Facts about The Rival Hotel The Rival Hotel in brief

Historical background

A hotel with four stars and five hearts! The Rival Hotel opened 1st September 2003.

The Rival Cinema was inaugurated in 1937 at Mariatorget in Stockholm. The building was a combined entertainment establishment with a cinema, a hotel, a restaurant, a patisserie and apartments.

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Stockholm’s first boutique hotel. 99 hotel rooms, 194 beds. 2 suites, 1 executive double room, 25 de luxe rooms (twin/king), 31 superior rooms (twin/queen), 36 standard rooms (twin/queen), 4 single rooms. All hotel rooms are equipped with 32” plasma screens, DVD/CD-players, cable for connecting laptop with loudspeakers in the rooms, fixed and wireless internet access, hair dryer, iron, ironing board, safe and minibar. The suites are equipped with 32” LCD-screens. Other facilities include parking service, 24 hrs room service, shoe polishing service and shirt laundry service over night. A collection of more than 150 DVD movies is available free-of-charge for the hotel guests. The suites and deluxe rooms are permanently equipped with 4-10 DVD movies.

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Bar&Bistro, Cocktailbar, Café Rival, bakery.

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The Rival Theatre with space for 700 people and five conference rooms for 8-85 persons.

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Managing Director, Caroline Eriksson.

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Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Telephone +46 (0)8 545 789 00. Fax +46 (0)8 545 789 24. www.rival.se [email protected]

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The Rival Hotel is a wholly owned subsidiary to Benny Andersson Produktion AB.

Cultural and Architectural Values The building is of great historical value as it was one of the first establishments where a variety of entertainments and leisure activities were mixed. The hotel, restaurant with a café, patisserie and cinema were integrated into the building as was the car mechanic shop in the basement. Plans existed to convert the cinema to a theatre with a revolving stage, which had already been prepared underneath the stage floor. The Rival Theatre has great architectural values which can be seen in the spacious foyers divided into three levels, the wide staircases with elegant handrails, the depth and width of the stairs, the stage and the façade of the balcony. The uniqueness of the press chamber with its own entrance and the microphone lodge are of particular cinema historical value.

Renovations and Expansion 2002-2003 The most important criteria was to recreate the holistic essence enabling the activities of the building to dovetail in a natural manner and to allow free access between the cinema, the bistro and the hotel.

The façade facing Mariatorget has been kept and recreated in its original nuance of light plaster and carefully renovated wooden windows in the hotel and bistro. Each hotel room in the courtyard wing has French windows for more light.

Owner: Benny Andersson

Göran Eriksson, Project Managere Anders Bergkrantz, Architect ,Karin Ahlgren, Interior Architect

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

Hotel rooms (99 rooms, 194 beds) The idea behind the interior design has been to create a colourful and multi-facetted environment, stretching from the festive original interior of the cocktail bar to more contemporary design. Everyone should feel most welcome here! The rooms have been planned with two main intentions; classical rather than trendy and comfortable rather than luxurious.
An openness between the bathroom and room and with as large a window as possible, with a view from the bathroom.
Warmth and care when it comes to the choice of materials used, with yellow-stained birch panelling in the entrance.
Worked details with patterns and milled handles on cupboards. Wooden blinds in the same material in front of the bathroom windows. The inner wall of the bathroom is covered in glass mosaic of various colours. Marble on the floors. Pleasant lighting with light pillars with blasted glass on each side of a large mirror. Marble interior in bathtubs in all de luxe rooms and suites. Special details such as coloured knobs and towel racks. Lots of surprises! The beds are model Gullö from Lagans and have more than 1,000 jointly double-twined spirals. Bed linen made of Egypitan Cotton, duvet covers, pillow menu – in all 99 rooms. The cinema theme dominates the room with a movie motif on canvas or glass-covered positioned above the bed and surrounded by a generous velvet curtain. The motifs feature movies from SF dating back from 1924 onwards. The movie motifs are matched against various colour schemes, often in a strong colour. The large 32” TV plasma screen is built in a cupboard including DVD/CD-player and Playstation. Fixed and wireless broadband in all rooms.

Divan Metropolitan. Design Lievore Asocoados.

Bed Gullö from DUX/Lagans, bed linen from Gastaldis/Amotto and teddy bears from Debenhams. The Rival offers a special pillow menu!

