group type public traded as bpse danubius bux component industry hospitality industry tourism founded 1972 headquarters budapest hungary key people dr. imre de k ceo products hotels spas number of employees 4 354 website www.danubiushotels.com danubius hotels and spas group is the largest hotel group in hungary with 56 hotels located in hungary great britain czech republic slovakia and romania . contents 1 history 2 brands 2.1 danubius health spa resorts 2.2 danubius hotels 2.3 classic collection 2.4 further members of danubius hotels group 3 references 4 external links history edit hotel astoria danubius hotels group was established by the former ministry of external trade in order to create and develop the spa tourism in hungary . citation needed the state owned company first began managing hotels in april 1972 with the acquisition of the already operational grand hotel margitsziget and hotel helikon in keszthely . it also was granted the building permit of the budapest hilton . citation needed the company was privatized as danubius hotels plc on 31 july 1991 and its stock was listed on the budapest stock exchange in 1992 . in 1996 it successfully applied for the 85 % of property right of hung ria sz lloda rt. hungarhotels at the state privatization company s pv rt. written contest and 100 % property right was gained in 2004 . the danubius hotels group first began expansions abroad in november 1999 with the purchase of hotel villa butterfly in marienbad czech republic . one year later it purchased 65 % property right of l ebn l zn a.s. marienbad czech republic and as a result 31 properties 4 spa centers and 40 thermal sources came under its ownership . in 2001 the romanian public limited company as an interest of danubius hotels gained 82 17 % of 1000 hotel rooms and other properties and medicinal facilities located in sovata romania on a privatization contest . danubius hotels acquired its hotels in slovakia in 2002 with the purchase of 67 % of slovenske liecebne kupele a.s. spa complex . as of 2004 danubius became co operator of the world famous gundel restaurant and connecting businesses bagolyv r wine public house winery in m d and eger and currently owns two thirds of gundel . danubius hotels group occupies 124th place on hotels magazine s list of the world s 300 largest hotel operators . brands edit danubius health spa resorts edit hotel gell rt hilton budapest danubius health spa resort hotels are located in hungary the czech republic slovakia and in romania . mostly 4 star spa and wellness hotels belong in this hotel brand . services include bathing spa and wellness treatments beauty care fitness . materials used for the treatments are natural mud natural spring . danubius hotels edit properties at danubius hotels are 4 star city hotels which can be found in budapest and in london . in budapest danubius famous properties include danubius hotel gell rt danubius grand hotel margitsziget and danubius hotel astoria . classic collection edit classic collection are located in historical buildings which sophisticated interior design and elegance resembling last century s atmosphere . citation needed further members of danubius hotels group edit other 3 4 and 5 star hotels of danubius hotels group have various offers . among these in budapest can be found the hilton budapest 1 radisson blu and best western hotels operated in franchise system . references edit external links edit danubius hotels group official site company profile on the official website of budapest stock exchange bse v t e bux companies of hungary any security printing appeninn asset management cig pannonia life insurance budapest electricity works north hungarian electricity supply fhb bank graphisoft park magyar telekom mol group otp bank pannergy r ba automotive group gedeon richter zwack unicum retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title danubius hotels group & oldid 678277758 categories hotel chainshotels in hungarycompanies of hungarycompanies listed on the budapest stock exchangecompanies established in 1972hungarian brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2011articles with unsourced statements from may 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinadeutsch magyar edit links this page was last modified on 28 august 2015 at 11 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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