Belgrade is a pretty cool city, and for years a St. Regis has been under development there. There’s now an exciting update, as the hotel is welcoming its first guests today, so it’s finally open!
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How does Belgrade support a small (119 rooms is extremely small) St Regis? Russian
millionaires and billionaires? This is the equivalent of opening a St Regis in Raleigh, North Carolina, or Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Except Belgrade is three times the size of these places.
But yes, Russians have engulfed Serbia, so will be a big part of the clientele.
Tell me you don’t know anything about Belgrade without telling me you don’t know anything about Belgrade.
Belgrade is a capital of a country and attracts significant number of business travelers. It's also becoming more popular destination lately within Europe as a "hip, party destination" (no matter what I think about that categorisation).
I would actually argue it's quite underserved with upper echelon of hotels (based on my knowledge of this industry and traveler patterns in Europe).
€350-450 per night in Belgrade only makes sense if one is truly an idiot or money launderer.
Had a chance to visit the St Regis in Belgrade.
Location wise, it's in the middle of the town, but it is not central - neither located in the historic center, nor in the business areas of New Belgrade. It is near the highway so it's easy to get to the airport. There are only modern residential buildings around it + a shopping mall, but that's for sure not the reason one comes to Belgrade.
The hotel looks modern, but the service leaves a lot to be desired. The hotel just opened, so it seems that staff hadn't done trainings yet, but hopefully will be up to speed at some point.
Until then, many better places to spend your money at, including the ones mentioned in the original article - the Square Nine, the Hyatt Regency, but also some smaller properties, including the Indigo, and the Saint Ten.