February 15th, 2022 - Hotel Adriatic in Dubrovnik is to be transformed from a two-star facility into an elegant four-star hotel

The Maestral hotel group from Dubrovnik has announced a major investment cycle. Over the next few years, the group is planning to make significant investments in its hotels in order to become a luxury hotel chain of the highest category, reports Morski.hr.

Hotel Adriatic is the first announced investment of the Maestral group. It’s to be transformed from a two-star facility into an elegant four-star hotel, retaining the same capacity of 140 luxury accommodation units that offer a beautiful view of the sea and the Petka forest park.

The five floors of the hotel will host a shopping promenade and a modern restaurant with a spacious terrace offering a superb gourmet experience, among numerous other facilities. The hotel will also have a beach and its own parking garage.

A spectacular infinity pool on the rooftop is another attraction the group has planned for Hotel Adriatic, along with a sunbathing area and an exclusive rooftop bar offering a spectacular view of the Elaphites.

Hotel Uvala, a four-star hotel with 51 accommodation units, will undergo an adaptation as well. Remodelling is planned for the interior of the hotel, the accommodation units, the wellness and spa centre, and other hotel facilities.

Together, the reconstruction of Hotel Adriatic and adaptation of Hotel Uvala amount to an investment of 150 million kuna in total.

'We are raising the bar of Dubrovnik's tourist offer with another luxury hotel that will directly contribute to economic growth of the destination as a whole, as well as the Maestral Hotel Group', said Maestral's president of the board Joško Prkačin.

A construction permit has already been obtained for the reconstruction of Hotel Adriatic, and the investment planning will begin immediately after the permit becomes final. Work is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2022, after the tourist season; the new Hotel Adriatic will welcome its first guests at the end of 2023.

Once the works on the two hotels are completed, the investment cycle of the Maestral hotel group is planned to continue with the reconstruction of the Wellness Hotel Vis, for which the necessary permits are currently being obtained. Maestral is planning to turn Hotel Vis into a superb five-star facility from its current category of three stars.

Hoteli Maestral d.o.o., a hotel group owned by PND Strategija d.o.o., consists of five hotels: Uvala, Splendid, Komodor, Vis and Adriatic, ranging from two-star to four-star categories, and with a total of 482 accommodation units. All hotels are located in the Lapad bay, 4 kilometres away from the Old Town of Dubrovnik.

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes on the 9th of June, 2020, Croatia's southernmost city of Dubrovnik has got a completely renovated Hotel Rixos Premium Dubrovnik hotel, the doors of which are opening to guests on the 12th of June according to the company's announcement. This ''soft opening'' business period is set to begin immediately after the completion of the hotel's major investment.

Namely, the investment in the renovation of this well known and wildly popular Dubrovnik hotel, a component of the Rixos Hotels group and a shining star in the portfolio of the luxury class of the Accor group, amounted to a total of 20 million euros.

At the same time, this huge sum represents the largest investment for Dubrovnik's tourism after the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 struck the country, according to their statement.

The renovation, which lasted a little more than eight months in total, contains the ''signature'' of the the famous hotel interior designer Ina Rinderknecht - the winner of numerous awards for luxury hotels she designed in Europe, in London, Zurich, Basel, and Dublin, as well as across the Atlantic over in California.

Rixos Premium Dubrovnik boasts an impressive 310 rooms, suites and a presidential suite. It has nine multifunctional meeting rooms with an offer of advanced technologies and due to its exceptional location, ie -its close proximity to the city centre of Dubrovnik, in a natural bay overlooking the nearby island of Lokrum, it is "ideal for business guests".

''A novelty in the offer is the Umi Teppanyaki Japanese restaurant, located next to the Libertas Lounge bar, where chefs with rich international experience prepare the most beautiful delicacies of Japanese cuisine with show cooking on the spot in front of the guests. Numerous delicacies are offered to guests on the menus of the Turquoise Restaurant, Sport Bar and Libertas Fish Restaurant located on the beach,'' the statement said, emphasising that the hotel employs 130 employees from all over the world and has a rich international experience in luxury hotels and restaurants.

They are proud, they say, of the multiculturalism of their staff and the positive emotions that such inspiring work environments bring, while respecting Dubrovnik's deep and rich tradition and history.

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