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While most hotels unfortunately are struggling during the covid-19 pandemic, Vihula Manor Country Club & Spa in North Estonia has been doing well since the hotel reopened by mid-June this year. The hotel, which was awarded the title ‘Historic Hotel of 2020’ by the European Hotel Awards, has become a very popular hide-out for families with kids.

Vihula Manor Country Club & Spa in the Lahemaa National Park in North Estonia has received yet another international award – Historic Hotel of 2020 by European Hotel Awards, a sort of Academy Awards for European hotels and restaurants. Olita & Hans-Henrik Kjølby received the prestigious award recently at an Award Ceremony at the Hotel W Barcelona, where eight other awards were bestowed to high-end European hotels and restaurants.

The Estonian company Hestia Hotel Group has opened another brand new hotel in the city centre of Tallinn. The new 4-star Hotel Kentmanni is opening now in December 2019. This is the ninth hotel of this chain with majority of the properties being in Estonia and two in Riga, Latvia.

The Estonian hotel chain Hestia Hotel Group started operating the four-star Hotel Radi un Draugi in the Old Town of Riga by June 10th. This is the second Hestia hotel in Riga - the Hestia Hotel Jugend is located in the city center.

By the beginning of June Tallinn hotel scene will welcome a new 3-star ibis Tallinn Center Hotel. The modern hotel will have 190 guest rooms including 95 standard double rooms, 65 standard twin rooms, 25 triple rooms and 5 premium rooms with double bed and sauna.  All rooms will be equipped with air-condition, smart TV, WIFI and private facilities with shower and hairdryer.

The new 3-star Ibis Tallinn Centre Hotel is scheduled to open in July 2019. It will be a modern hotel in a new 6-storey building. The hotel will have 190 guest rooms and a restaurant with 120 seats. Located in the city centre in walking distance to the Old Town it is a very welcome addition to the Tallinn hotel scene.

A new four-star business-class spa and conference hotel, the Metropol Spa Hotel, opened its doors on July 15. Located right next to the three-star Metropol in the Rotermann Quarter, it has 137 modern and spacious rooms with a Scandinavian design and features an a la carte restaurant with 130 seats, an urban vintage restaurant with 160 seats.

Estonia is increasingly offering unique accommodation in redeveloped castles and manors. Recently, Taagepera Castle was renovated and extended and will be reopened in July under the name Castle Wagenküll Spa Hotel. The mansion’s history goes back to the 16^th century, while the current castle is one of the best-preserved examples of the art nouveau style in Estonia.

Hestia Hotel Group, one of the largest hotel groups in Estonia, has been operating two new hotels in Tallinn since beginning of March – Hestia Hotel Barons and Hestia Hotel Maestro (formerly the Old Town Maestro). The group is now providing 800 hotel rooms, the biggest number of rooms in Estonia.

In 2018, the Republic of Estonia celebrates its 100^th birthday, and one of the highlights will definitely be visiting the new museum and history discovery centre at Maarjamäe Palace, which will be reopened after extensive renovation on February 1.