The Astrum luxury hotel will open in Shelkovo near Moscow at the end of 2013. Owner of the property is Shelkowskij Holding, while management of the hotel 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."