Savoy Hotel (Moscow)

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name = The Savoy Hotel Moscow


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location = 3/6, b.1, Rozhdestvenka Str.
location_town = Moscow, 109012
location_country = Russian Federation
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size = The Savoy Hotel Moscow is a Russian historical hotel in the Moscow city center, re-opened after major renovation in 2005. The symbol of the hotel is salamander.

Location

coord|55|45|38|N|37|37|23|E|region:RU_type:landmark_scale:2000, at 3/6, b.1, Rozhdestvenka, Moscow, 109012, Russia.

History

Savoy Hotel opened in 1913. Then, the original 5-storey building had the most recent equipment of the time, as elevators, phones in the rooms, and safes. Among the hotel guests there were Sergey Yesenin, Isadora Duncan, and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Moscow literati en masse honored the hotel reception with their presence, reading their new poems. After the Russian Revolution and the World War II Savoy remained the main attraction for the children of Communist elite.

In 1959, in honor of the 10th anniversary of German Democratic Republic, the hotel was renamed Berlin and started specializing on guests from Germany and Austria. Only in 1989 did the hotel return its historical name.

In the recent years, here stayed Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Maradona, Richard Gere, Patricia Kaas, Cindy Crawford and other celebrities.

In December 2005, Savoy Hotel had his 2nd birth. The total volume of investments into its reconstruction was over $20.000.000 USD. It finished certification in the “5 stars” category and became the first Russian representative of prestigious league of «Small Luxury Hotels of the World».

The redesign was made by Leonardo Tognoni, who previously restored Palazzo Barberini and Borghese Gallery in Rome, as well as Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The retro style of the hotel’s past collaborates with the fashions of today. The important trend was the use of natural materials as wood, marble, wool etc. Fusion and grandeur of the hotel allows positioning it as hotel boutique.

Current ownership

The hotel is owned by OAO «Infa-Otel'», whose stocks are shared between Musgrave Holdings (84%) — a member of Guta Group, and the Government of Moscow (16%).

Links

* [http://www.savoy.ru/ Official site]