Briefs

InterContinental opens in Warsaw Providing a wide variety of services for travelling businessmen and promoting Warsaw internationally - these are General Manager Alex Kłoszewski's grand plans for the newly opened five-star InterContinental, which consists of 326 rooms and 75 apartments. The building contains three restaurants: the Mexican Frida, the New York-themed Downtown and the Ernest Hemingway-styled Hemisphere, as well as a + One Bar. The RiverView Wellness Centre, whose swimming pool is at the same level as the clock on the nearby Palace of Culture, is located on the 43rd and 44th floors. The total investment in the 45-storey 45,000 sqm hotel, by UBM, Warimpex and the InterContinental Hotels Group, came to EUR 113 mln and construction was carried out by PORR between April 2001 and November this year. It was designed by Tadeusz Spychała and the interior was decorated and arranged by Jestico & Whiles, the InterContinental Hotels Group and PO