Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel

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Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel
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Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel is located in Riga
Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel
Location within Riga
General information
Location Riga, Latvia
Address 24, Kuģu Street; Riga, LV-1048
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Opening July 1995[1]
Owner Radisson Hotels
Technical details
Floor count 9
Other information
Number of rooms 356
Number of restaurants 3
Parking Parking for up to 100 private vehicles and 5 buses
Website
radissonblu.com/hotel-riga

Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel is a 4+ star hotel in Riga, Latvia,[1] and was the first hotel in the Baltic states to be managed by an international hotel brand after Latvia regained independence in 1991.[2]

Located on the Daugava River in the Old City district of Riga, this hotel is just a short walk away from embassies and businesses and only 15 minutes from the airport. Guests enjoy easy access to cultural attractions such as the Town Hall, Riga Dome Cathedral, Art Museum “Riga Bourse” and Presidential Castle. The 356 rooms and suites include amenities like the Super Breakfast Buffet and Free high-speed, wireless Internet. Enjoy beautiful Daugava River views and delicious international cuisine at Panorama Restaurant, or host memorable private events in Talavera Restaurant. Guests appreciate complimentary access to the fitness center, 24-meter indoor pool and sauna, and can indulge in relaxing treatments at the SPA Salon Aleksandra. Boasting 10 well-equipped meeting rooms, this hotel can host Riga events of up to 400 attendees.[3]

History[4]

  • 1 July 1995 - Soft Opening of the hotel.[5]
  • 1 October 1995 - Official Opening of the hotel with 361 guest-room, 10 conference rooms and Food & Beverage facilities available. The first General Manager of the hotel was Kurt Ritter.
  • 9 March 1996 – Grand Opening party.
  • July 1996 – opening of Regency Palace Casino.
  • 2 September 1996 – introduction of airline check-in service for SAS and AirBaltic flights.
  • March 1997 – Radisson President’s Award winner.
  • 1 January 1997 – Business Class concept introduced.
  • June 1998 – air cooling for 200 rooms installed.
  • September – becomes the pilot hotel of “Reserved for You” program.
  • 1 October 1998 – introduction of 100% Guest Satisfaction Guarantee across the chain.[6]
  • 1998 – Radisson President’s Award winner.
  • 19 January 2000 – launch of a new Rezidor logo and company name, “Hotels Worldwide” being replaced with “Hotels & Resorts”.
  • February 2000 – the name “Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel Riga” is shortened and changed to “Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel”.
  • 9 March 2001 – opening of Baltic Meeting & Training Center – 3 additional conference rooms.
  • 9 March 2001 – official opening of restaurant “Talavera”, which replaces “Grill Room”.[7]
  • 1 November 2001 – opening of “Vienna Café”.
  • 2002 / 2003 – implementation of an air conditioning system and water supply upgrade in 203 rooms.
  • September 2002 – leasing contract signed with ‘’Olympic Casinos”.[8]
  • April 2003 – opening of the Las Vegas style casino.
  • 2004 / 2005 – air conditioning system implemented in all guest-rooms.
  • April 2005 – hotel received Latvian HR Management annual award “Employer of the Year 2004”.
  • 2006 – launch of a new Rezidor logo and company name, “Hotels & Resorts” being replaced with “The Rezidor Hotel Group”.
  • 2007 - Latvia’s Leading Business Hotel award.[9]
  • October 2009 – change of logo: Radisson SAS has changed to Radisson Blu.[10]
  • February 2010 – “Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel” has been awarded the international environmental eco-certification Green Key.[11]
  • 2014 – Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel receives hotel.info top rated hotel award and booking.com award of excellence.
  • February 2016 – the hotel has been awarded the internationally recognized Safehotels security certificate.[12]

Location

Whether you find yourself in Riga on business or leisure, this hotel’s enviable location on the bank of Daugava river provides excellent views and quick, easy access to transport that suits your needs. Also, the hotel’s adjacency to the Riga Old Town affords guests the ability to reach the main city’s historical and cultural attractions, such as the Blackheads House and Freedom monument, in just minutes. Shopping enthusiasts will enjoy the variety of shopping centers being within the easily accessible distance from the hotel. For business travelers, one of the advantages will be the possibility to commute quickly both to the Latvian National Library, being literally across the street from Radisson Blu Daugava, and International Exhibition Centre Kipsala, which is situated in the close proximity of the hotel.

Transportation

The closest public transportation stop is Nacionala Biblioteka (Uzvaras bulvaris), which serves tram lines 2, 4, 5 and 10; trolleybus line 9; bus lines 3, 4, 4z, 7, 8, 21, 22, 25, 32, 35, 38, 39, 43, 54, 55; minibus lines 222, 238, 242, 244, 246, 263, 270 and 271; night bus lines N3 and N8.It is only a 4-minute walk away from the hotel.[13]

Railway Station and Central Bus Station – 2 km

Take public bus till the Nacionala Biblioteka or taxi (approximate charge of EUR 7).

Riga International Airport – 12 km

From the airport, take Jurmala Highway into K. Ulmana Gatve. Exit before the river, go around the circle and take the third right on Mukusalas Street. Go under the bridge, and the hotel will be on the left. For public transfer from the airport, take public bus 22 (bus stop Lidosta Riga). It'll take 25 minutes to get to the hotel (bus stop Nacionala Biblioteka).

Vilnius, Lithuania – 300 km

From Vilnius, take the A2 highway to Panevezis. From Panevezis, take the A10 highway to Bauska/Riga. When in Bauska, take the A7 highway to Riga. Follow the Riga signs; the road leads to Bauska Street and then to a roundabout. At the circle, take the second right to Mukusalas Street and drive straight along the river. Go under the bridge, and the hotel will be on the left.

