodated at any one time in the conference facilities.

 

  The other adjoining property, at Nevskij 55 now houses a stand-alone retail mall and commercial centre, which will be officially inaugurated later this year.

 

 

 

 

 

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