On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the andel’s Hotel and the 25th anniversary of VI Hotels & Resort, 1,500 visitors came to the andel’s Hotel Berlin on the eve of ITB 2014 to celebrate a wonderful evening together.A festive evening awaited the more than 1,500 guests from all over the world who followed the anniversary invitation to the andel’s Hotel Berlin. And with the 25th anniversary of VI Hotels & Resorts and the 5th anniversary of the andel’s Berlin, there certainly was plenty to celebrate.

Following a short speech by VI Hotels CEO Dr. Andreas Karsten, UBM CTO DI Martin Löcker and Warimpex CEO Dr. Franz Jurkowitsch, the party went on into the early morning hours with live music from the band JCB, which had already wowed the crowds at the VI’s 2012 ITB Party, plus DJs and delicious treats from the kitchen of andel’s Berlin chef de cuisine Alexander Koppe. With a light show by performance artist Lichtfaktor, an enormous birthday cake and the lounge areas decked out in the design of VI’s successful proprietary brands andel’s, angelo and Arcadia, the andel’s Berlin underlined its reputation of hosting the hottest ITB party in town.

andel’s Hotel Berlin
The 4-star superior design hotel is a member of Vienna International Hotels & Resorts and, with a total of 557 rooms and suites on ten floors as well as a spacious 3,800 m² conference and event centre, is among the most attractive conference hotels in the heart of Berlin. A 570 m² ballroom, a fully glass-enclosed sky.bar on the 14th floor of the 60-metre hotel tower – offering panorama views over the rooftops of Berlin – plus the sophisticated fine-dining restaurant a.choice with walk-in wine chamber complement the ensemble. Guests of the andel’s Hotel Berlin also have a 550 m² wellness area and a hotel underground car park with 550 spaces at their disposal.

Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG was founded in 1989. On the basis of individual management contracts, Vienna International operates and is developing a total of 36 first‐class hotels & resorts and 1 hotel project. The portfolio, which also includes one Leading Hotel of the World, comprises city, resort, spa and conference hotels. The hotels are located in nine European countries: Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, France, Germany, Romania, Slovakia and Russia. In addition to holiday and leisure products internationally, e.g. in Loipersdorf, Salzburg, Carlsbad and Opatija, the focus of the destinations is on business centres such as Salzburg, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Prague, Cracow, Łódź, Bucharest and Ekaterinburg. The hotels under management by VI generated € 177 million in revenue with 2.4 million bed nights in 2013.
The group currently employs a total of about 2,500 people. More information is available at www.vi-hotels.com.

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