FANCY FACTS
DORMERO is authentic, innovative and above all fancy. Why?
We asked around all the departments and offer you a small cross-section of interesting fancy facts here. Would you like to find out more, then click to enter the fancy world of work at DORMERO.
FANCY FACTS from DORMERO MANAGEMENT head office
The management head office departments in Berlin are fancy and have quite a bit to report.
IT
■ We have installed 4,746 televisions in the hotels.
■ Our email server processes approx. 8,500 emails per day. Personnel
■ The personnel office’s dog is very helpful: only those who pass the sniffing test can be hired. Accounting
■ Over €87 million turnover, 46 hotels, approx. 800 suppliers, approx. 100,000 incoming / outgoing invoices in connection with approx. 11,550 bookings per month are recorded and booked.
■ Financial accounting is changing over time. Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more important and makes accounting look fancy again: the DORMERO financial accounting 2.0 is modern, sexy and impressive. Marketing
■ The marketing department also cares for a wildly stray pet: the squirrel Norbert comes to visit on the balcony every day and is spoiled with peanuts.
■ So many DORMERO Chuck key rings were issued that you could kit out entire Smurf villages with them. Sales
■ The red DORMERO Chuck key rings are worn out quickest at trade fairs. As soon as someone catches sight of them, there are already 10 fewer pairs on the booth.
■ There is also a little Santa Claus in every Sales Manager: each Sales Manager distributes more than 400 flowers, gifts, give aways, vouchers etc. every year
■ We currently have as many Swiss in the chain as we have hotels in Switzerland.
■ On the 5th floor of our DORMERO Hotel Zurich at the airport, lying in bed, you can see the tread pattern of the A380 taking off. The pilot even says hi - BUT you’ll hear NOTHING when the window is closed! F&B
■ All service employees cover 4600 km in one day. Individual reservation
■ 9 languages are spoken in the reservation department. In addition to English and German, you’ll find languages like French, Turkish, Arabic, Polish, Lithuanian, Persian and Saxon ;).
■ We answer up to 1,000 calls a day.
■ Approximately 500 enquiries from our guests are answered by email per day.
■ Approximately 20% of our guests come from abroad. Currently from about 40 countries. Groups & Convention
■ Our team events are supposed to be awesome, but unfortunately nobody remembers them much afterwards.
■ Multicultural meets Berliner Urgestein - we speak a total of 12 languages but we still don't understand Saxon.
■ We exercise regularly and consume on average 4 bags of gummi bears, 6 bars of chocolate, 7 candy bars, 1 pack of nuts and 33 pretzels per week which corresponds to 12,700 calories. Revenue
■ We are currently observing 440 trade fairs and events in the German-speaking world.
■ We currently manage 10,239 room & rate combinations in our Channel Manager. Administration
■ We process approximately 4,000 invoices per month, which are available for payment release via mobile phone within 24 hours of receipt.
■ The DORMERO headquarters is located in the oldest building on Schlossstraße in Berlin, in front of Schloss Charlottenburg. The building is photographed by every third passer-by and people often ask whether they can stay overnight with us in the headquarters.
■ The backyard of the headquarters is the playground for all the DORMERO dogs who play together there every day.
■ There are two Schlossstraße streets in Berlin. Although we always point out that we are in Charlottenburg, about 50% of our visitors end up in Steglitz.
Fancy Facts from DORMERO Hotels
The DORMERO hotels are pretty fancy and have a lot to report.
DORMERO Hotel Aschaffenburg
■ Contrary to our norm, the hotel has a cool industrial design with modern exposed concrete.
■ There is not only a passenger elevator - there is even an elevator for cars.DORMERO Hotel Bretten
■ The house has one of the smallest kitchens in the chain.DORMERO Hotel Burghausen
■ The junction where the hotel is located is nicknamed the "angel junction" by the locals because the hotel used to be the "Angel Shopping Centre".DORMERO Hotel Darmstadt
■ The hotel used to be a toy shop
■ During the horse shows the house is full of dogs - we are still waiting for the first horse in the hallwayDORMERO Hotel Deggendorf
■ Our turtles Schnitzel & Spätzle are already a DORMERO veteran from the former DORMERO Hotel Passau
■ From the fourth floor you have a great view towards the Bavarian ForestHotel Goldene Traube Coburg
■ Here there is a room with the number 13, which is unusual in hotels.
■ Room 40 is on the 4th floor and room 80 on the 2nd floor.
■ We've had real kings in the house! DORMERO Hotel Dessau-Roßlau
■ There is a rooftop wellness area with roof terrace.
■ The names of all 9 conference rooms are "Sow” in different languages.
■ Our pets are constantly hounded by the paparazzi, every 3rd guest takes photos with them. Soon they'll be signing autographs.
■ The King of Rock'n'Roll is alive! Our house cat "Elvis" welcomes you in our DORMERO Hotel Dessau-Roßlau. DORMERO Hotel Dresden Airport
■ Despite the direct proximity to the airport (1km), there is no aircraft noise due to the location of the runway.
DORMERO Hotel Dresden City■ Dresden City has the most beautiful ballroom in Dresden and the entire hotel chain.
DORMERO Hotel Düsseldorf■ The foundation wall of the traditional house dates back to 1790.■ Our chef has been with us for 33 years and completed his training here. In total, he has invested 12,045 days or 102,382 hours of work in the hotel.■ The present ballroom is an old gym hall.■ The former owner had an exact copy of our hotel built in Troisdorf.
DORMERO Hotel Frankfurt Messe■ Most expensive repair: someone put a washcloth in the toilet - six rooms were flooded and the complete renovation took 5 months.
DORMERO Hotel Freudenstadt
■ The nickname of the hotel is Happytown.