Tallinn, Estonia – 307 km

From Tallinn, take the highway to Parnu. From Parnu, take the highway to Riga. The road will lead to Brivibas Street in Riga. Continue straight until reaching the Freedom Monument at the end of the road. Turn left (to Raina Boulevard) and proceed straight for two blocks until Station Square (a big station clock serves as a landmark). Turn right to 13 Janvara Street and go straight. This street leads to Akmens Bridge. Cross the bridge, and the hotel will be on the right.

Events

Radisson Blu Daugava with its vast Conference Center, which consists of 10 conference rooms of various size and type, has held countless events of local and international significance.

  • The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) symposium (June 2010) – annual symposium on the issue of the mobility of health workers in the European Union was represented by 24 CESI affiliates and 16 EU countries. The primary goal of the symposium was to find some new ways to strike a better balance between respect for the workforce in the healthcare sector and consideration for patient needs.[14]
  • The international training workshop on capacity building in environment and health by World Health Organization (March 2012). A total of 70 representatives of the environment and the health sector from the eight Member States participated in the training. Participants were provided with new insights on environmental health through key lectures on hot topics and in-depth training on health in environmental impact assessment, health in strategic environmental assessment or quantitative methods.[15]
  • Balttour Forum (2012; 2013; 2015) is an introductory event of the Baltics’s major travel trade fair Balttour. Balttour Forum is a unique event in the Baltics tourism industry. Opening the travel season, it has great potential for tourism professionals to exchange experience and knowledge, to develop existing and establish new and productive business contacts and conclude deals.[16]
  • Federation Internationale Feline (FIFe) – a leading international cat fancier society – general assembly (May 2014).
  • European Sulphuric Acid Association general assembly (June 2014) - comprising all the members, is the supreme body of ESA.
  • INNOWEEK 2015 (June 2015) – brought together high level policy-makers, financial intermediaries and representatives of the research, innovation and business communities. The primary goal of the conference was to discuss the European Union’s investment policies and its support for business development and innovation to further improve the standard of living in Europe.[17]
  • International Association of Auto Theft (IAATI) seminar (October 2015). The purpose of the seminar was to keep the participants up-to-date on the latest developments in the field of international vehicle crime and to discuss the most effective ways of combating this type of criminal activity.[18]
  • Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union took place from January to June 2015. During this event, Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel was the hotel of the first choice for the delegates arriving to Riga. In total, the hotel had successfully served 75 delegations, including 17 delegations attending EU Summit headed by 5 Presidents and 8 Prime Ministers.

Team

The hospitality industry has one of the highest employee turnover rates amongst all sectors. Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel can be called a phenomenon of the industry. Such title the hotel has earned because, from current 137 employees, 21 employees has worked in the hotel since the opening in 1995. Additionally, ten employees are working for more than 15 years and 16 – for more than a decade. Only approximately 50% of employees are working in Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel for less than five years.

Prominent Guests

Presidents and Country Leaders

Celebrities

Musicians

Thomas Anders (2006), Tarkan (2007), Paul Van Dyk (2008), Gary Moore (2008), Toto Cutugno (2008), Dr. Alban (2008), “Lady Gaga” crew, “ZZ Top”, “Modern Talking”, “Scorpions”, “Status Quo”, “Depeche Mode”, “Whitesnake”, “Bad Boys Blue”, “Deep Purple”, “The Kelly Family”, Seal, Montserrat Caballe, Demis Roussos, Jennifer Rush, Julio Iglesias, John Scatman, Alla Pugacheva, Vanessa-Mae, Richard Clayderman, Bryan Adams, Chris de Burgh, Patricia Kaas, Joe Cocker, Candy Dulfer and many more.

Cinematography Celebrities

Pierre Richard, Klaus-Maria Brandauer, Gina Lollobrigida, Sir Tom Stoppard, Nikita Mikhalkov.

Fashion Designer

Pierre Cardin

Football Teams

Culture

  • Thomas Kinkade (1958 – 2012), the famous American painter, in his painting “Sunset Over Riga” perpetuated the breathtaking view of symbolic Riga’s silhouette that can be seen from the Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel. The painter describes his masterpiece as following: "For my painting, I attempted to capture the elusive light of dusk. When you paint as the sun is setting, God sets the timetable. Riga is one of the grand old cities of Europe, considered to be the romantic heart of the Baltic. We are fortunate to live in an era when this historic treasure with its picturesque medieval districts, can once again be celebrated by all."[19]
  • In August 2015, the hotel became a film shooting area for the Latvian / Japanese movie “Magic Kimono” with well-known Japanese actors Kaori Momoi and Issey Ogata. “Magic Kimono” is a modern-day fairytale of a Japanese woman’s re-discovery of her heart and long lost self via tragicomic encounters through the art of kimono and the meeting of Japanese and European food culture.
  • In the hotel's possession are two works of the great Latvian contemporary artist Miervaldis Polis: paintings "LEONARDO DA VINCI GIOCONDA" and "REMBRANDT". In May of 2016, these two artworks were proudly given to the Latvian National Museum of Art for display at the Miervaldis Polis exhibition "Illusion as the Reality" in honour the official opening of the main building of the museum.

Awards

  • March 1997 – Radisson President’s Award winner
  • 1998 – Radisson President’s Award winner
  • April 2005 –Latvian HR Management annual award “Employer of the Year 2004”
  • 2007 - Latvia’s Leading Business Hotel award
  • 2014/15 – hotel.info top rated hotel award
  • 2014 – booking.com award of excellence
  • 2016 - Safehotels security certificate

References

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