Rostock's hotel landscape is changing: Radisson becomes scan hotels!

Rostock's hotel landscape is changing: Radisson becomes scan hotels!

A new name starts fresh in Rostock: The Radisson Blu Hotel am Kröpeliner Tor is now being managed as a scan hotels. The old lettering has already been removed from the facade, and on July 16, 2025, the newly designed website of the Scanhotels will be connected online to welcome future guests. Behind this change is Friedemann Kunz, an entrepreneur from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania who founded the "Scanhotels" brand to create more individuality and independence, reports Daily ticket .

The renaming does not happen without difficulty. Radisson has apparently announced legal steps because the hotel group regards the termination of the management contracts as ineffective. Friedemann Kunz, whose foundation is already operating several hotels in Germany and Europe, sees further challenges in addition to the changes in Rostock, since there is also a legal examination of the change of change. Nordkurier now emphasizes that the bike is now in the hands of a global Chinese investor.

expansion of the scan hotels

The scan hotels become the city's largest hotel group with two houses in Rostock. In addition to the renamed Scanhotels City, the Scanhotels Stadthafen, which is located on the silo island, is also opened in late summer. In total, the two hotels will offer over 446 rooms and almost 1,000 beds. The amenities include three restaurants, three bars as well as extensive wellness and event areas, which together include over 2,000 square meters. The new building on the Silo Peninsula is very ambitious with an investment volume of over 90 million euros and will house offices and gastronomic offers on the roof terrace, such as the Daily ticket reported.

What exactly can expect the guests? You can look forward to a 300 square meter spa area that not only offers modern saunas, but also a fitness center. Other highlights include restaurants in the courtyard that promise larger culinary diversity. Nordkurier July 16 started.

outlook on the hotel market

With regard to the German hotel investment market, it can be said that the demand for hotel properties is still strong. According to Colliers , almost 1.4 billion euros were invested in this industry, which is what an increase in Compared to the previous year. The expansion of scan hotels therefore falls into a positive phase in which other market forces also attract. The trend is increasingly towards budget design hotels and conversions from office to hotel uses.

It seems very likely whether the scan hotels will expand beyond Rostock. The success in the Hanseatic city could give a certain thrust in the German hotel market. Fresh wind blows in the hotel sector, and Rostock could only benefit from it.