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Fattal Hotels is an Israeli luxury hotel chain with (as of August 2022) 230 hotels in Europe and Israel.

It was founded in 1998 by David Fattal. With a 25% market share. the company is the largest hotel operator in Israel. In Europe, the company operates the Leonardo Hotels. Other brands include NYX, Herods, U Hotels, Magic and Hotel Rothshild22.

History
The company was founded in 1998 by David Fatal.

At the beginning, the company's main specialty was operating holiday hotels, which are characterized by a lot of interaction between the hotel and its guests and the provision of all the guest's needs within the hotel, mainly in the city of Eilat.

Some of the hotels are marketed with the "all inclusive" method - the room price includes food and drinks, entertainment, sports and challenge activities, and more. Over the years, the company's activity also developed towards the operation of urban hotels aimed at the business crowd, in the cities of Israel and Europe.

In 2001, The company began to manage the "Meridian Hotel" (later renamed to "Leonardo Plaza Haifa") in Haifa.

In 2005, the chain purchased the first hotel - Leonardo Club Dead Sea. A few years later, in 2007, The group purchased several hotels in Europe and signed management contracts with other hotels.

Another leap forward was recorded in 2005: Fatal purchased the Magic Nirvana Club Hotel in the Dead Sea, becoming a hotel owner for the first time.

The chain's turnover in Europe is about 270 million euros. The chain employs approximately 3,000 people in Europe in 67 hotels spread across 11 countries around the world: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain and Switzerland. Most of the chain hotels in these countries have been operated since 2007 under the brand name Leonardo, which operates as a separate division.

The turnover of the Fatal hotel chain in Israel was in 2008 850 million shekels, At that time it employed about 3,500 workers and managed 18 hotels. These numbers increased significantly after in 2009 Fatal purchased the Azurim Tourism company, which owned the Sheraton Israel and Acor hotels, Thus it added 12 more hotels to his network. This purchase established Fatal's position as the largest hotel chain in Israel.

In 2013, the Fatal chain together with a group of investors signed a huge deal in which it purchased 20 hotels in West Germany from the QMH chain. The scope of the deal was estimated at NIS 1.5 billion and included the purchase of hotels that belonged to the Holiday Inn and Best Western chains.

In 2016, the company purchased 2 hotels in Spain for approximately 31 million euros.

At the end of June 2018, the company acquired 13 hotels in the Netherlands of the international hotel chain, Apollo. At July 2022, it purchased 6 Spanish hotels.

Today, the chain has more than 17,000 ???? rooms in more than 100 ??? hotels: 36 ??? hotels in Israel - 15 fully or partially owned, 7 managed and 13 rented; 67 hotels in Europe - 40 fully or partially owned, 25 rented and 2 managed. In addition, the chain employs about 7,500 ??? workers in 36 hotels in Israel.

The company's main offices are located in Tel Aviv, and the offices of the European division ("Leonardo" hotels) are located in Berlin.

Fatal hotels in Israel
The company's hotels in Israel are spread throughout Israel:
 * Eilat - Harrods Palace Hotel Eilat, Harrods Vitalis Hotel Eilat, Harrods Boutique Eilat, Leonardo Club Eilat, Leonardo Royal Resort Eilat, Leonardo Privilege Eilat, Leonardo Plaza Eilat, Yo Coral Beach Club Eilat, Yu Magic Palace Eilat and Yu Sunrise Club Eilat-Ilot.
 * Tel Aviv - Harrods Tel Aviv, Leonardo Beach Tel Aviv, Leonardo Art Tel Aviv, Leonardo Boutique Tel Aviv, Leonardo City Tower Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan, Rothschild 22 Tel Aviv, and NYX Tel Aviv.
 * Jerusalem - Leonardo Jerusalem, Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem, Leonardo Boutique Jerusalem and NYX Jerusalem (2021).
 * Tiberia - Leonardo Plaza Tiberias, Leonardo Club Tiberias, Leonardo Tiberias and Yo Boutique Kinneret Tiberias.
 * Dead Sea - Harrods Dead Sea, Leonardo Plaza Dead Sea, Leonardo Club Dead Sea and Leonardo Inn Dead Sea.
 * Herzliya - Harrods Herzliya and NYX Herzliya.
 * Haifa - Leonardo Plaza Haifa.
 * Be'er Sheva - Leonardo Negev in Beer Sheva.
 * Netanya - Leonardo Plaza Netanya.
 * Rehovot - Leonardo Boutique Rehovot.
 * Bat Yam' - Leonardo Sweet Bat Yam.
 * Ashkelon - Leonardo Ashkelon.
 * Ashdod - Leonardo Plaza Ashdod.

NYX hotels from Fatal chain
NYX hotels are a brand of lifestyle hotels owned by the Fatal hotel chain. Under this brand, the chain operates several hotels in Israel and around the world:
 * NYX Hotel Tel Aviv - is a concept hotel located in the south of the city of Tel Aviv.
 * NYX Hotel Herzliya - in the industrial area of ​​Herzliya.
 * NYX Hotel Prague - is a concept hotel located in the heart of the city of Prague and is in a historic building built by the architect Jozef Gočar.
 * NYX Hotel Milan - is an urban concept hotel located near the central Milan Centrale train station.
 * NYX Hotel Madrid - with an emphasis on funky, business and art.
 * NYX Hotel Munich - is a concept hotel with an emphasis on fashion, nightlife and street art.
 * NYX Hotel Jerusalem - near the Mahane Yehuda Market.
 * NYX Hotel Manheim - is located near the city center.
 * NYX Hotel Nicosia -

U hotels

 * U Boutique Kinneret is a boutique hotel, spa located on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in the city of Tiberias.
 * U Magic Palace Eilat is a family hotel located on the edge of the lagoon in the city of Eilat
 * U Splash Eilat is a family hotel all inclusive located on the border of the city of Eilat and Kibbutz Eilot
 * U Coral Beach Club Eilat is an ultra all-inclusive family hotel located on the west side of the city of Eilat