New Hotels in Berlin

Berlin, June 2024 Berlin is at the top of the list of popular international and national travel destinations and, according to the "Time Out" ranking, is even one of the three most interesting cities in the world, along with New York and Cape Town. And for good reason. The city not only has a lot to offer culturally. Its hotel landscape is also colourful, individual, sustainable, innovative and constantly growing.

In summer 2024, the city will have 732 accommodation establishments and offer one of the world's most modern hotel markets. People with good ideas and a willingness to invest are constantly providing a breath of fresh air and realising new hotel concepts together with professionals. The accommodation sector is becoming more individualised, more sustainable and appeals to a wide variety of lifestyles. Berlin's hotel landscape has a few surprises in store for its overnight guests.

Berlin's new hotels & other news

Everything feels new and is designed for maximum comfort: The Courtyard by Marriott in Berlins City Center near Checkpoint Charlie has been shining in new splendour as a bright, elegant hotel in a central location since the beginning of 2024 following the completion of extensive renovation work. 

New since June 2024: With its 133 hotel rooms and the first open-air event space in Germany, Radisson is positioning itself as a community space for a cosmopolitan new target group - with the new lifestyle brand Radisson RED at KuDamm. The new design concept in the former Park Plaza in Berlin is individualised.

You can already check into the world's first "hotel of the future" by Adina, digital but still human: The new lifestyle brand MM:NT is in a prime location on Hackescher Markt and offers eleven-square-metre rooms with co-living kitchens as well as family flats measuring up to 25 square metres, including works by Berlin artists.

A highlight - in the truest sense of the word - is the latest hotel attraction with thrills at the highest level: Europe's highest swing is located on the roof terrace of the Park Inn Hotel am Alexanderplatz at a height of 120 metres with a view over the whole of Berlin. Since summer 2024, daredevils have been able to experience the ultimate adrenaline rush on the High Swing.

Comedian Felix Lobrecht moves into the Meininger Hotel - a place for unforgettable experiences with an urban "Downstairs Comedy Club" in the centre of Mitte: The Meininger Hotel Berlin-Mitte in the Humboldthaus on Oranienburger Straße will be generously remodelled from the end of 2024 and has already been given a modern event cellar, which will be used by comedy star Felix Lobrecht, known for his stand-up comedy shows and as co-host of the successful German podcast "Gemischtes Hack".

The nhow Berlin on Oberbaumbrücke directly on the Spree is now offering two gaming rooms - with everything from gaming chairs, an illuminated table, a high-performance gaming PC, two screens and a PlayStation 5. A fully equipped training room for e-athletes is due to open by the end of 2024.

More news from the Berlin hotel scene

Elegant ambience and pure comfort with design from New York and cuisine from Berlin: the Hilton has taken over a special hotel on Los Angeles Square and extensively refurbished it in luxury: Under the name DoubleTree by Hilton Berlin Kudamm, it opened as the successor to the former Steigenberger Hotel in summer 2023 and aims to become Berlin's most sustainable hotel. 420 rooms and suites with a view of the park or Gedächtniskirche, the restaurant, bar and eleven event rooms have a design with opulent accents. The catering concept impresses with regional German cuisine in Berlin style.

With the JW Marriott Hotel Berlin, the capital has a new oasis of mindfulness. Formerly the Maritim Hotel and most recently the Berlin Central District, the hotel on Stauffenbergstraße at Potsdamer Platz is the luxury brand's first hotel in the city. With 505 rooms, 48 function rooms and an event area of almost 6,400 square metres, it is one of the largest conference hotels in Berlin. A place of contemplation and closeness to nature is now gradually being created here. Among other things, the wellness area with swimming pool, sauna, steam bath and treatment rooms - a total of 347 square metres that invite guests to relax. And the interior design by El Ghomeini in dark green and warm brown tones picks up on the colours of the neighbouring zoo. All rooms will be renovated floor by floor by the end of 2024.
 

