The Stary Hotel – most beautiful hotel interior in Europe
In a competition Prix Villegiature, in category ‘Best hotel interior design in Europe 2007’, The Stary Hotel from Krakow has come first. The historic building of the Likus Hotels and Restaurants hotel group in the finals has left behind the most distinguished hotels in Europe.
It was the first time in the history of the competition that a hotel in Poland had been awarded.
For the fifth time in history, on the evening of October 22, 2007,  in the distinguished rooms of Park Hyatt Paris Vendome in Paris the prestigious prizes Villlegature 2007 were awarded.
In accordance with the competition tradition, the managers of three luxurious hotels as well as a group of twenty journalists from the leading world mass media were selecting the most beautiful hotels of the Old Continent. The jury, including Ezio Indiani from the Principie di Savoia Hotel in Mediolan, Jacqueline Secchi from the Baltimore Hotel in Paris, Alain Aster from the Raphael Hotel in Paris together with journalists-jurors, decided that in category „Meilleure architecture intérieure d’hôtel en Europe 2007” the winner is the Stary Hotel from Kraków.

The Stary Hotel gained advantage over eminent competition. After a few stages of selection, with participation of several dozen European hotels, six carefully selected ones were short-listed for the top final. The rivals were: The Pand Hotel from Bruges, the Parisian Fouquet, Château Les Crayeres from Reims, Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resorts from Monaco and  New York Palace from Budapest.

So far, none of the Polish hotels had been awarded in Villegiature Grand Prix. Two years ago the Copernicus Hotel from Krakow, also the Likus Brothers’ hotel, was short-listed for the top final, but was defeated by a hotel in Amsterdam.
Traditionally, the ceremony took place in the presence of the social circles of Paris, representatives of diplomatic corps, outstanding architects, artists, publishers, people from the world of media and the owners of luxurious hotel chains. The award for the Stary Hotel was received by Katarzyna Likus

Opened in spring 2006, The Stary Hotel, situated 20 meters away from the Market Square in Krakow, is located, as well as the other hotels from the group, in a historic building. It is an ideal blend of the centuries of tradition and high hotel standards of the 21 century.
The Stary Hotel is one of a few of the chain of  hotels owned by Likus Hotels and Restaurants group. The others are Copernicus (the only one in Poland associated in an exclusive chain Relais et Chateaux), The Pod Różą Hotel - oldest in Krakow, the legendary Katowice Monopol Hotel, and another Monopol nearby the Wrocław Market Square, which is just being put to its pre-war glory as well as prepared for a ceremonial opening in 2008.

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Paweł Respondek, Holding Liwa, GSM +48 608 35.22.00, e-mail: pawel.respondek@hotel.com.pl