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Together, the new premises will offer a total capacity
for at least 6,500 persons, offering a thousand newly constructed hotel
rooms. However, the newly built or reconstructed facilities will not only
serve event organizers, but will also boost cultural and gastronomic activities
for local residents.
For Events, Culture, Leisure, and Gastronomy
Since the beginning of 2024, several new venues have
been added to the Prague meetings scene, thus complementing the wide range of
existing event options. "One of the most important is
certainly the reconstruction in the Prague Exhibition Grounds. Although we will
have to wait over a year for the work on the Industrial Palac to be completed,
the Exhibition Grounds already offer many new elements," says Roman Muška,
Director of the Prague Convention Bureau, which represents the
meetings industry in Prague, adding: "In the summer of 2024, the green
roofs of the newly renovated Křižík Pavilions were opened, followed by the
presentation of the renovated premises of the Nová Spirála (New Spiral). Theatre
in the autumn. Together, these spaces will offer a capacity
of up to 4,500 persons." In the immediate vicinity of
the Exhibition Grounds, renovations of two other separately managed
premises are underway. In the summer of 2025, the Prague Planetarium is
due reopen, which, after renovation, will boast new LED dome technology, which
will place it among the most modern planetariums in the world. The facilities
will also be available for private events rental offering a total capacity
(including an outdoor terrace) for up to 700 persons. "In about a year
since the selection of the finishing works contractor, a long-delayed opening
of the Šlechta Restaurant (Šlechtova restaurace) in the Royal Game
Reserve (Královská obora) is also expected. After the reconstruction,
it should offer three gastronomic facilities, and also an outdoor
promenade and gazebo for events," adds Roman Muška.
The company Výstaviště Praha, a.s. also operates the Holešovice
Market Hall (Holešovická tržnice), which is currently undergoing an extensive
reconstruction. However, already at the end of 2025, visitors and event
organizers will be able to look forward to major improvements, such as the
renovated premises of the most magnificent building in the Holešovice
Market Hall, the former Slaughterhouse Exchange, which Zátiší Group will
transform into a restaurant with a capacity for 300 guests called Burza. The
catering company Ambiente, which plans to open a restaurant and a branch of the
Myšák confectionery in the area by the end of 2025, will also have
its representatives at the market. A new addition to the gastronomic and event
scene is also the largest Mexican restaurant in the country, opened in March
this year by the Together gastro alliance near the market itself, and which,
in addition to three kitchens, will offer seats for up to 300 guests.
Event organizers and lovers of Michelin-starred cuisine should also not miss Restaurant
420, which since January 2024 offers a capacity of 200 seats in the heart of
the city: in the House at the Red Fox at Old Town Square.
In the unconventional environment of Prague's main
railway station, an Art Nouveau event gem has opened after reconstruction.
After an ambitious renovation, two Art Nouveau halls, which previously served
as restaurants and waiting rooms for passengers, were reopened in the Fanta
building at the beginning of 2024. The halls can host congresses
and conferences with a capacity of less than 600 persons. The Fanta and
Column Halls are complemented by a small lounge for 20 guests and the Foyer
Café, which, unlike the halls, is also open to the general public. "However,
Fanta's building is not the only new space with a railway theme. After
reconstruction, a former train station building was opened in Prague's Bubeneč
district under the name Station 6, now serving primarily as a bistro and
community venue for locals. However, it also offers the possibility of rental
for smaller events of around 200 persons," adds Roman Muška.
Events Interactively
Along with traditional event spaces, Prague also
boasts those that include interactive elements. In addition to the already
mentioned upcoming opening of the Prague Planetarium, event organizers can also
choose the recently opened Mozart Interactive Museum in Malá Strana
for their event. The interactive exhibition will allow you to take advantage
of state-of-the-art technology and look into the life and works of the
musical genius W. A. Mozart, who repeatedly stayed in Prague. The
museum premises are also available for private events. "We will wait
until 2027 for another interactive space, when the Hydropolis educational
centre should open on the premises of the former Vinohrady Waterworks.
In addition to the educational exhibition in the water tank and water
tower, the complex will also offer a water park open to the public, a viewing
point and a café with a meeting hall for 160 delegates,"
explains Roman Muška.
Prague Hotel Scene Expands with Thousand New Rooms
The Prague meetings industry will also receive new
capacities thanks to several hotels, which will not only offer a thousand new
rooms, but also additional meeting facilities. "Last year, meetings
Prague grew expanded with two major hotel projects. After a long-term
renovation, the former Art Nouveau Grand Hotel Evropa – now W Prague – was
opened on Wenceslas Square with a total capacity of 161 rooms and another
three rooms suitable for smaller social events for up to 50 persons. A
completely new development venture was the construction of The Cloud One hotel
near Masaryk Railway Station. Since summer 2024, it offers a total of 382
rooms and two event spaces, including a rooftop bar with a terrace
for up to 160 guests," says Roman Muška.
Three more hotels are planned to open in 2025. This
spring, first new guests will be welcomed in the Fairmont Golden Prague Hotel
(former InterContinental Hotel) with 320 rooms and residences, six
restaurants and bars, a spa, and conference facilities with three original
C-Suites, and a conference hall that can accommodate up to 600 persons.
At the end of March 2025, the Sir Prague Hotel will offer its
capacity of 76 rooms near the Dancing House. "The last announced and
long-postponed project is the introduction of the hotel complex in
Železná Street, now under the name Akroterion.
After the reconstruction, the hotel should offer about 100 luxury
rooms, a restaurant, a spa, and also new conference facilities," concludes
Roman Muška.
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Credit: © Fairmont Golden Prague
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