At the four-star Precise Tale Berlin Potsdamer Platz hotel, guests embark on a journey into Berlin's past as a divided city: the luxurious rooms and spacious flats are furnished with a curated mix of nostalgic and modern accessories and furniture. The common rooms, spa area, restaurant, bar and café are characterised by luxurious style. In the Bamia and Berta restaurants, Berlin travellers can also experience a sensory journey through fragrant oriental cuisine with a European twist thanks to the creations of Michelin-starred chef Assaf Granit.

In addition to the luxury Steigenberger hotel, Berlin Brandenburg Airport scored with two new hotels in 2023. In January, the IntercityHotel Berlin-Brandenburg Airport opened directly on Willy-Brandt-Platz. The three-star hotel with its stylish design by Matteo Thun offers guests from all over the world 360 rooms, five meeting and conference rooms, a sauna and fitness area as well as a restaurant and hotel bar on six floors. Terminal 1 and 2 are within walking distance. The young ACHAT hotel brand LOGINN Hotels & Apartments now also has its third hotel at Berlin Brandenburg Airport after Leipzig and Stuttgart: the LOGINN Hotel Berlin Airport. The design mix of modern and retro and the community concept with a 24/7 food corner, armchairs and lounge furniture are intended to appeal to young and tech-savvy guests in particular. The wall surfaces, windows and the comic-style wayfinding system by Berlin studio Sprayworks are also hip.

The Hotel Numa Arc in Friedrichstraße directly at Checkpoint Charlie has no reception or buffet. Since last year, the neo-Renaissance façade has concealed a contemporary boutique apartment building with 158 flats in seven different categories.

Selina, a brand for experience hotels, has opened a new hotel with 84 rooms in Berlin-Mitte in 2023, making it the chain's first in Germany. In addition to the hotel rooms, guests will have access to a coworking and bar area in the attic, a restaurant and bar serving contemporary Israeli and Mediterranean cuisine, a concept store, a radio station and vinyl shop, a communal kitchen, a small library and a rooftop terrace. On each floor of the hotel, guests will find works of art by Berlin and international artists, including Andrea Wan, Various & Gold, Maria Yumi and Joachim Romain.

"Feel Hygge. Stay Eco" - this is also the motto under which the Yggotel Spurv in Berlin was launched in 2023. It is centrally located in Wilmersdorf near Kurfürstendamm and offers a cosy Scandinavian feel-good atmosphere.

harry’s home is also new in Berlin: in Moabit, the stylish hotel from the Tyrolean group, divided into a "main house" and "garden house", has 73 rooms, most of which have balconies. The focus is on fine wood, soft colours and modern metro tiles. "harry's living room" on the first floor is both a casual meeting place and a cosy retreat.

The Hoxton The Hoxton is in Berlin: the design-orientated hotel brand opened a new hotel in Charlottenburg in summer 2023.It has moved into a former hotel not far from Ku'damm.Art Nouveau-inspired shapes, expressive design details and soft colours: when designing the 239 rooms of different sizes, the Ennismore Design Studio was inspired by the neighbourhood, which was at the heart of creative Berlin during the Roaring Twenties. 

The sly Berlin , a new luxury hotel from the Preferred Hotels & Resorts brand, also opened in summer 2023. The hotel in Friedrichshain has 150 rooms and suites spread across five interconnected buildings. Highlights include a 220 square metre, light-flooded greenhouse in the inner courtyard and the sauna on the hotel roof, from where guests have a spectacular view of the city.

The Vienna House Easy by Wyndham Berlin Potsdamer Platz opened in 2023 and, as a casual business hotel, proves that business trips can also be cool. Located right next to Gleisdreieck Park, the lifestyle hotel epitomises Berlin serenity and professional hospitality.

Berlin's planned hotels

In 2024, the Scandinavian hotel brand Zleep Hotel at BER Airport will open its first hotel in the German capital. The hotels stand for zeitgeist, Danish design, sustainable products and moderate prices.

"Living Tree" instead of the aquarium: the Hotel Radisson Collection in Berlin is now focussing on plants instead of fish and will reopen two years after the giant aquarium disaster Mid January 2025. 