The type of armchairs vary depending on the size of the room, but all are comfortable with special designs in material such as aluminium, leather and velvet. The oak floors have woollen carpets in varied colours. The rooms for handicapped persons are generous in size with large bathrooms fulfilling all standard requirements. A special design features a silvery mosaique wall and bench in Corian. The hotel rooms in the new wing are characterized by lacquer red panelling in the entrance and birch furniture. Sony Plasma screen 32”. KZ-32TS1. DVD/CD-player and CD discs in all rooms. At The Rival more than 150 DVD movies are available for hotel guests, free-of-charge.. Erotic movies are not included in The Rival’s movie collection.

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

The Bistro Robust feeling of southern Stockholm with dark oak floors and yellow-stained panelling. Colourful Persian nomad carpets in the inner part of the bistro. The wall panelling is made of a framework of 924 film star images along the long wall (see photo to the right) and the facing wall is covered with portraits of authors and artists who live in the area. Film star images design Carouschka Streiffert.

The Private Lounge A tight club environment in the narrow room with a slanting ceiling stretching between the façade and Mariatorget and the view of Maria Magdalena Church to the east. Several seating options with sofas and armchairs (Tondo armchairs, see photo to the right). Great comfort, small tables placed close to each other and naturally, a piano. In the hallway one meets a delightful wall featuring 50 or more musical scores, carefully mounted behind glass. A tight combination of nomad carpets in different colours cover large portions of the wooden floor. The lighting is both festive and intimate. Silk curtains and drapes in different colour schemes cover the whole area. In the suites these are augmented by organza in silver and gold. In 2007 Karin Ahlgren designed a dinner table which was produced by Claes Tarras, Helgalundens Snickerier. Eight classical Y-chairs designed by Hans J Wegner completed this set of furniture.

The Cocktail Bar The cocktail bar, photo lower right, with the foyers and the actual cinema, are the best kept parts of the hotel. The bar has been carefully adapted to contemporary requirements for serving capacity but has kept its shape. A semi-circular light- and glass chandelier is hung above the counter both to increase storage capacity but also to emphasize the central position of the bar. The adjoining sofas have been upholstered with red velvet.

Wall featuring musical scores Tondo armchairs in The Rival’s entrance foyer

In the cocktail bar there is possibly the world’s smallest dance floor!

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

Level 7 – suites The top floor is reflecting light but also a feeling of actually being in an attic; elegance over the rooftops! White washed floors and walls are the form. The bathrooms are light and luxurious with white carrarra marble and brass, a bubble bath and complete glass wall facing the room.

Carpet Monroe. Design Gunilla Lagerhem Ullberg.

The beds are low and wide. White sheep skin acts as feet blankets. A few comfortable armchairs soft rugs of pale wool. One rug is deep pink with a scatter of glitter. The overall wood used in panels and cupboards etc is light coloured oak. All lamps are made of brass with white shades. The photo to the right shows suite 704.

Corridor Carpeting The corridor carpeting and film star images are designed by Carouschka Streiffert, interior designer (SIR), artist, set designer and exhibition architect. Carouschka has her own business since 1978 and also teaches at arts schools. Carouschka has designed the glass series ”Is i doran” for Pukeberg and she also designs carpets exclusively made for one customer. Carouschka has had c:a 50 separate exhibitions and c:a 50 combined exhibitions as an artist. The carpeting in the corridors has various functions. It absorbs the sounds caused by important communications flows in the building. The carpets also give you a hint of where you are, a sign of location. That is why every level has its distinct carpet design. Carouschka creates carpets in an unusual way. She uses a technique of collage i.e. tears, cuts ”urban paper waste” which she carefully pieces together in a balanced, yet lively pattern.

Exempel på mönster, korridormatta.

The carpets are hand-woven of 100% New Zealand wool. The wall lights (Kava) in the hotel corridor are mounted at a low level next to each hotel room, which reflects a light picture on the floor, showing the room number edged in the glass. (Annell Ljus+Form)

