Four-star first look

The Von der Heyden Group's four-star IBB Andersia Hotel in Poznań opened its doors early this month. The hotel spans 10 floors of the tallest building in the city - the 19-story Andersia Tower office building. The hotel is designed to provide the latest in design, comfort and modern amenities throughout, including 1,000 sqm of business and conference space equipped with the latest in audio-visual technology.

Currently, only the first phase of the IBB Andersia is fully operational, with half of the 170 planned rooms available. The official grand opening for the hotel will take place at the beginning of November. Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk, IBB Andersia's director, reports that there were already a number of reservation requests long before this month's soft opening. "Poznań is a very rapidly developing city, where a growing number of fairs, conferences and other meetings take place," she said, adding, "Apart from the business offer, we musn't forget about tourism and the needs of the local community of the Wielkopolska region."

The IBB Andersia is the second hotel managed by Spain's IBB Hotels in Poland after the IBB Grand Hotel Lublianka in Lublin, also developed by the Von der Heyden Group. The partners are collaborating on another luxury hotel in Gdańsk, planned to open in 2008.

"The IBB Andersia is the result of a year-long cooperation and the moment has come to hand it over to the operator," said Adam Trybusz, president of the board of directors of Andersia Tower.

"We are certain that the IBB Andersia Hotel is the best choice, and I leave the final evaluation to the hotel's guests and its staff," he added.