The Hotel  Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side in Berlin-Friedrichshain will open by the end of 2024 and promises a relaxed and exciting stay in the capital close to the East Side Gallery, the famous painted Berlin Wall. Like an urban living room: The hotel with 223 rooms in a funky style is ideal for young and curious guests and all those who value sustainability, energy efficiency and environmental protection - as certified by the sustainability certify ‘Greensign Level 4 Hotel’.

A sea container hotel for car fans: a world of experience centred around fast, stylish cars is being created on an area near the Spandau Citadel. In addition to collector's items, there will be special events and a design hotel made from sea containers. The sea containers have already travelled the world's oceans and will now form a special four-star hotel on a peninsula in Haselhorst directly on the Havel. Unobstructed view: unlike the usual sea containers, there will be plenty of daylight thanks to glazing on the sides. In addition, guests who book a car or bike suite will be able to drive their vehicle directly into the room and will only be separated from their vehicle by a glass wall. The hotel is expected to be completed in 2026. It will be operated by the Titanic Hotel Group.

With the Prize by Radisson, the Radisson Hotel Group will be opening its first design hotel in Berlin in the next few years. Stylish hotel rooms by star designer Karim Rashid are being developed in Berlin's trendy Prenzlauer Berg district, very close to Volkspark Friedrichshain and the Velodrom event and sports centre. The hotel lobby and a bar and social space with a co-working area and breakfast restaurant are located on the top floor and offer a view of Berlin's city centre. With a promise of sustainability: The hotel operates paperless and cashless, rewards guests who forgo daily housekeeping with drink tokens and donates surplus food to local charities. To ensure CO2 neutrality, all emissions caused by guests are offset via certified climate protection projects.

Berlin's recently opened hotels

Have you ever stayed in a former women's prison from the 19th century? You can in Berlin, since 2022 at the Hotel Wilmina in Charlottenburg at Kantstraße 79. The family-run hotel with 44 rooms and suites, roof terrace, spa and gym has been sensitively transformed into a contemplative retreat by Grüntuch Ernst Architekten. The former Schleusenhof is home to the Lovis restaurant, where guests can enjoy contemporary German dishes made from regional and seasonal produce.

Following extensive refurbishment, there is now a hotspot for locals and globals with a special ambience right on Museum Island: the Telegraphenamt with 97 rooms, the Root restaurant in the hotel atrium, a bar and café, event spaces and its own gym in Berlin's former main telegraph office.

The boutique hotel Château Royal has been in Mitte since summer 2022. The luxury hotel at Mittelstraße 41-44 is an ensemble of two historic buildings and a new building. A culinary highlight is the fish restaurant Dóttir, which is celebrating its comeback here. The chef is Victoria Elíasdóttir, sister of the artist Olafur Elíasson.

Since summer 2022, the Urban Loft in Berlin in Heidestraße district has been a meeting place for (new) Berliners and long-distance travellers near Europa City at Berlin Central Station. True to the slogan "Open Doors. Open Minds. The Beds are just a Bonus", the young design and lifestyle brand of Althoff Hotels has found a home in Berlin and is pursuing a digital and sustainable approach. The hotel offers a mix of art, cuisine and creativity and is equipped with a lounge area and co-working spaces.

In general, sustainable hotel concepts are on trend and sustainability is becoming an important aspect for more and more holidaymakers: many hotels in Berlin are responsible, do a lot for environmental and climate protection and inspire with innovative ideas.

"FEEL GINNTASTIC" is the motto of the Hotel GINN City & Lounge Yorck Berlin in Kreuzberg, which has also been welcoming overnight guests since last summer. The design hotel is located right next to Gleisdreieckpark. The 121 rooms are furnished to a high standard and sustainably. This is because the GINN concept includes the careful and prudent use of resources.

The Hotel Luc am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte is also steeped in history and translates its Prussian heritage into the present day. The Marriott hotel chain opened the five-star hotel with the exclusive Autograph Collection seal of approval at Charlottenstraße 50 in 2022. The 70 rooms and 22 suites are elegantly furnished in deep Prussian blue. Guests can enjoy an à la carte breakfast and canapés inspired by French bistros on the terrace with a view of the French Cathedral.

