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Kempinski Hotels S.A., commonly known as Kempinski, is a luxury hotel management company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in Berlin in 1897 as the Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft , the group currently operates 77 five-star hotels and residences in 35 countries.
Although 1876 was the ‘official’ opening year of the Oriental Hotel, the origin of the ‘Oriental’ side of the Mandarin Oriental can be traced back as early as 1863, when two Americans, Captain Atkins Dyer, and William West, opened the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand): however, the original building burnt down only two years later, on 11 June 1865.
Reto Wittwer is the former president and CEO of Kempinski Hotels & Resorts, Europe's oldest and most established luxury hotel collection, founded in 1897, with 111 deluxe properties in major cities and vacation spots throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
The newly renovated hotel opened in 2003, managed by the Kempinski Group. At the beginning of 2007 the five-star hotel was included in the exclusive group of Leading Hotels of the World. "In terms of image, the hotel was at its zenith“ [ 1 ] thanks to its strong media presence as the location of the G8 summit in 2007.
Jaya Pratomo Ibrahim (17 April 1948 – 5 May 2015) was an Indonesian interior designer best known for his works in hospitality design. A protégé of British actress-turned-designer Anouska Hempel, his works are characterised by a trademark colour-coded symmetrical design. [1]
Thomas Michael John Kempinski (24 March 1938 – 2 August 2023) was an English playwright and actor [1] best known for his 1980 play Duet for One, which was a major success in London and New York City, and much revived since. Kempinski also wrote the screenplay for the film version of Duet for One. [2]
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Occupying 25,082 m 2 (269,980 sq ft) of land, the Hotel Indonesia was designed by Danish architect, Abel Sorensen, and his wife, Wendy Becker.The hotel was constructed by Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, in preparation for the 1962 Asian Games, to showcase a modern Indonesia to the world.