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Lindner Hotels AG is a medium-sized, family-run hotel company based in Düsseldorf, which operates more than 30 hotels in Europe under the brand names "Lindner Hotels & Resorts" and "me and all hotels" In October 2022, the company announced a strategic sales and marketing partnership (franchise) with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. The hotels will become part of the JdV by Hyatt collection. Lindner Hotels AG will remain an independent company..

Overview
Lindner Hotels AG is active as a developer, operator, owner and investor in the hotel segment. The company has 31 hotels in seven European countries (as at the end of 2022). Two further hotels are currently under construction in Stuttgart and Leipzig. The Group also operates five boarding houses in Germany.

According to the company, it offers a total of around 5,082 rooms (almost 5,500 rooms once construction is complete) and employs around 1,500 people in Europe. All hotels belonging to the company have three to five stars. In the 2022 financial year, the hotel group generated a turnover of 186 million euros.

Lindner Hotels & Resorts
The classic Lindner Hotels & Resorts brand stands for individual business and resort hotels that are committed to all-round service for guests. The hotel brand's special concepts have received numerous awards. Lindner Hotels include business and congress hotels, wellness and golf resorts and a vacation park. They are located in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Beginnings
Today's Lindner Hotels AG was founded in 1973 by architect and engineer Otto Lindner in Düsseldorf under the name Rheinstern-Hotel GmbH & Co. KG. The company's first hotel was today's Lindner Congress Hotel at Düsseldorf's Seestern. A few years later, the first Lindner hotel outside Germany was opened in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. By the turn of the millennium, further branches had followed, including in Oberstaufen, Leipzig, Leverkusen and at Düsseldorf Airport. In 1991, Otto Lindner, one of the founder's five sons, took over the management of the company. In 1999, he brought Andreas Krökel onto the Management Board as Chief Operations, Sales & Marketing Officer. Since 2019, Frank Lindner, a younger brother of Otto Lindner, has been a member of the Management Board as Chief Architecture & Engineering Officer.

Since 2000
Since the turn of the millennium, the Lindner Group has opened one or more hotels every year, for example in Mallorca in 2003. In 2004, Lindner AG acquired the Main Plaza in Frankfurt am Main, which was designed by the architect Hans Kollhoff. 2009 saw the opening of the Lindner Park-Hotel Hagenbeck in Hamburg, the first zoo-themed hotel. In the same year, Lindner took over two hotels and a vacation village at the Nürburgring. This was followed in 2011 by the Lindner Hotel & Sports Academy in Frankfurt, another themed hotel, which was realized together with the German Gymnastics Federation. In 2016, the "me and all hotel" opened in Düsseldorf, the first in a series of boutique hotels. In May 2022, Arno Schwalie took over the management of the company as CEO. In October 2022, the company announced a strategic collaboration with a subsidiary of Hyatt Hotels Corporations. This is intended to accelerate the company's expansion and provide access to new international customer groups.

Sustainable development
According to Lindner Hotels AG, it implements various sustainability measures; almost all Lindner hotels and all me and all hotels use green electricity. Lindner also uses combined heat and power plants and photovoltaic systems at several locations for a self-sufficient supply of energy and heat. Some of the company's hotels also offer charging stations for e-bikes and electric cars.

Since 2016, Lindner Hotels has been working with United Against Waste e. V. to combat food waste. At several locations, surplus food is distributed to the end consumer via the "to good to go" platform. Since 2019, Lindner Hotels AG has had the hotels of both hotel brands certified with the Green Sign seal, for which regular audits are carried out in the hotels.

Awards

 * 2009 "Hotel Property of the Year" for the Lindner Park-Hotel Hagenbeck in Hamburg
 * 2011 "Most popular hotel in Germany" by the rating portal Holidaycheck for the Lindner Park-Hotel Hagenbeck
 * 2013-2016 "Hospitality HR Award" from the German Hotel Academy
 * 2018 "Germany's Coolest Conference Room" by Tophotel for the Seestern room at the Lindner Congress Hotel Düsseldorf
 * 2019 "Best Golf Hotel in Germany" for the Lindner Hotel & Sporting Club Wiesensee
 * 2021 Award for me and all hotels with the German Traveler Award as "Best German Boutique Hotel Chain"
 * 2021 "Top Hotel Newcomer Award" for the me and all hotel Kiel
 * 2022 "Germany's Coolest Meeting Room" at Tophotel for the boardroom at the me and all hotel hannover

Weblinks

 * Website of Lindner Hotels