With the greet Berlin Alexanderplatz, the hospitality company Accor has opened the capital's first upcycling hotel. What is special about this second hotel of the still young greet hotel brand is that an existing hotel building was deliberately renovated. A team of designers and architects has also customised the 61 rooms and the communal area with sustainable materials and second-hand furniture and accessories. A sustainable concept that suits Berlin as a sustainable travel destination.

Co-working and co-living in hotels of Berlin

The Social Hub at Alexanderplatz is more than just a hotel. It is a creative meeting place for Berlin guests, students, Berliners and companies who want to network and work together. It offers modern hotel rooms, co-working spaces, event rooms, restaurants, bars and lounges.

 The Base's coliving concept is also on trend. From this spring, The Base Berlin One will be a creative place to live and work together. With its 318 flats and 43 hotel rooms, it combines long-stay and short-stay areas under one roof. The short-stay section has communal areas, a roof terrace and a café. Hotel guests also have access to all community areas such as the library, cinema, co-working area and gym.

And The Circus opened a fourth building with serviced flats for guests who want to stay in Berlin for longer. Designed by architect Bernd Albers, the new building near Ostbahnhof is a KfW40 efficiency house, making it one of the most energy-efficient buildings in Berlin. In addition to the fully equipped flats, there is a co-working space, a café and a 700 square metre roof terrace with a rooftop bar - perhaps soon to be the new hotspot in the capital.

Serviced flats at the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain are also offered by the Locke brand, which aims to provide its guests with a different kind of accommodation. Their aparthotels are a mixture of serviced flats and boutique hotel. The private flats with kitchen and living area are almost twice the size of standard hotel rooms. Guests also have access to all hotel facilities and services such as a fitness centre, café, restaurant and cocktail bar.

Berlin's extraordinary hotels

Spend a night in space - this extraordinary sleeping experience is possible at Hausvogteiplatz in the centre of Berlin. At the Space Night capsule hotel, guests spend the night in a futuristic sleeping capsule, alone in a single capsule or as a couple in a spacious double capsule. Back on earth, they can continue their sightseeing tour via Friedrichstraße, Gendarmenmarkt or Potsdamer Platz. There are even more extraordinary hotels and special hotels here.

Berlin's revitalised hotels

Turning old into new: this hotel concept is also quite sustainable and suits the capital. After all, Berlin has been one of the top metropolises listed as the most sustainable city destinations in the "Global Destination Sustainability Index" since 2021.

A new era begins for Berlin's almost 65-year-old hotel icon: the  InterConti. The hotel at the Zoological Garden has been renovated since May 2019 while remaining open. The south, west and east wings, the ballroom, the gourmet restaurant Hugos, the Marlene Bar and the associated restaurant have all been redesigned.

The ibis Styles Berlin Treptow also shines in new splendour. "Colours of Berlin" was the motto for the renovation work. The unique interior and design concept can be found in the pattern of the floors, on the walls and in the furnishings. The design hotel's two conference rooms can be booked for meetings with up to 50 participants.

The legendary Circus Hotel on Rosenthaler Platz has also undergone a complete refurbishment. The interior has been refreshed, air conditioning has been installed and the number of beds has been increased to 140.

The quiet boutique hotel Neuer Fritz in the heart of Berlin with a breathtaking view of the Spree, Museum Island and the TV tower has also been refreshed. Artistic design and interiors can be found in the spacious 45 rooms and suites.

And with an app, travellers to Berlin can now refresh their memories of a beautiful city trip or increase their anticipation: the Adlon Kempinski Berlin has developed an augmented reality app with the Berlin start-up Zaubar, with which users can virtually visit four places in the hotel. They can stroll through the lobby, the Royal Suite or the Michelin-starred restaurant "Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer". The app is available free of charge in the App and Google Play Store.

Award-winning hotels: Berlin has "Germany's best hotel"

The latest awards also show that Berlin's hotels are exceptionally excellent: several Berlin hotels have been honoured. The 5-star hotel The Regent was named "Germany’s Leading Hotel" for the fifth time in a row in 2024, before the era of the grand hotel on Gendarmenmarkt comes to an end at the end of the year.

