GENERAL OVERVIEW

The Hotel Brussels is a listed building located in the heart of Brussels with a dominating position overlooking the city’s Avenue Louise.

The hotel has a mix of facilities that supports a strong mid-week meeting proposition and facilities for the weekend leisure market. This is reflected in the use of imagery and language throughout marketing assets. 

LOCATION AND SETTING

The Hotel Brussels is a listed building due to its architecture, typical of the early 70’s and not period or ornate as other buildings in the city are. Brussels Central Station is 10 minutes’ walk away with direct links to Brussels International Airport in 20 minutes. Brussels International Train Station (Midi) is a 5 minutes’ drive or 7 minutes by metro (2 stations). Brussels International Airport is a 25 minutes’ drive, Brussels Airport is widely connected with the world with flights to more than 180 direct destinations. From the International Train Station there is a direct high-speed train to Paris and Amsterdam (in 1 hour), and London (2 hours) as well as to Dusseldorf (1 hour), Cologne (1 hour) and Frankfurt (3 hours).

The Hotel’s carpark has 120 spaces covering four floors underneath the building. Parking cannot be reserved for large groups as it is public parking.

FIT FOR PURPOSE

The Hotel Brussels takes meetings seriously as a critical part of its business mix with a range of rooms for meetings of different sizes and when required plenary, exhibition and breakout combinations. The conference centre area located on the 1st, 25th, 26th and 27th floors ensures that a meeting with confidentiality in mind can be held there, away from the main hotel area and providing a space for meetings, exhibits and breakout rooms on private floors. The hotel provides a multi-purpose venue for business and meetings, the décor and character support the meeting offer and delivers a contemporary business hotel with personal touches and a genuinely personal almost boutique feel.

FACILITIES

The hotel main entrance on Boulevard de Waterloo heads directly to the stylishly and contemporary decorated lobby and reception. When entering the lobby meeting participants will face pod style reception desks and the lift landing with 6 super-fast elevators to access the meetings rooms and bedrooms. Going further through the lobby lounge, guest will enter The Bar and The restaurant by Pierre Balthazar which due to its design, menu and reputation would be likely only used for internal meeting. Both spaces overlook a green area, the Parc d’ Egmont and with a seating capacity of 100 persons each.

MEETING SPACES

The Hotel Brussels includes 12 state-of-the-art meeting rooms located on the 1st , 25th, 26th and 27th floors. On the 1st floor the Grand Ballroom (400 pax theatre) is surrounded by a large foyer area with daylight used for coffee breaks and standing lunches with table top displays. The Park ballroom offers daylight and can be used as an extension of the foyer area to make a large exhibition area of about 900 sq. meters. On the 25th floor there are 3 meeting rooms. On 26th floor there are 4 meeting rooms and on the 27th floor there is the Vista with one meeting room that can accommodate up to 150 delegates. All floors have a large foyer area used for coffee breaks and lunches. All floors and meeting rooms have daylight. The 6 super-fast elevators (each for 15 persons) can go up from the 1st to the 27th floor in less than 27 seconds and the system can be programmed to make sure delegates are not stuck in front of elevators. An extra 12 break-out rooms can be offered by transforming bedrooms into meeting/board rooms up to 10 persons each. The hotels catering offer is flexible offering fresh and seasonal products and a variety of dishes that align to business meetings, providing offerings to heighten concentration and energy.

BEDROOMS

The 422 bedrooms (321 Superior, 83 Deluxe, 13 Panorama Suites, 4 Splendour Suites, 1 The Suite) are located over 21 floors in a tower block with 4 executive floors some with impressive city view. Some rooms look to the north and some to the south. The size of all rooms is the same, 27 sq. Meters except the Panorama and Splendour suites, which are larger at up to 100 sq. Meters. All rooms are decorated in a black and crème design with hints of the style of the 1950s. withal rooms include a Nespresso machine and fridge including complimentary water and soft drinks. Generally, there is no difference to the appointment of rooms across all types and include; complimentary Wi-Fi, coffee / tea maker, Smart TV, safe. All rooms are equipped with domotic systems such as automatic curtain and lighting ambiance.

EXPERIENCE

With more than 110 Healthcare sector meetings organised every year, The Hotel team have strong experience of holding meetings for the healthcare sector, which include internal and HCP focused meetings.

Brussels City Centre boasts a large conference centre (The Square) which is within a short walk from the hotel and is the host of some national and international meetings & congress which the hotel has experience of hosting room blocks and side meetings.

LEISURE

The hotel provides guests with a fitness gym with free weights and exercise machines.

The hotel's website does not confirm its star rating but external travel sites confirm its 4-star rating.

Labelled as Urban Spa, the space is located on the 23rd floor with no visibility from public or meeting areas of the hotel. Small in size the space is styled to reflect a spa design with lighting, décor and sauna and two treatment rooms. However, this is not a spa centre, as the name implies, with no formal reception and the type of treatment rooms seen in an authentic spa space