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

Details at The Rival In addition to the large movie motifs in the hotel rooms there are a number of features aimed at adding extra quality to the overall environment. In the deluxe rooms and suites there is a specially carved marble cup for a bar of soap. In some rooms you will find a bronze frog sitting on the edge of the bath tub. All rooms have an oval shaped basin designed by Ingegerd Råman. Two large pots in terracotta are purchased directly from Ingegerd Råman’s exhibition at Millesgården (27/4 - 31/8 2003). These are placed at either side of the hotel entrance with apollon trees. Lamps by Philippe Starck are placed on the Meeting & Event counter in the entrance foyer. Photo to the right. A large section of novels, fact books about Stockholm, the borough of Södermalm and movies are available in the Private Lounge. Children’s books fill the shelves of room no 222, 322 and 422. The general areas of the hotel and all hotel rooms are constantly filled with art works in various forms and other exciting interior design details. A varied selection of Ingegerd Råman’s production for Orrefors is scattered in hotel rooms, the lobby, corridors and in the Bistro. They comprise vases in different shapes, bowls and lanterns for candle lights. POND, a clear glass platter with edged patterns in five different sizes. The next smallest of the platters specially manufactured for The Rival Hotel. Bowl and vase I CHING in two different sizes. FROZEN GLASS, bowl Studio, an exclusive edition of only 15 pieces. GLASS DRAWINGS are vases with five different patterns; Trassel, Rutor, Ringar, Perstorp and Gräs. BRIGHTHANDLE door handles, light up the door handles on a dozen unisex rest rooms in the Cocktail Bar and in the Lower Foyer.

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

The Rival’s Bistro (seating for 90)

Café Rival

A Stockholm bistro with the typically Swedish ingredients ”mustard, horseradish and dill”, as its base! Simplicity is a core value. Swedish classics well recognized by the guests. In the summer 2008 the Bistro was renovated and designed sofas, tables, chairs together with curtains and designed lighteneing has added on something extra to the popular dinner spot for locals and hotel guests.

Breakfast, lunches, bread from the bakery, cookies, delicatessen, beer, wine, smoothies, all varieties of coffee. Outside seating in the summer. Wall decorations with photographs signed by Ulla Montan 2006.

The Bistro Bar & The Cocktail Bar

Breakfast Served in the Bistro. The grand buffet with a generous breakfast also offert a hot breakfast menu included in the breakfast price. The breakfast chef serves scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, pancakes etc. Morning news papers from Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe and the US.

A great bar for hanging out. Good wines by the glass. A bar to start the evening or to round off the night. Before or after work. Before or after dinner. Several evenings during the week the best music is offered by the house DJ. Photos below from the Bistro Bar and foyers. The grand armatuer designed by Jaime Heyon “Josephine Queen 6.3”

When the breakfast serving has closed here, you can also have breakfast at Café Rival. Breakfast is served in your room 24 hrs.

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

Meeting & Events The Rival Cinema, with seating for 700 people and possibilities to broadcast TV-programs, host lectures and fashion shows, to our Creative Room for truly different work sessions for up to 8 people.

Vinga conference table and chair in the Board Room.

The Rival Hotel can offer plenty of ways of making small or big meetings into something special. All our conference facilities have excellent ventilation and are equipped with the latest technology. Outside the Theatre there are generous lobbies on three levels with possibilities for exhibitions, buffets and mingling. The Rival Theatre 484 seats stalls 225 seats balcony Large stage 6x12 m Ceiling height on the stage 7,6 m Rivalen 95 m² 85 persons, theatre style 28 persons, U-shape style Maria 1 & 2 30 + 35 m² 48 persons, theatre style Creative Room 8 persons Board Room 8 persons All conference rooms are equipped with LCD-projector, DVD, video, OH-projector, sound equipment, fixed and wireless broadband access. In the Cinema and Rivalen there is also a user-friendly touch panel to adjust light, sound and the LCD-projector. The Cinema is also equipped with OB for TV-recordings and live broadcasts. In the foyers there are fixed and wireless broadband access.

Sony

In collaboration with Sony Sweden all hotel rooms have a 32” plasma TV, a separate DVD/CD-player and loudspeakers both in the room and in the bathroom. The suites are equipped with 32” LCD screens. New LCD-projectors have been installed in January 2008. January 2009 a new LCD proj for the cinema will be installed, Sony FW300L. In the public area - the bars, bistro, lifts and foyers Sony is in charge of all music transportation. The zone amplifiers make it possible to adjust the volume at specific locations. The Private Lounge on level 7 has surround sound. Double systems with two screens enable simultaneous PowerPoint-presentations in the conference room Rivalen ( photo below ).

