Hotel Stadtpalais hosts seminars, training days, board meetings and conferences for up to 70 people, spread over seven meeting and event rooms. Participants can work, eat and sleep in the same building. The hotel stands on Deutz-Kalker-Straße in Cologne-Deutz, on the right bank of the Rhine, beside the LANXESS arena and within walking distance of the Kölner Messe exhibition grounds.
Seminars and company events
The meeting floor suits groups that want everything in one place during a trade fair, a training course or a two-day workshop. The hotel sells a day package called Komfort. It covers the meeting room, a projector, a screen, a flipchart, a pinboard, a moderation case, stationery and Wi-Fi. Soft drinks and mineral water are available in the room all day, with a morning and an afternoon coffee break and lunch. Lunch is either a light buffet or a three-course menu chosen by the head chef. Electronic screens can be added on request when available. For larger programs, the team prepares a tailored offer, and a dedicated inquiry form collects dates, numbers and layout.
The hotel also lists private celebrations among the occasions it hosts, so a team dinner or a small reception after a meeting day can stay in the building.
Rooms and capacities
The seven rooms range from 20 to 82 m². The two largest carry the names of artists: Ernst Wille (80 m²) and Fritz Vorster (82 m²). Three rooms form the Bibliothek group, at 72, 20 and 47 m². Two rooms of 34 m² each, Deutz and Kalk, take their names from the surrounding districts and work well as breakout rooms. The hotel gives a maximum of 70 people for its event spaces but does not publish a capacity for each room or layout, so organisers should state their preferred setup in the request.
Accommodation
The hotel has single and queen-size rooms, doubles, triple and family rooms, and junior suites. For meeting groups of ten or more, it offers a group rate for single rooms with breakfast buffet. That rate does not apply during trade fairs and major events, which matters in a city where the Messe calendar fills hotels quickly. A sister property, Hotel im LESKANPark, is located in Köln-Dellbrück.
Catering
Meals come from the in-house restaurant, KWB im Stadtpalais, which prepares the meeting lunches and coffee breaks. Bio's Bar offers a place for drinks at the end of the day. Breakfast is served as a buffet for overnight guests.
History and setting
The hotel occupies the former Kaiser-Wilhelm-Bad, a listed public bath building that also comprised a library and a villa. The renovation kept the historic structure and added contemporary interiors, so meeting days take place in rooms with real character rather than a standard conference floor. Mosaics by Ernst Wille frame the entrance, and a mural decorates the staircase of the library wing, which explains several of the room names.
Getting there
Köln Messe/Deutz station, served by long-distance and regional trains, is a short walk away, and Cologne's main station and cathedral lie just across the Rhine. Cologne Bonn Airport is the nearest airport.
