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2016

November 2016

Urban House in Copenhagen becomes a MEININGER Hotel

MEININGER Hotel Group and Pandox AB signed a lease agreement for a hotel in Copenhagen. The Urban House Copenhagen Hostel is currently operated by Pandox. MEININGER will be taking on the new 218 room hotel on the 1st January 2017. The hotel will be undergoing a soft refurbishment throughout the first 12 months of operation.

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November 2016

MEININGER to open a hotel in Zurich

The MEININGER Group is to open its first hotel in Switzerland in the sustainable Zurich district of Greencity. MEININGER and the turnkey contractor Losinger Marazzi AG have signed a corresponding contract. The hotel will have some 170 rooms and about 600 beds and is expected to open at the end of 2019.

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October 2016

MEININGER Hotels are going to open a hotel in Milan

MEININGER Hotels and the Italian leading property company Beni Stabili SIIQ have signed an agreement for a hotel in Milan. The building is situated at Piazza Monte Titano in front of the Lambrate railway station. The 131-room, 491-bed hotel is expected to open in early 2018.

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October 2016

MEININGER has signed a contract for a new hotel in Heidelberg

The hotel will be located at the Carl-Benz-street 4-6 close to the central station. The opening of the first MEININGER hotel in Heidelberg is planned for the beginning of 2019 with a lease term of 20 years. The new hotel will offer 336 beds in 100 rooms on 5 floors.

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September 2016

Michael Gies new CFO and Boris Jaster new General Counsel

Michael Gies joins MEININGER Team as new Chief Finance Officer and Boris Jaster as new General Counsel.

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September 2016

MEININGER Hotels: Eva Bachmann appointed to the new position of Director Acquisitions and Strategy

Eva Bachmann has held the new position of Director Acquisitions and Strategy at MEININGER Hotels since August this year. In addition, she has also assumed the function of Executive Assistant to the CEO.

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July 2016

MEININGER to open a hotel in Leipzig at the beginning of 2017

MEININGER Hotels will open a hotel in close proximity to Leipzig's main station at the beginning of 2017. The former ibis Hotel from the Accor Group will be converted in accordance with MEININGER standards and will ultimately have 404 beds available in 126 rooms.

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July 2016

John Sequeira joins the MEININGER team as Risk Consultant

John joins the MEININGER team after more than fifteen years of experience in senior management positions.

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2015

October 2015

MEININGER Hotels to open in Budapest

Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels will open a hotel in Budapest located in the immediate vicinity of the city centre on Csarnok tér, next to the Great Market Hall.

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