For more info, www.sony.se

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

The Rival’s Logo and Profile ” To visualize The Rival Hotel was a challenge as there was so much to take in. I chose to display a vision in the form of a poster using typographical lettering in a colourful tivoli-style linking the building year 1937 with modern times. It gives a highly personal image, unlike any other hotel, but there again there is no other hotel to compete with The Rival and its unique contents. The image, which is featured in four colours and also in red and black, is applied on everything from letter heads to business cards. For The Rival Hotel’s logo I have chosen to feature the image in the form of a projected key hole.“ Maria Dahlgren is the art director and designer. Maria’s design can be seen worldwide through the chain of stores ”Ordning&Reda” which she helped to start in 1982. Maria’s strength is to develop company identities into strong brands as well as to visualise and inspire. Metagram Art AB Telephone +46 (0)8 651 21 91 E-mail [email protected]

Public Relations, Press requests [email protected] Telephone +46 (0)8 545 789 00 Photographing and filming in The Rival Hotel’s hotel rooms and all public areas with the intention to publish is only permitted after agreement.

Safety & Environment In cooperation with Alanya, a security firm, The Rival Hotel has worked out a safety system with continuous training of its staff. The building housing The Rival Hotel is supplied with a complete sprinkler system ( except for the cinema ). Safety and health policies can be found and printed out from our website: www.rival.se/Facts.

Finally, 4 P offered to our guests at The Rival Hotel: • No pornographic movies in The Rival’s movie selection. • No ”pissoars” • No parasol in your drink! • No ”praliné” on your pillow Photographs in this information leaflet by: Nicho Södling, Daniel Augustsén, Peter Novara, Daniel Lindberg, Tommy Bäcklin, Pressens Bild among others. All photos and logotypes are protected and may not be used without prior approval by The Rival Hotel. March 2010 Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

Project Management

Building Entrepreneur

Byggsamordnare i Sverige AB are responsible for the whole building project. The company has for nearly 20 years worked with building project management and extensively with renovations of hotels and restaurants.

Sundvalls Bygg & Fastighets AB was founded by Åke Sundvalls more than 60 years ago. In 1989 the business was divided into two separate companies; Sundvalls Byggnads AB, (building construction) and Sundvalls Fastighets AB (property developer and management services).

Byggsamordnare i Sverige AB Göran Eriksson, Project Manager Since the autumn of 2003 there is also a cooperation with the architect Lars-Erik Zellinger.

Main Architect Bergkrantz Arkitekter AB, established in 1987. The company is headed by Anders Bergkrantz and employs 25 members of staff together with Arkitekt Magasinet AB. Bergkrantz Arkitekter AB Anders Bergkrantz, Architect SAR/MSA Telephone

+46 (0)8 555 924 00

Interior Design Ahlgren Edblom Arkitekter AB was founded in 1982 by Karin Ahlgren and Mats Edblom. The company has developed into an interior design and reconstruction project division with Karin Ahlgren in charge and a building and construction project with Mats Edblom in charge. Ahlgren Edblom Arkitekter AB Karin Ahlgren, Architect SIR Telephone +46 (0)8 644 95 70 E-mail

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The company holds a certificate for the quality system BF9K, issued by the Stockholm Association of Building Contractors. The reconstruction of The Rival covers approx. 6,500 m² comprising hotel section, bistro, cinema and conference facilities, a new extension with 15 hotel rooms facing the courtyard and conversion of the former Lilla Maria to a café, bakery and bread shop. The reconstruction also entailed substitution of all previous installations, new hotel room solution and new surface materials. An exterior wall has been demolished to make way for an extension building made on top of the existing cinema. The extension building is built with a steel frame and using a light-weight building technique. A new roof is constructed on top of level 7 which houses the new suites. New elevator shafts permeate the building with a total of 4 elevators. A new ventilation system has been installed with cool air circulation, water drainage and heating system have been completely renewed. The building is equipped with a complete sprinkler system except for the cinema, which does not contain sprinklers on grounds of preservation. The cinema has been reconstructed with new ventilation and new curtains. The existing seats have been renovated and then re-positioned and the stage has been extended.

Adolfsson & Partner re-designed the Bistro during summer 2008.

Supplier and Coordinator of interior decorating

Brighthandle – illuminating door www.brighthandle.com, +46 (0)8 23 30 60

Adolfsson & Partners is an experienced entrepreneur operating in the building and interior design business. The company involves in project planning, building, interior design and delivers furnishings to hotels, conference centres, restaurants, shops, offices and homes. Adolfsson & Partners AB Telephone +46 (0)8-545 498 50 E-mail

[email protected]

January 2009

Hotel Rival AB, Mariatorget 3, P.O. Box 17525, SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46 (0)8 545 789 00, Fax: +46 (0)8 545 789 24, VAT No: SE-556591-9775, www.rival.se

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