This year will see 1,600 new hotel rooms opening in Copenhagen. And within the next years a further 1,400 rooms will be added to the city's existing hotel portfolio, bringing the total number of rooms offered in the Danish capital region to close to 19,000.

Currently, the Greater Copenhagen region offers a choice of close to 16,000 hotel rooms spanning a wide range of accommodation, from top-class, five-star hotels such as Hilton, Marriott and Radisson Blue, to the low-price, contemporary designed rooms of Europe's largest city hostel. Within the next years, however, seven new hotels will open in or in the vicinity of Copenhagen, offering an additional 3,000 rooms. Of these, around 2,000 will be located in the new city area Ørestad including an 814 room hotel adjacent to the Bella Center, Scandinavia’s largest congress venue.
On top, the Oresund fixed link between Denmark and Sweden has meant that more than 28,000 hotel rooms are now available in the Oresund Region - encompassing both Copenhagen and Malmo – and this within a radius of less than 1.5 hours drive from Copenhagen airport.

New Copenhagen hotels in 2009

In 2009 four new hotels opens their doors to guests in Copenhagen: Denmark's first floating hotel, Copenhagen Living, opened in June. The hotel is located in the inner harbour just ten minutes' walk from the City Hall Square. The 12 rooms are decorated by a number of talented young Danish artists, and the panoramic windows afford guests a view of the harbour and city.

In July Denmark's largest low-budget hotel CABINN Metro** had a soft opening of their latest hotel with 350 rooms ready - the rest of its 710 rooms will be finished in time for the full opening in September. The hotel is designed by the internationally renowned US architect Daniel Libeskind and located in the city quarter Ørestad, close to the congress and convention venue Bella Center and next door to the largest shopping centre in Denmark, Fields. The two-star hotel is operated by the Danish budget hotel chain CABINN. The hotel offers a breakfast cafe with space for 500 guests; two meeting rooms for up to 30 people; a lobby bar; and a business centre.

Next to Copenhagen’s new congress centre, Tivoli Congress Centre, opening in 2010, is also the brand new Wakeup Copenhagen** hotel. Wakeup Copenhagen is a modern hotel alternative for the price-conscious guest which will offer 510 compact but functional rooms that are 100% non-smoking and allergy-friendly with wooden floors and connecting rooms. As with the convention centre, the hotel is owned and constructed by the Danish, family-owned hotel chain, Arp-Hansen. The goal behind Wakeup Copenhagen is to create an attractive alternative to match Copenhagen's 3- and 4-star hotels in terms of concept and comfort, but at affordable, 2-star rates. Wakeup Copenhagen is scheduled to open in October.

In spring 2008 the construction of Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers**** picked-up speed to ensure that the hotel will be ready in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 15, taking place in Copenhagen 7-18 December 2009. When completed in November, the Crowne Plaza will offer 366 bedrooms and a large conference centre occupying 3,500 sq m - the largest of its rooms capable of seating 800 delegates. It will be located adjacent to Copenhagen Towers, a 20 storey business complex with offices and additional facilities. The building will meet the requirements for a Danish Low Energy Class II building and also the EU requirements for certified Green Buildings, as renewable energy sources provide all energy to the hotel.

Pending hotels

Next year, Copenhagen will see the opening of a major new Danish-designed congress centre in the city centre. The Tivoli Congress Centre will be Copenhagen’s second major congress venue and will offer a maximum capacity of 4,000 people, with its largest conference room offering space for up to 2,500 people. Above the congress centre itself will be a hotel complex with 1,300 rooms in different categories.

One of these hotels will be the new, thematic, 400-room Tivoli Hotel**** developed in cooperation with Tivoli A/S. The hotel will realise a long-held dream for Tivoli A/S to provide its guests with a total experience and create an exciting thematic hotel close to the amusement park. The hotel will open in summer 2010, while the Tivoli Congress Centre will be ready in the second half of 2010.

The already impressive congress and convention venue Bella Center has commenced construction of the largest hotel in Scandinavia, Bella Hotel****. The foundation stone was placed in September 2008, and now two towers of 76.5 m each are emerging. The 814 room hotel is expected to open in the first quarter of 2011. The hotel will be an integrated part of Bella Center supplementing the existing 63 conference rooms and four auditoriums. The new hotel will have no less than 32 extra conference rooms, including a large ballroom and two executive conference rooms located on the 23th floor together with a Sky Bar.

The historic, picturesque North Zealand fishing village of Gilleleje, less than an hour's drive north of Copenhagen, is also set to expand its hotel capacity with the new state-of-the-art Gilleleje Spa & Wellness Resort. The resort will offer 200 rooms with views across an 18-hole golf course. As well as the wellness centre, the resort will also boast a conference centre with room for up to 350 guests. The resort is expected to open at the beginning of 2011 and will be run by the Finnish Sunborn Corporation.