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CORINTHIA GRAND HOTEL
ROYAL IN BUDAPEST HOSTS PRESIDENTS OF LITHUANIA,
MALTA AND PORTUGAL -Hotel
management recounts the Hotel's involvement at the
time- 1. Anek
Dóra, Director of Corporate Sales
welcomes Mr Valdas Adamkus President of
Litvania. 2.Mr Walter Balzan, Ambassador
of Malta for Hungary; Edward Fenech Adami,
President of Malta; Mr Adrian Ellis,
General Manager of Corinthia Grand Hotel
Royal. 3. (below)Mr Adrian Ellis General
Manager welcomes Mr Anibal Antonio
Cavanaco Silva, President of Portugal
. While in Budapest,
the official delegations of the various countries
represented, attended a Gala Performance by the
Hungarian National Philarmonic Orchestra at the
Opera House, under the auspices of Hungarian
president László Sólyom, who
personally welcomed the guests present. The orchestra,
under the baton of maestro Zoltán
Kocsis, presented Beethoven's Egmont Overture
and Bartók's Dance Suite. Grand
Hotel Royal, Atrium TerraceThe anniversary
commemorations took place on Monday, October 23rd
in the hall of the Upper House of Parliament. The
Hungarian national colors were hoisted, together
with the flags of the attending dignitaries. This
was followed by a festive speech by Hungarian Prime
Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and the adoption
of the Budapest '56 Liberty Statement. Paul Lauer, who
would later rise from porter to vice manager of the
rooms division, remembers: 'The windows were
trembling all day long. Once it was over, the hotel
stood in flames.' A marble plaque has
been put up near the hotel's coffee shop entrance
in memory of these brave Hungarians, who died as
patriots on that fateful day. On November 4th, the
management of the hotel will be laying a wreath on
the memorial board of those who lost their life in
the Grand Hotel Royal siege. The Corinthia Grand
Hotel Royal is an award winning fateful
reconstruction of the 110-year-old Grand Hotel
Royal. It is a member of The Most Famous Hotels in
the World and is owned by International Hotel
Investments Plc and managed by CHI Ltd, a hotel
operating company that is a joint venture between
Malta based Corinthia Group of Companies and
Wyndham Hotel Group of the US. CHI undertakes hotel
management operations for both Corinthia Group
owned or affiliated hotels as also for third party
owners. Prior to entering into a joint venture with
Wyndham Hotel Group, CHI Ltd had accumulated over
40 years of experience in delivering a high quality
service to hotel guests and an optimum rate of
return for owners and investors in diverse business
environments. Its expertise extends to management
of luxury and upscale properties in city and resort
locations, and products ranging from boutique to
large conference and meeting hotels. For more
information on Corinthia Hotels please visit
www.corinthiahotels.com. For more
information on Corinthia Hotels visit
www.CorinthiaHotels.com; US Sales Office:
Ann J. Tillman, Vice President, Sales &
Marketing, North America, |
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October
26, 200. The Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal proudly
welcomed the presidents and delegations of
Lithuania, Malta and Portugal, who, together with
other heads of states, were in Budapest to mark the
occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the 1956
Hungarian revolution.
