The Clarion Hotel Post is a hotel and conference facility at Drottningtorget in central

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. Designed by Semrén & Månsson, the hotel was built in the former Posthuset (post office building) of Gothenburg, with the addition of a modern tower. It opened on 26 January 2012. The hotel is owned by the Swedish firm Home Properties, which is controlled by the Norwegian billionaire Petter Stordalen. It is operated by

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(which is also owned by Stordalen) under the trademark Clarion Hotels. The hotel's main entrance is from Drottningtorget and the rear entrance is from Åkareplatsen. Clarion Hotel Post has 500 rooms including three suites, a large event room that can accommodate 1,000 people and 17 meeting rooms. There are three restaurants and bars, bistro, bar and grill and a rooftop pool with good views of the city. With a total area of 36,700 square meters the conversion and extension cost a total of 1.4 billion

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History of Posthuset

Posthuset was designed by Ernst Torulf and was completed in May 1925. In 1995 it was registered as a

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, meaning that the facade and certain prominent features, for example ''kassahallen'' (the cash hall) could not be altered. On March 7, 2020, as a response to falling demand due to the

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, Clarion Hotel Post chose to let 25 of its 200 employees go.

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External links

Official website
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