The Rezidor Hotel Group has announced two new Radisson Blu hotels in Germany.

Both are existing properties - the Radisson Blu Hotel Dortmund will be re-branded in January 2013; the Radisson Blu Hotel Bremen will follow in June 2013.

The hotels will be softly renovated over a period of 18 months.

“We are delighted to further strengthen our long term cooperation with our business partner Pandox, owner of both properties.

“At the same time, we grow our portfolio in Germany to 53 hotels in operation and under development, and underline the importance this home market has for us”, said Kurt Ritter, president of Rezidor.

The Radisson Blu Hotel Dortmund is located in the city’s peripheral area; close to the Westfalen soccer stadium and the fair and exhibition centre Westfalenhalle.

The site enjoys easy motorway access and is ten km away from the airport and three km from Dortmund downtown.

All 190 guest rooms – among them five junior suites – are equipped with Radisson Blu signature services like free high speed internet access.

Dortmund is part of Western Germany’s Ruhr area, and has 600,000 inhabitants.

The Radisson Blu Hotel Bremen is located on the famous Böttcherstraße, Bremen’s historic shopping street in the heart of the old town.

Also the port and many of the city’s well-known companies lie close to the hotel.

Bremen is a commercial and industrial city with 500,000 inhabitants in northern Germany, and has a major port on the river Weser.