Owner
of the property is Shelkowskij Holding, while management of
thehotel will be in the hands of Vienna International
Hotelmanagement AG (VI). Already one year before its grand
opening, the 5-star luxury hotel has been
accepted for membership in
The Leading Hotels of
the World as one of the world’s best hotels on the
Russian luxury hotel market. With a 3,400 m² spa and a
1,900 m² conference area, the hotel’s focus is clearly on
Vienna International’s two greatest strengths: wellness holidays
and conference tourism.
The
newest high-end hotel in the greater Moscow region is
currently being built on 27 floors in Shelkovo, around 20 km from the
Russian capital, in an urban agglomeration with a population of 1
million. Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG has been involved
from the beginning, assisting the 5-star hotel in product
development, the conception process and the pre-opening phase, and
will assume management of the new Leading Hotel of the
World after it opens. “I am pleased that we are making good
progress with our expansion on the Russian market. For the greater
Moscow area, the Astrum Hotel represents something new in
the sense of a city resort,” says Dr. Andreas Karsten, CEO of
Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG. “We expect that
the hotel will become a new landmark with corresponding
appeal in the greater Moscow region.”
Already
one year before its opening, the Astrum luxury hotel has
been accepted for membership in the hotel alliance
of The Leading Hotels of the World. “This is an
indication that we have done our job well and that
the hotel amenities and the planned services are of a high
enough quality to merit this renowned seal of approval,” says
Martin Lachout, the Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG board
member in charge of project development. “With our many years of
experience in the luxury hotel segment, we know what our
5-star guests want. For 10 years, we have worked very well together
with The Leading Hotels of the World, for example, in our
5-star Le Palais Hotel in Prague. We are now continuing
this successful cooperation in Russia in order to offer more of our
guests a seal of approval for the quality that we offer.”
For
Shelkowskij Holding, the company behind this lavish project, the
exceptional theme hotel is a way to actively promote the
Shelkovo region: “In addition to our other activities within the
holding company, we see ourselves with thishotel project as a
developer who assumes responsibility for the region,” says Dmitry
Barchenkov, CEO of Shelkowo Holding: “The hotel is an
important prestige object for the region around Moscow, helping to
boost the international profile as well as improving the
infrastructure and employment situation in the Shelkovo region.”
The hotel is clearly positioned in line with the demands on
Russia’s luxury market, where special services are required if one
wants to stand out. This includes a rooftop heliport as well as a
private butler service.
Luxury
wellness and medical spa
The
Astrum Hotel, the first and only internationally managed
luxury hotel outside of Moscow, will be run as a conference
and relaxation oasis far
from the stress of the big city. No expenses
are being spared in this regard. The necessary privacy will be
guaranteed by private spa suites and saunas, the repertoire of beauty
treatments will be constantly complemented by products from
big-name cosmetics
producers, and the medical spa will offer a whole
series of minor medical treatments such as minimal-invasive aesthetic
medicine, alternative treatment methods and nutritional science as
well as burnout prevention and treatment. The offer will also include
post-operative care of cosmetic treatments performed at national
beauty clinics plus comprehensive two-and-three-day preventive
check-ups. An Ayurveda centre is also planned, with a team of
physicians and specialists from India to offer guests a range of
Ayurveda treatments.
Realising
individual event concepts
As
an operator of highly successful conference and event hotels,
Vienna International Hotels & Resorts understands what
guests need, and the unusually large conference area of the new
Russian hotel will be designed accordingly. The 1,900 m²
event area of the Astrum Hotels Shelkovo will occupy seven
separate event rooms on three floors. A 335 m² conference hall with
amphitheatre seating, a 600 m² event room, and five large meeting
rooms will make it possible to hold events for
up to 1,000 attendees. The result is an open platform for the
realisation of a variety of creative concepts. A separate entrance to
the conference area will minimise the impact of external events
on hotel operations.
Culinary
and international diversity
In
addition to the main hotel restaurant, the
Astrum Hotel Shelkovo will also feature a Japanese
restaurant with a show kitchen as well as an intimate French
à-la-carte restaurant on the 23rd floor offering panorama views and
a seating capacity for 44 guests. A sky bar will also be housed on
the same floor. Further facilities will include a fitness lounge, a
lobby bar and an exclusive VIP club.
The
composition of the hand-selected team has already begun: General
Manager Frank Bauer will start choosing
his international team in January, focusing especially on Japanese
culinary masters as well as a French chef de cuisine.
Luxury
design at every turn
Vienna
International Hotels & Resorts has made a name for
itself as a design-oriented company, and the AstrumHotel Shelkovo
will also feature a conceptual style.
Not
far from Star City, Russia’s Cosmonaut training centre, the theme
of “space and time” will define the entire hotel in the
form of design solutions and works of art in expressions ranging from
antiquity all the way to the age of relativity.
The
interiors were created by internationally renowned Italian arts
craftsman and designer Francesco Molon. A modern skyscraper from the
outside, the interiors will be more like those of a Venetian palazzo.
Decorated in tasteful colours, the rooms will seem like a 19th
century salon with heavy curtains, lavish carved ornaments,
upholstered footstools and framed paintings unobtrusively adorning
the scene.