■ Freudenstadt has a beautiful squirrel as pet.
■ The hotel is divided into two towers called Mr Small and Mrs Big.
■ The hotel has the most beautiful employee apartments with their own roof terrace and views of the Black Forest and the city.DORMERO Hotel Halle
■ Did you know that Halle is a Hanseatic city, just like Hamburg or Lübeck?
■ Oldest active salt mining area Germany
■ People who have immigrated and live in Halle are popularly called "Hallunken"DORMERO Hotel Hannover
■ Our most popular long-stay guests are the turtles in the aquarium. DORMERO Hotel Hannover-Langenhagen Airport
■ If the TV listings are no good, then the cinema is right next door.
■ You can also check out at 03:10 a.m. if you want to get your plane on time. The airport's not far. DORMERO Hotel Hersbruck
■ The hotel is a former savings bank branch.DORMERO Hotel Hof
■ The hotel is integrated into the former Kaufhof department store; the roof was even cut open during the renovation to create an atrium for the rooms inside
■ There are 112 rooms here, but only 2 floors, where you can even jog in a circle. One lap has: approx. 165 meters
■ Our 4 conference rooms are named after the four sights of the city: Saale Auen, Bismarck Tower, Theresienstein, Untreusee
■ If you book a room facing Kreuzsteinstrasse, you can see all the sights at once: there is a 10 x 25 meter cityscape of all Hof's highlights opposite our hotel parking lot. DORMERO Hotel Hoyerswerda
■ In Hoyerswerda, all street signs are bilingual: German and Sorbian.DORMERO Hotel Kelheim
■ The hotel in the chain with the most cyclists.DORMERO Hotel Altes Kaufhaus Lüneburg
■ The water of the Ilmenau is as clear as our drinking water.so you can see the over-one-metre-long fish swimming directly past our hotel Hotel Bergström Lüneburg
■ The Hotel Bergström consists of 7 different buildings which accommodate 131 rooms and 21 function rooms.
■ This is where the programme "Rote Rosen" is filmed.
■ We have our own bakery - Die Backstube.DORMERO Hotel München-Kirchheim Messe
■ Each of the 8 Junior Suites is individually designed: from the Black Forest Room with traditional cuckoo clock, to the Bird's Nest including bird cage, to the Lodge Room with safari feeling
■ Guests can also expect different mottos in the conference area, such as the Goldfish Bowl, the Snow White Room or the Urban Industrial RoomDORMERO Hotel Plauen
■ Our breakfast cook has been at DORMERO since day 1DORMERO Schlosshotel Reichenschwand
■ Our cat, Romeo, has lived in the hotel since 2011.
■ The Five Rivers cycle path leads directly past the hotel.
■ The Schlosspark Reichenschwand consists of many rare trees from all over the world which were brought and planted here. The targeted replanting of dead trees is intended to contribute to this park providing shade for future generations.
■ Next to the hotel there is a real castle.
■ Around 1870, a woman was found murdered in her bedroom at Schloss Reichenschwand. The perpetrators were never found. Since then, there have been reports of strange phenomena and experiences in the castle. But according to legend, the White Lady is a good spirit who protects the castle and all who are in it.DORMERO Hotel Roth
■ The house is a former WÖHRL department store - where the escalator once was, there is now a tree in the inner courtyard of the hotel.
■ The hotel corridors form a circle.
■ The most sporting location of the chain with many sporting events such as Challenge for All and DATEV Challenge.DORMERO Strandhotel Rügen
■ Our beach hotel is located in the historical ambience of the seaside resort Prora.
■ The building complex Prora has a length of 4.5 kilometers and it stretches parallel to the coast. Since the 1930s, the complex has been used in different ways - training center for air force helpers and a police battalion, military hospital, barracks of the People's Police and a restricted military area.
■ For many guests, this building is a retrospective of their past, because they served here, among other things. That's why one of our guests' favourite sayings is, "I remember it from the old days!"
■ We are the only DORMERO hotel located directly on the sea.DORMERO Hotel Salzgitter
■ The pet Max is even more welcoming than our employees!
■ The underground car park is cheaper than being towed away in front of the door.DORMERO Hotel Stuttgart
■ The largest hotel in the chain with two musical theatres.
■ The white wing is 80 meters high.DORMERO Hotel Villingen-Schwenningen
■ The hotel is located in the middle of a centuries-old old town. DORMERO HoHo Wien
■ The 1st DORMERO in Austria.
■ The hotel is located on the 9th to the 22nd floor at the very top of the 84-meter-high wooden skyscraper.
■ The entire HoHo Wien was regrown in domestic forests in just one hour and 17 minutes.
■ Approx. 4,350 m³ of wood was used for the entire construction
■ The interior design was adapted to the "wood theme" - you can even find plants on the walls and under the ceiling.DORMERO Hotel Zürich
■ Say hello to our hopping bunnies Carrot and Pünktchen.
■ Our meeting rooms are named after the best cheeses.
■ Zurich has over 1200 fountains in total, so the city has the most public fountains in the world, and every one of them has drinking water. Matching this is the very high number of public toilets in the city.
■ Lindt's "Home of Chocolate" is home to the largest chocolate fountain in the world. At 9.30 meters high, it has 1000 liters of liquid chocolate in circulation.
■ Zurich Airport has triple-glazed all the windows around the airport so that the noise level from the planes has been contained. Our hotel is also one of them.
■ In Switzerland, it's illegal to own a single guinea pig. You always have to keep them as a couple. If one of them dies, you would have to buy a new guinea pig immediately, otherwise you would come into conflict with the law. But there are alternatives: in Switzerland, there are agencies where you can rent guinea pigs.