Leonardo alters the picture
Hotelsschedule 05 September 2017
Paulina Kołodziejczyk, general director, Leonardo Royal Hotel Warsaw
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Anna Pakulniewicz, ‘Eurobuild Central & Eastern Europe’: The JM Hotel in Warsaw has been acquired by Leonardo Hotels to become the first hotel of the chain in Poland. What is your development strategy for Poland and the region?
Paulina Kołodziejczyk, general director, Leonardo Royal Hotel Warsaw: The decision to enter the Polish market was really made at the last minute. Initial negotiations took place in November last year. That was when we decided to take over the JM hotel on ul. Grzybowska. The first quarter of operations was very fruitful. I expected this because I know the Polish market, so I was not afraid of taking up the challenge. However, the Leonardo group has been positively surprised. We have enjoyed much better results compared to other hotels in Central Europe – such as in Berlin, or Prague, where we have had the Nyx hotel for a year, and Budapest.
Have you been officially operating under the new brand? The old name is still on the entrance.
We have been present here since March 16th and the name has been officially changed to Leonardo Royal. However, we are not the leaseholder of the entire property, only of certain floors: 0–1 and 18–27. The rest of the building is office space. We have separate entrances. The entire building, which is owned by JM Invest, is called JM Tower. Thus it still bears the former name of the hotel – JM Ho
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