Rezidor Hotel Group, Astor Group sign first Radisson Red in Riga, Latvia

The Rezidor Hotel Group has signed the first Radisson Red in Riga, Latvia, in partnership with the Astor Group.

The 220-guestroom Radisson Red Riga is expected to open by 2020 on Elizabetes iela in the center of the city. The new hotel will be close to the railway station, the largest international airport in the Baltic States and Riga's historic center, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rezidor also recently opened the brand’s Cape Town, South Africa location. The 252-guestroom Radisson Red Cape Town opened in the V&A Waterfront’s newly revamped Silo District. The opening of the Radisson Red Cape Town follows other global launches in Brussels, Minneapolis and the most recent addition in Campinas, Brazil, with developments in various other parts of the world set to launch soon.

The Rezidor Hotel Group, a subsidiary of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, has a portfolio of 480 hotels with over 106,000 guestrooms in operation or under development in over 80 countries.