Rezidor Announces the Park Inn Leuven, Belgium
JULY 8, 2008. The Rezidor Hotel Group (STO:REZT) announces the Park Inn Leuven - the property with 133 rooms will open its doors in Q3 2010.
It is Rezidor's second Park Inn in Belgium, the company already runs the Park Inn Li`ege (100 rooms) directly at the airport. The young and innovative mid market brand Park Inn is Rezidor's fastest growing brand: Across EMEA and in between five years the portfolio grew to more than 100 hotels in operation and under development with almost 21,000 rooms.
The Park Inn Leuven will be built at the Martelarenlaan alongside Leuven Central Station - as part of a mixed use development consisting of offices, retail space, public underground parking, residential apartments and hotels. Besides 133 rooms the new property will feature a restaurant with terrace, a lobby bar, a business centre, seven meeting rooms and a fitness room. Via a pedestrian bridge the Park Inn will be directly connected to Leuven Central Station (Brussels International Airport is only 15 minutes away by train). The hotel also will offer easy access to the city ring road leading to major motorways connecting Leuven with all major cities in Belgium. Leuven city centre is within 15 minutes walking distance.
Leuven itself is a beautiful medieval city, famous for its catholic university, plenty of student pubs, restaurants and tourist attractions. The town is also home of world acclaimed research centres within microelectronics and nanotechnology. And last but not least one of the world's leading beer brewer InBev is based in Leuven.
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