In autumn 2017, AccorHotels Group, the world leader in hospitality industry, introduced the first hotel under Mercure brand in Ukraine including the largest congress center in the capital with area of more than 5,000 m2. The new congress hall opened up as a result of rebranding and reconstruction of the Cosmopolite Hotel and was presented under the name of Mercure Congress Centre .

The “congress-hotel” format is the newest and the fastest-growing segment of the hotel market all over the world, and emergence of Mercure brand in this format is a milestone for Ukraine. The project is complicated and capital intensive, but such intensive investments of AccorHotels group are related to the confidence that Ukraine has great prospects in the development of business tourism, thus a format combining hotel business and conference services will be much in demand on the hotel market of Ukraine.

“It will be a modern congress center with various formats combining 18 halls of various areas and styles but within the overall concept of the hotel. We will do our best to integrate the latest IT technologies in the new congress centre, which will allow to create a full-fledged hub for business meetings, seminars and conferences of various formats. This is not just a place to rent. This is a long-term strategy for establishing a creative and intellectual place for progressive business people that can meet all their demands in the business sphere, starting from working space to conduct various events, including corporate ones”, tells Aleksei Abasov, СEO Wisher Enterprise, which initiated the opening of a hotel of Mercure network in cooperation with AccorHotels.

Reconstruction project for the 5th floor of the Mercure Congress Centre by the end of 2017

 
Reconstruction project for the 5th floor of the Mercure Congress Centre by the end of 2017

Reconstruction and rebranding project differs from the green field construction of a hotel, and requirements of Mercure brand international standards, starting from requirements for fire safety in hotel facilities, are more stringent and strict than those provided for in Ukrainian legislation. Total capacity of Mercure Congress Centre is up to 2,000 people, this includes 4 main halls on the 4th and 5th floors of the business complex: Dovzhenko Hall (1,200 m2), Spielberg Hall (1,000 m2), both halls are transformable using mobile soundproof partitions.

 

Dovzhenko Hall (1,200 m2)

 

Spielberg Hall (1,000 m2)

For lesser events, Congress Hall will offer smaller halls: Scorsese Hall with area of 75 m2 and Cameron Hall with area of 45 m2, a room for business negotiations and a library hall. For special events the clients will be offered Hitchcock (380 m2) and Fellini (350 m2) banquet halls. Modern technological solutions used there make it possible to hold events of any format from business events to weddings and banquets, designed not only for 10 but also for 1,500 guests.

“Multifunctional congress center will allow for conducting events of various complexity and format. Our main goal is to provide a quality product by combining a set of services: accommodation, conference services, catering as well as a wide range of additional options. We are sure: loyalty to our guests will make it possible to implement the most successful and interesting projects”, explains A.A. Abasov.

Mercure brand hotel will be focused on all segments of tourists, from business guests to individual travelers. But, of course, the main focus will be on corporate clients, so the congress centre ultimate advantage will be its convenient location and transport interchange, proximity to the railway station and Zhuliany airport, to the city centre and its business districts. The price policy, on which both local and European experts work, will take into account all positive and negative aspects of the market, and will be client oriented, balanced and reasoned.

“Our motto is “In harmony with people and countries”. It means that we created all the conditions for our guests to feel as comfortable as possible. The hotel has cozy and modern rooms, a stylish summer terrace, where various sophisticated events can be held in summer, an outdoor swimming pool that is something not all hotels can boast of, a conference service for organizing events of any format. There are several restaurants for our guests, one of which has its own brewery. Territory of the complex includes a large shopping centre, which is very convenient, as there is no need to go anywhere. Everything you need is nearby, on the same territory”, says marketing manager, head of Kyiv public communications agency/PR Inna Kovalchuk.

AccorHotels Group is No. 1 network in Europe by number of hotels, which every day launches the latest innovations in the hotel business. The new project of Mercure Congress Centre being currently the largest in Ukraine will contribute to the development of Ukrainian economy, and hoteliers believe, it will create the necessary jobs and will bring philosophy of high standards of business events and European vector of business development to the country.