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A Dostoevsky-themed hotel for Reval Hotels
19 February 2009 12.00 BST (Russia)
A literary masterpiece with mental anguish, bungled murder and dubious morality as its key themes may seem an unlikely source of inspiration for a hotel - but that is the claim Reval Hotels are making for their Reval Hotel Sonya.
Set in the heart of St Petersburg, close to Liteiny bridge and the Neva river, the company’s first Russian hotel is a contemporary four-star hotel inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime & Punishment’. Russian influences will be apparent in everything from the interior design to the menu at the restaurant.
”We wanted to create something different from existing offerings on the St. Petersburg hotel market,” says Heikki Vanhanen, CEO at Reval Hotels. “This will be a lively and inspiring hotel that gives the guest an immediate taste of the destination.”
Swedish architects and identity consultants Stylt Trampoli will join the likes of Edvard Munch, Franz Kafka, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, and Quentin Tarantino in taking their inspiration from Dostoevsky’s masterpiece. The hotel will offer 173 guestrooms, restaurant and bar, fitness centre, conference rooms, courtyard with banquet facilities and free WiFi throughout.
Reval Hotels currently operates eight hotels in major Baltic cities including Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. The group is owned by the Norwegian real estate investment company Linstow AS, a subsidiary of cruise-shipping firm Awilhelmsen AS.
RENDERINGS COURTESY OF STYLT TRAMPOLI AB
