August 31st, 2009

Budapest luxury hotel to include helipad, bullet-proof suite

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A new luxury hotel in Budapest’s swanky fifth district will come complete with a helicopter landing pad and a bullet-proof suite, Magyar Nemzet daily reported on Monday.

Hotel President, to be located near the National Bank of Hungary and the American embassy, has been designed with high-powered guests such as heads of state and top diplomats in mind.

The 110-room hotel is registered by Shalom Szalloda Zrt, owned by Jozsef Gerendas, an independent local council representative. Gerendas told the paper that he expects the helicopter landing pad to be used about three to four times a year, and each landing will require a special permit from the authorities.

The 150 sq/m presidential suite will be bullet-proof and will therefore be the only hotel residence in Hungary built to security standards required by NATO, said the paper.

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  1. Danny says:
    September 4, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    Wow! Wow! Wow!

    Now, all they need to provide to their guests is an armored car. By the way, I found this company who makes some great bullet proof vehicles. check them out http://www.inkasarmored.com

  2. Gyuszi G. says:
    September 4, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    The types of Israeli, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Russian mafioso that this ultra-pricey hotel will almost exclusively cater to definitely need all the armor protection they can get.

    I understand Shalom Zrt. will provide the chopper with armor plating as well, same grade as what is now on the new series US presidential helicopters, frequently referred to as “Marine One.” Nothing but the best and safest to our assorted Israeli, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Russian mafioso visitors.

    I love about the “bullet-proof presidential suite” — what a bunch of Shalom Zrt. bullsh*t. President Bush stayed at the Le Meridian, and that one apparently did not have a “bullet-proof presidential suite.” Still, he and the Mrs. survided the night somehow. And just what does the losing-on-all-fronts, wholly discredited NATO has got to do with a stupid-ass hotel room?

    BTW, in the City of Los Angeles, California, USA, every high-rise building built after a certain year and having a certain number of stories or higher must have a helicopter landing pad on its rooftop. In fact, helicopters have been landing on high-rise and skyscraper rooftops in America since the 1940s. But I guess by the time these cutting-edge things get to Hungaria, there is a slight “delay.”