Hilton Rio de Janeiro Copacabana

Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

22°57′51″S 43°10′23″W / 22.96417°S 43.17306°W / -22.96417; -43.17306Opening1976ManagementHilton HotelsTechnical detailsFloor count37Design and constructionArchitect(s)Paulo Casé and Luiz AcioliOther informationNumber of rooms545Number of restaurants2

Hilton Rio de Janeiro Copacabana is a 110-metre 37-storey skyscraper hotel in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the tallest building on Leme Beach.

History

The hotel originally opened in 1976 as the Hotel Meridien Copacabana, later Le Méridien Copacabana. In 2007, Starwood sold the building to Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, which closed the hotel and started a renovation of the building in the same year, which was eventually abandoned in 2008. In 2009, the hotel was sold again to Windsor Hotels for around R$170 million.^[1] After a refurbishment, it was reopened in January 2011 as the Windsor Atlântica Hotel. The hotel was sold to Blackstone in March 2017.^[2] It converted to the Hilton Rio de Janeiro Copacabana on May 2, 2017.^[3]

References

^ Sharkey, Gemma (30 July 2009). "Former Le Meridien Copacabana hotel sold for £54.5m". Caterersearch.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
^ "Blackstone Announces Acquisition of the Windsor Atlantica Hotel in Rio de Janeiro". Blackstone.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-09. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "Windsor Atlantica Hotel in Rio De Janeiro Sold to Blackstone". Hotelnewsresource.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.