Althoff Hotels changes concept

Hamburg. Cologne-based Althoff Hotels will be the first hotel group to open a hotel in Hamburg's historical Speicherstadt city quarter. The 4-star hotel will be a “Smart Business Hotel” and part of the Ameron Collection.

Frankfurt. Last Friday, the sudden onset of winter, which produced endless traffic jams, unexpectedly thwarted Thomas Althoff in Cologne: at the press conference in Frankfurt, Ameron’s Vice President Edgar Lichter introduced the new Ameron line called “Edition Fine Boutique Hotels” as well as the group’s further plans for expansion. These also include small villas. When it comes to future business development, neither traffic jams nor a snail’s pace are standards the Althoff Group bases its expansion on. The group from Rhineland aims at opening two new hotels per year. With this category, it seems that the group obviously wants to gather new guests for Althoff’s more upscale gourmet hotels.