Traded as Privately held | Number of locations 7 | |
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Industry Hospitality, hotel development, hotel investment, hotel operator Founded Amsterdam, Netherlands (2005) Founder Rattan Chadha, Michael Levie Headquarters Leidseweg 219 Voorschoten, 2253 AE, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
citizenM (branded citizenM) is a Netherlands-based hotel chain. It opened its first hotel at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 2008, followed by one in city of Amsterdam itself in 2009. Its first overseas hotel in Glasgow opened in 2010, followed by one in London in 2012., one in Rotterdam in 2013, one in New York City in 2014 and one in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2014.
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The company was co-founded by Rattan Chadha and Michael Levie, and uses the slogan "affordable luxury for the people" for its hotels. The branding and logo was developed by KesselsKramer.
The public spaces of the hotels feature the "Living Room" furnished with art and iconic furniture from companies such as Vitra, with the result that the hotel has an upbeat designer feel, with artwork and books. The design assumes intelligent, digitally-literate guests, for example, with open computer stations where guests check themselves in and out.
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The original hotel at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam was opened in 2008 and was designed by the Dutch architectural company Concrete. With 230 compact 14 m2 (150 sq ft) rooms, it is built on a modular basis.
The second hotel opened in Amsterdam's city centre in 2009, and was awarded a Fodor's 100 Hotel Award for Design in 2011. The location in Rotterdam opened in December 2013 and has a double ceiling height, a tree and a wooden staircase in the entrance.
Hotel Architecture
Most of CitizenM hotels embrace International Style with large glass windows clad in black metal exterior wall (the one in Amsterdam using gray metal). Beside the New York location (19 floors built in 2013), most of the hotels are low rise (5 to 8 floors) buildings. The rooms have so called 'mood pads' to control television, light and temperature from one device created by Philips. or iPad Minis