For the king of Saudi Arabia.
During the visit, the delegation of the King of Saudi Arabia will live near Red Square. To rent a room in the "National" today, Four seasons or St. Regis will not work: in one of the hotels, journalists were told about the full load, which, according to employees, happens extremely rarely. Reservations will reopen after October 8th.
Some hotels had to cancel scheduled weddings and banquets; the main task now is to strengthen security: the building can only be entered after presenting a guest card.
Sergey Kolesnikov, vice president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers, told Kommersant FM that this is a normal practice:
“These events do not take place spontaneously, regardless of who comes: Saudi Arabia, the United States, the President of the Russian Federation or high-ranking officials. The representative of the special services selects not just a hotel, but specific rooms, this happens in a week or two. After the advance group, the day before arrival, special regime events are held: the number is checked again so that there are no misunderstandings. "
The organizers of the visit paid special attention to the convenience of the guests. The king of Saudi Arabia is known for his whimsicality: on his trip to Indonesia in March, he took about 500 tons of luggage, two Mercedes-Benz S600 cars and even two electric elevators; apparently, the Saudis did not come to Moscow lightly either. Especially for the delegation, the hotels are changing the furnishings of the rooms: the usual European furniture is sent to the warehouse, and in return, the carpets brought from Riyadh are spread; in addition, pork dishes will be excluded from the hotel menu.
This is not all that hotels can do for the sake of their customers, said Kirill Ryabkov, Marketing Director of the Quintessentially Russia Concierge Club:
“I worked at the Hyatt where Madonna lived, and we did a private room for her to do yoga. The room had to be connected to her presidential suite, this was a must. One Australian pop star demanded that a certain scent of lilies be present wherever she passes. "
The delegation of Salman Al Saud has a thousand people, and they were apparently lucky with the accommodation. Although it happened that wealthy guests bought the best rooms from their guests - the owner of the Helvetia hotel in St. Petersburg, Yunis Teymurkhanly, told Kommersant FM about this case:
“The delegation, it seems from the Emirates, was only satisfied with the presidential number: it was sold to someone from Russian oligarchs, and representatives of the Arab sheikh contacted the Russian with a request to give up this number. He categorically refused, trading began, and as a result, when it had already reached astronomical figures, the oligarch's wife could not stand it, saying: “You don’t want it, but I want it, I’ll buy this difference in France.”
Prices in best rooms Four Seasons of 500 sq. m. start at 1 million rubles. per day., but for the delegation this is not a problem: all the more, according to some sources, the Saudi prince Al-Walid, the king's nephew, owns a share of this hotel chain.
The interlocutors of Kommersant FM say that special conditions, in which the king of Saudi Arabia will live, cannot be called a whim: this, according to experts hospitality, a guarantee of their complete safety.
The trouble started on arrival. The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Ben Abdel Aziz Al Saud, who arrived in Moscow on a state visit, when leaving the plane at the capital's Vnukovo airport, found a breakdown of his escalator.
The golden ladder escalator has recently accompanied the Saudi monarch during his official visits. So, on March 1, 2017, Indonesian observers paid special attention to this detail. They marked 1000 accompanying persons in the king's retinue, and the weight of his luggage was estimated at 500 tons. Two weeks later, reporting on the luxurious trip of the Saudi king to Japan, RT TV noted that the monarch's visit was served by two golden escalators, 10 planes, and 500 limousines. To accommodate the royal suite in Japan, 1200 luxurious hotel rooms were prepared.
During his visit to Moscow, the retinue of the King of Saudi Arabia will occupy all available rooms of five-star hotels around the Kremlin and Red Square, including one of the hotels - completely. This was announced by Business FM on October 4.
The royal visit will last from 4 to 7 October. Already in the area of Manezhnaya Square, Lubyanka and Kuznetsky Most there are no vacancies in five-star hotels such as Four Seasons, St. Regis and National are the ones where the delegation from Saudi Arabia will stay. In total, the Saudis' mission will number about a thousand people. And for the king himself, all the rooms of the Ritz Carlton were bought up until October 7.
For the first time, two additional questions were included in the questionnaire for a survey of Moscow travel agencies, organized by BANKO based on the results of the summer season, the answers to which made it possible to find out the preferences of retail in the field of MICE tourism and work with VIP clients.
According to the website of Yunis Teymurkhanli, owner and general director of the St. Petersburg hotel "Helvetia", such measures are dictated by the requirements of the protocols for accommodating persons of this level. “As a rule, figures of this magnitude stay in official residences on the territory of the visited states, where maximum security can be ensured. But the final choice of accommodation facility is determined by the protocol of the two countries. The monarch's delegation may have their own security and transport accessibility considerations. In addition, the cuisine at the Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton exceeds the capacity of a government residence that typically provides guests of this caliber. The king will probably invite politicians and journalists to his place. In this case, his own chefs can provide food not only for a large delegation, but also for guests, ”the expert said.
On October 4, an unusually high density of traffic police officers could already be observed on the roads of Moscow, which is probably due to increased security measures. According to Vadim Prasov, vice-president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia, the center will surely have difficulties with road traffic, but Moscow, as a capital city, is used to it. “The delegation is really big, and none of the high-profile guests wants to live in“ treshki ”. Hoteliers, naturally, will not have any objections, ”the expert commented.
On Booking.com, rooms at the Ritz Carlton on October 8 can cost from 35 to 112 thousand rubles per night. The hotel has 334 rooms.
Recall that at the beginning of this year, the Saudi king undertook a 31-day trip to Asia, in which he was accompanied by 459 tons of luggage, including two elevators and two Mercedes-Benz S600 cars, as well as a retinue of 1,500 people. The monarch is 81 years old.