"Germany's Leading Conference Hotel 2024" is once again the Hilton Berlin am Gendarmenmarkt and the  Waldorf Astoria has the most beautiful suite, with a 360-degree view over the whole of Berlin.

US travel magazine selects "Oscar of the travel industry": Which hotel is the best in the city according to the renowned Forbes Travel Guide 2024? The Hotel de Rome received five stars and thus the highest rating from the travel and business magazine. But other hotels in the city were also excellent.

Speaking of Berlin deluxe: the city shines with premium hotels, food and fashion at the very highest level. An overview of an exclusive break in the capital can be found here.

Berlin’s hotels for conventions and conferences

Berlin scores with a sustainable MICE industry: the capital shows how meetings, conventions and events can be planned and realised sustainably. With more than 120 hotels and venues for conferences, congresses, meetings and events, the choice in Berlin is huge. One of the classics is the Hotel Adlon Kempinski, which has 15 meeting rooms, two ballrooms and three meeting lounges.

The legendary Bristol Berlin conference hotel is reinventing itself and will reopen its doors in 2025. The first 50 newly renovated rooms are inspired by the Golden 20s in Great Britain. They are part of the first phase of the renovation project, with the remaining rooms and suites to follow in the coming months.

The Hotel Berlin Central District by JW Marriott Hotel Berlin is one of the largest event hotels and part of the Berlin Meeting Campus Potsdamer Platz: with an event area of 6,356 square metres, 48 event rooms and 27 conference suites, there is something for every event.

A spectacular venue for conferences and congresses is currently under construction: the Estrel Tower. From 2025, Berlin will have a new event hotspot on some of the 45 floors on the riverside promenade of the Neukölln shipping canal. At 176 metres, it will not only be the tallest hotel tower in Germany, 522 rooms and suites as well as 3,800 square metres of event space will enrich the leisure and MICE business offering in Berlin.

Das Bauwerk vereint Hotel, Coworking-Spaces, Galerie, Restaurant und Bar in einem und schafft mit seinem Open-Space-Konzept eine Wohlfühl-Atmosphäre für Meetings, Events und Partys, sowie ein Ort des Austausches von Szene, Kunst und Gesellschaft. Mit einer wunderschönen Aussicht auf Berlin, gelegen an der neu geschaffenen Uferpromenade des Neuköllner Schifffahrtskanals, wird der Estrel Tower zu einem Ort für alle, die das Besondere suchen. 

Daten und Fakten zum Estrel Tower:
·        176 Meter Höhe
·        45 Etagen
·        522 Zimmer, Suiten, Lofts & Serviced Apartments
·        9.300 m² Bürofläche
·        3.800 m² Veranstaltungsfläche
·        1.200 m² Fitness-, Spa- und Wellness-Etage
·        Sky Bar und Sky Restaurant

The third largest MICE hotel in the city has been given a makeover. The more than 700 rooms, conference and breakfast rooms of the Hotels Berlin, Berlin on Lützowplatz in City West were renovated over a period of four years. One highlight is the more than 900 doors from old Berlin buildings that serve as headboards for the beds. The Lütze restaurant has also been newly opened with a wide range of lunch options. It serves sandwiches and the famous cinnamon buns from "Zeit für Brot" as well as seasonally changing bowls, soups, salads and desserts.

The ‘Sustainable Meetings Berlin’ online platform of the visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office provides practical tips for planning events. The Meeting Guide Berlin lists additional conference hotels and event locations.
 

Berlin in 15 minutes

Discover the city’s most beautiful neighbourhoods on foot or on a bicycle: Berlin lives the experience of sustainable tourism. The concept of the ‘15-minute city’ – an innovation in city planning – re-thinks cities and tourism. Whether it’s the Mitte, Kreuzberg or City West district, Berlin’s various neighbourhoods contain hotels from which tourists can explore the neighbourhood and its cultural and gastronomic highlights on foot in 15 minutes. You will thus be on your way in an environmentally friendly manner, while simultaneously experiencing a slice of the authentic neighbourhood life. The ‘15-minute city’ concept targets guests who are visiting the city for the first time, as well as Berliners who want to reacquaint themselves with their city.

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