Le Méridien Grand Hotel Nuremberg

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	2008
		The Dalai Lama is visiting Germany! During his stay in the City of Human Rights he stayed in the LE MERIDIEN GRAND HOTEL.
	2007
		Germany holds the Presidency of the European Council. In March the EU-ASEAN conference is taking place in Nuremberg. The foreign secretaries of the ASEAN countries and the foreign secretaries of the European Union were meeting in the Franconian metropolis. The Le Méridien Grand Hotel was exclusively booked by the German officials. For two days the GRAND HOTEL became to the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 17 Asian and European foreign secretaries were staying during this time in one of the 5 executive and 12 junior suites of the hotel.
	2006
		The Lucky-Hotel. We are Worldchampion! Five football national teams were staying in the Le Méridien Grand Hotel and none of the teams lost! We did it! During the five world cup games in Nuremberg we hosted the national teams from Mexico, England, Japan, Ghana and Portugal. Besides about 75 rooms located on two exclusive and inaccessible floors. The historical Richard Wagner Room served as dining room for the players and the officials. Under the strict control of the chefs of the team the chef of the hotel prepared regional specialities of the particular country on a daily basis. The requirements of the particular doctors were strictly followed. Especially foods containing a lot of carbohydrates as well as lots of liqid like juices were on the menu. It got exotic for our Japanese guests; here two chefs were cooking live for them in the dining room. We are very proud that the meals as well as the especially considerate service of our house contributed to the fact that none of the hosted teams lost their games in Nuremberg. The players felt that comfortable staying at our hotel, that although the temperatures were very high that summer, this did not affect the results.
	2005
		The General Rehearsal for the World Cup 2007 During the "Mini World Cup" – the Confederations Cup™ - Nuremberg was one of the venues for the games. The Brazilian national team, the later winner of the Cup was staying for four days in the Le Méridien Grand Hotel Nuremberg. This was the perfect general rehearsal for the GRAND HOTEL. At this point it was already confirmed that the GRAND HOTEL would host five teams during the world cup 2006.

		Since November 2005 the Le Meridien Grand Hotel Nuremberg is a part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts More than 850 new travel destinations worldwide open up for corporate clients as well as frequent guests of the GRAND HOTEL. Additionally the advantages of many bonus programs can be used. Book a room, stay over night and receive a reward - become a member of one of the exclusive bonus programs. More information onwww.starwoodhotels.com. Through Starwood the philosophy of the management changed as well. With the help of programs such as Six Sigma and Blue Ocean Starwood implements new standards within the hotel industry.
	2003
		The long time general manager of the hotel, Mr. Horst Berl, retired in November. His successor, Mr. Ingo Hörnecke, did his apprenticeship at the GRAND HOTEL.
	2002
		The LE MERDIEN GRAND HOTEL NUREMBERG hosts, during the SPD party convention, the leading top management of the party. Amongst them chancellor Gerhard Schröder, Rudolf Scharping, Wolfgang Thierse and Franz Müntefering.
	2000
		For the first time the hotel was covered by fairy lights for the Christmas Market. Every evening 30.000 lights were shining on its facade. What was originally thought to be a one time action by general manager Horst Berl got so popular that turned into a permanent feature.
	1996
		Forte Hotels PLC was taken over in January by Granada PLC. In November the GRAND HOTEL NUREMBERG was integrated in the international known hotel chain LE MERIDIEN.
	1988
		Forte Hotels PLC acquired the traditional house (property and management) and started an extensive rebuilding and renovation program. The basement was again built up in the Art Deco Style. All rooms and bathrooms were completely renovated, the rooms all got marble bathrooms and most of them were also equipped with air condition.
	1980
		The property was bought by Ignaz Bubis, a businessman from Frankfurt and the Penta Hotel Company took over the management.
	1954
		The hotel was returned to its previous owners the Lotz family. The neighbour building remains in the hands of the Americans and turns later into the „Bavarian American Hotel“. Soon after those events not only businessmen returned to their favourite residence but also entertainer like Hildegard Knef, Bob Dylan, Harry Belafonte, Die Beatles, Herbert von Karajan, Joe Cocker and many more stayed at the Grand Hotel.
	1945
		After the war the building was used as headquarter by the American army.
	1939
		The zenith of the hotel was once again interrupted by world war II.
	1921
		All rooms of the old building were equipped with running water; three new private bathrooms were created. The dining room was recreated into a modern restaurant and the barbecue room turned into the Palace Cafe. For the following years the GRAND HOTEL NUREMBERG is the only option for aristocrats, important people from the industry and other high ranking persons to stay at. An extract from the guest list: His Highness Prince Max Theodor of Thurn und Taxis Her Highness Duchess of Westminster His Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria His Royal Highness Duke Max of Württemberg His Majesty King Wilhelm of Württemberg His Imperial Highness Grand Prince Kyrill of Russia His Royal Highness Prince Carol of Rumania His Majesty King Gustav V of Sweden
	1920
		The widow of Rudolf Lotz first ran the hotel on her own, and later together with her second husband Georges Richert.
	1919
		Due to the energy of the Lotz family the hotel succeeded to survive those hard times. Rudolf Lotz bought the estate Gleißbühlerstrasse 15 to use it as a garage for the hotel. Today this is the Hotel Bayrischer Hof. The war was hard for Rudolf Lotz health; he died in October at the age of 47.
	1914
		The Grand Hotel had only one good season. – 1913, after the beginning of the war, the tourism and also the railway traffic came almost completely to an end. Only two express trains per day were running between Berlin and Munich via Nuremberg.
	1912
		The New Building is finished and the main entrance faces the central station. Now the hotel has 35 private bathrooms and 5 apartments. All rooms were now equipped with wall-to-wall carpets, mahogany and cherry tree furnishings and telephone mainlines. On the right side of the main entrance an elegant barbecue room was build. Behind it, around the courtyard (today’s Albrecht-Dürer Room) conference rooms were created. Besides the chandeliers the Richard-Wagner-Room remained untouched. Buying the property plus the reconstruction of the building cost around 4 Million German mark.
	1911
		Rudolf Lotz created reconstruction plans to satisfy the huge run and to keep up to the progress. On July 25th 1911 the cornerstone for the annexe at the Bahnhofstr. 3 was set.
	1907
		Nuremberg experiences a huge boom as an international tourism city; this was not only due to the Richard-Wagner- Festivals in Bayreuth. But through them the Grand Hotel got a huge reputation within the international high society.
	1899
		The Grand Hotel was sold to Mr. Carl Schorr for 1.1 Million German mark.
	1896
		The GRAND HOTEL opens its doors to the public. The hotel had about 80 rooms with 100 beds altogether. As it was common those days the hotel did not have running water and only one bathroom.
	1895
		Mr Oskar Weigel bought an old farm house with a hop barn next door from the Heidenreich family. He combined the two buildings into a first class Hotel - the Grand Hotel.

		The GRAND HOTEL still is the number one hotel in Nuremberg, sheiks, kings and international celebrities are amongst its regular guests. Do you feel keen on staying for one night in the winner hotel? Here you find our current over night offers.