Rooms in five-star hotels in the center of Moscow are almost out of stock: the best hotel rooms have been occupied by the retinue of the King of Saudi Arabia, RIA Novosti reported. He should arrive in the capital on an official visit on Thursday. Along with Salman Al Saud, a delegation of 1,000 people will arrive in Russia, the agency's source said. Yana Lubnina figured out how hoteliers would meet distinguished guests.
During the visit, the delegation of the King of Saudi Arabia will live near Red Square. Already today rent a room at the National, Four Seasons or St. Regis will not work: in one of the hotels, journalists were told about the full load, which, according to employees, happens extremely rarely. Reservations will reopen after October 8th.
Some hotels had to cancel scheduled weddings and banquets; the main task now is to strengthen security: the building can only be entered after presenting a guest card. Sergey Kolesnikov, vice president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers, told Kommersant FM that this is a normal practice:
“These events do not take place spontaneously, regardless of who comes: Saudi Arabia, the United States, the President of the Russian Federation or high-ranking officials. The representative of the special services selects not just a hotel, but specific rooms, this happens in a week or two. After the advance group, the day before arrival, special regime events are held: the number is checked again so that there are no misunderstandings. "
The organizers of the visit paid special attention to the convenience of the guests. The king of Saudi Arabia is known for his whimsicality: on his trip to Indonesia in March, he took about 500 tons of luggage, two Mercedes-Benz S600 cars and even two electric elevators; apparently, the Saudis did not come to Moscow lightly either. Especially for the delegation, the hotels are changing the furnishings of the rooms: the usual European furniture is sent to the warehouse, and in return, the carpets brought from Riyadh are spread; in addition, pork dishes will be excluded from the hotel menu. This is not all that hotels can do for the sake of their customers, said Kirill Ryabkov, Marketing Director of the Quintessentially Russia Concierge Club:
“I worked at the Hyatt where Madonna lived, and we did a private room for her to do yoga. The room had to be connected to her presidential suite, this was a must. One Australian pop star demanded that a certain scent of lilies be present wherever she passes. "
The delegation of Salman Al Saud has a thousand people, and they were apparently lucky with the accommodation. Although it happened that wealthy guests bought the best rooms from their guests - the owner of the Helvetia hotel in St. Petersburg, Yunis Teymurkhanly, told Kommersant FM about this case:
“The delegation, it seems, from the Emirates, was only satisfied with the presidential number: it was sold to some of the Russian oligarchs, and representatives of the Arab sheikh approached the Russian with a request to give up this number. He categorically refused, trading began, and as a result, when it had already reached astronomical figures, the oligarch's wife could not stand it, saying: “You don’t want it, but I want it, I’ll buy this difference in France.”
Prices for the best 500 sqm Four Seasons rooms m. start at 1 million rubles. per day., but for the delegation this is not a problem: all the more, according to some sources, the Saudi prince Al-Walid, the king's nephew, owns a share of this hotel chain.
The interlocutors of Kommersant FM say that the special conditions in which the king of Saudi Arabia will live cannot be called a whim: this, according to experts in the hotel business, is a guarantee of their complete safety.
The cost of living for the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud and his retinue during a visit to Moscow from October 5 to 7 may be up to $ 3.3 million, according to a study conducted for RBC by travel service specialists OneTwoTrip.
Earlier, "RIA Novosti" reported that the Saudi king and a thousand of his entourage will occupy all the vacant rooms of five-star hotels around the Kremlin and Red Square. They will stop at Four hotels Seasons ("Moscow"), Ritz Carlton, St. Regis Nikolskaya and National. In particular, the delegation fully rented the Four Seasons Hotel. The cost of the presidential suite alone is 1 million rubles.
“Depending on the accommodation, 1,000 guests will need from 500 to 1,000 rooms. Includes accommodation in all Four Seasons rooms and Ritz Carlton Suites, St. Regis and National, it turns out about 326 rooms, that is, to accommodate the entire delegation, at least another 430 rooms of a different category are needed in these three hotels, "the experts calculated.
If we take into account the cost of not only suites, but also standard and superior rooms, as well as the extra charge for group accommodation from 10 to 50%, the total cost of living for the Saudi delegation can range from $ 2.2 million to $ 3.3 million, experts say.
According to Kommersant, especially for the arrival of the king, the furnishings in some rooms will be changed: carpets will be added, furniture will be changed. “The cost of such a transformation is difficult to calculate. We can talk about tens of thousands of dollars, "- experts at OneTwoTrip believe.
According to Kommersant, the Saudi prince Al-Walid, the nephew of the King of Saudi Arabia, owns a stake in the network Four hotels Seasons. "Without a doubt, this will make adjustments to the final price," - said in a study received by RBC.
A slight drop in the ratings of specific hotels due to the inability for regular guests to check in for this period "will be more than offset by income from the accommodation of delegations," Vyacheslav Sapozhnikov, editor-in-chief of the industry portal Hotelier.PRO, told RBC. According to him, the reputation of the hotels is a "long-lasting moment".
Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud's visit to Moscow after the incident at Vnukovo-2 airport. When the king got off the plane and began descending the ladder-escalator, it broke down and the monarch had to go down on his own. As RBC Adviser to the Administrative Officer of the President of Russia Elena Krylova, the delegation of Saudi Arabia brought the escalator ladder with them, she could not clarify the cause of the breakdown.
During his visit, the King of Saudi Arabia talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin press service reported that they will discuss building up bilateral cooperation in the trade, economic, investment, cultural and humanitarian spheres, and also that joint documents are to be signed.
