Kempinski Palace Hotel (Portorož)
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Kempinski Palace Hotel is a five-star deluxe hotel in Portorož
, Slovenia
on the Adriatic coast. The Slovenian owner, coastal company Istrabenz Hoteli Portorož
, signed a contract with a German hotel chain Kempinski to run and manage this hotel for at least 20 years. When they renovated the hotel, the front side was kept for historical reasons and everything else was demolished . The renovation was planned by Slovenian architects Sadar+Vuga and cost about 70 million euros. The Hotel was reopened in 2008.
. At that time it was a tourist attraction of the highest quality. Portorož was, together with Grado
and Opatija
, categorized as one of the most important coast resorts and spas on the Austrian Riviera
.
At the end of 1983, it was proclaimed as a cultural heritage centre, and a park in front of hotel was called a heritage of designed nature. It was closed in 1990 and reopened in 2008. The central part of the hotel is Kristalna dvorana, or Crystal Hall.
Portorož
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, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
on the Adriatic coast. The Slovenian owner, coastal company Istrabenz Hoteli Portorož
Istrabenz
Istrabenz is a Slovenian holding company one of the largest in Slovenia having a total of 73 companies under its management.StructureFood Droga Kolinska d.d.*Grand Kafa AD Beograd*Štark AD Beograd...
, signed a contract with a German hotel chain Kempinski to run and manage this hotel for at least 20 years. When they renovated the hotel, the front side was kept for historical reasons and everything else was demolished . The renovation was planned by Slovenian architects Sadar+Vuga and cost about 70 million euros. The Hotel was reopened in 2008.
History
Hotel Palace was built by Austrian architect Johann Eustacchio and opened in 1910 at the time of Austro-Hungarian EmpireAustria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
. At that time it was a tourist attraction of the highest quality. Portorož was, together with Grado
Grado, Italy
Grado is a town and comune in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on a peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste....
and Opatija
Opatija
Opatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. , the town proper had a population of 7,850, with the municipality having a total 12,719 inhabitants.-Geography:...
, categorized as one of the most important coast resorts and spas on the Austrian Riviera
Austrian Riviera
The Austrian Riviera is a description for the coastal strip of former Austrian Littoral, a Habsburg crown land which until 1919 stretched along the northeastern Adriatic Coast.The Austrian Riviera covered coastal areas adjacent the port city of Trieste...
.
At the end of 1983, it was proclaimed as a cultural heritage centre, and a park in front of hotel was called a heritage of designed nature. It was closed in 1990 and reopened in 2008. The central part of the hotel is Kristalna dvorana, or Crystal Hall.
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