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Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts hotels
German hotel traditions extend from full-service city houses to resorts along the Nile and Red Sea.
Steigenberger brings a German hotel tradition to full-service city stays and resorts across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Albert Steigenberger began with Baden-Baden’s Europäischer Hof in 1930, and the wider collection now ranges from German cities to the Nile, Red Sea, and Baltic coast.
17 Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts hotels in 3 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by H World Group
- Worldwide: 64 hotels under the Steigenberger name in Europe, Africa, and Asia, as stated in the 95th year. The public atlas files 17 under this brand
- On the atlas: 13 Accessible Luxury, 4 Near Luxury
History
Steigenberger’s German hotels show how different buildings can share a hospitality name. Graf Zeppelin retains its station-side architecture in Stuttgart, while Dresden’s Hotel de Saxe joins the rebuilt Neumarkt facing the Frauenkirche. Newer houses in Berlin and Bremen add contemporary design and river or city views to that older architectural story.
Timeline
- 1930 — Albert Steigenberger buys the Europäischer Hof in Baden-Baden. That purchase is the start of the hotel company. The house is now a Steigenberger Icon, and a reopening was planned for the 95th year.
- 1931 — On 14 March, Paul Bonatz's Hotel Graf Zeppelin opens opposite Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, which Bonatz also designed. A Zeppelin circles the city. Albert Steigenberger takes the house in 1957.
- 1956 — Steigenberger buys the Ritters Park-Hotel in Bad Homburg, Conrad Ritter's 1883 grand hotel by Louis Jacobi. Elvis Presley spends 4 to 6 October 1958 in room 206. The old building closes in 1977.
- 1958 — Egon Steigenberger takes the company on and builds it into the jet-age German hotel name.
- 1991 — On 2 January the rebuilt Steigenberger Hotel Bad Homburg reopens, 174 rooms, restaurant still called Ritter's. Room 206 is kept as an Elvis suite over the Kurpark.
- 2009 — Travco, the Egyptian travel group, buys the company and pushes the flag deep into Egyptian resorts.
- 2016 — The group takes the corporate name Deutsche Hospitality. On 4 August the Steigenberger Hotel Köln reopens after a €23 million renovation of Theodor Kelter's listed 1961 block.
- 2019 — On 1 November the former Sheraton Luxor reopens as Steigenberger Resort Achti, 281 rooms. In June, Steigenberger Pyramids Cairo opens opposite the Grand Egyptian Museum, 132 rooms.
- 2020 — H World acquires Deutsche Hospitality.
- 2021 — On 10 November the Steigenberger Hotel Doha opens, the brand's first hotel in Qatar, 206 rooms. In April the company separates Steigenberger Icons for the historic palaces.
- 2024 — Deutsche Hospitality becomes H World International. In July the Montien Surawong in Bangkok becomes a Steigenberger, the first in Thailand, 475 rooms, after a full renovation.
- 2025 — The 95th year. The published hotel count under the Steigenberger name is 64.
The houses to know
- Steigenberger Nile Palace, Luxor, Egypt — Three hundred three rooms on the east-bank corniche, opened in 2002, with a private dock.
- Steigenberger Alcazar, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt — The hotel is in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
- Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir, Cairo, Egypt — The hotel is in Cairo, Egypt.
- Steigenberger Resort Achti, Luxor, Egypt — The hotel is in Luxor, Egypt.
- Steigenberger Golf Resort El Gouna, El Gouna, Egypt — Michael Graves's Nubian-domed resort, opened in 1999, 268 rooms among the lagoons.
- Steigenberger Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany — The hotel is in Bremen, Germany.
- Steigenberger Grandhotel & Spa Heringsdorf, Heringsdorf, Germany — One hundred seventy rooms on Usedom, opened in 2011, folded around Villa Augusta and Villa am Meer.
- Steigenberger Hotel Am Kanzleramt, Berlin, Germany — Ortner & Ortner's 339-room hotel in Kirchheimer limestone, opened in May 2014 beside the Chancellery.
- Steigenberger Hotel and Residence Doha, Doha, Qatar — The hotel is in Doha, Qatar.
- Steigenberger Cecil Hotel, Alexandria, Egypt — The Metzger family's 1929 hotel on the Eastern Harbour, a Steigenberger since 2014, 88 rooms.
Newest openings
- Montien Surawong, a Steigenberger Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, joined the brand in July 2024. H World International signed with Tantakitt Company. The hotel had just finished a full renovation. It is the first Steigenberger in Thailand: 475 rooms, a long-standing Bangkok house taking the German flag.
- Steigenberger Resort Saint Catherine — Sinai, Egypt — opening status unconfirmed — This wellness resort was announced for the final quarter of 2025. A completed opening has not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Opening next
- Steigenberger Resort Lakeside Byoum — Fayoum, Egypt — announced for 2026 — The planned 90-room resort sits by Qarun Lake, about 90 kilometres southwest of Cairo. A 2024 announcement gave a late-2025 target; a later anniversary update moved it to 2026. An opening day has not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
- Steigenberger Resort Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, announced for late 2025. Unconfirmed as open. See above.
- Steigenberger Resort Ayalora, on Egypt's Red Sea coast, has been announced with the Residence and spa. No opening year was firm enough to print.
- Bielefelder Hof, Bielefeld, Germany, was announced as a historic hotel joining Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts after a renovation. No opening year was given.
Every Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts hotel on the atlas
Germany
- Steigenberger Grandhotel & Spa Heringsdorf — Heringsdorf · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel Am Kanzleramt — Berlin · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel Bremen — Bremen · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe — Dresden · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel München — Munich · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin — Stuttgart · Near Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel Bad Homburg — Bad Homburg · Near Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel Köln — Cologne · Near Luxury
Egypt
- Steigenberger Alcazar — Sharm El Sheikh · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Cecil Hotel — Alexandria · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Golf Resort El Gouna — El Gouna · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir — Cairo · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Nile Palace — Luxor · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Resort Achti — Luxor · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Pyramids Cairo — Giza · Near Luxury
Qatar
- Steigenberger Hotel and Residence Doha — Doha · Accessible Luxury
- Steigenberger Hotel Doha — Doha · Accessible Luxury
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