Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels has signed an agreement to open a new hotel in Cologne. The hotel will open in the fall of 2022. The new hotel comprises a gross floor area of more than 7,900 sqm with more than 200 rooms. MEININGER currently operates 12 hotels in Germany and plans to open 4 new hotels in the German market by 2022. As of now, based on contract signing, over the next three years, the hotel group expects an international increase of more than 2,300 rooms and 8,000 beds. In the same period, the total number of beds in Germany will rise to more than 9,000. For Cologne, which has seen growing numbers of visitors from the MICE, cultural and leisure segments for years, the MEININGER hybrid concept is particularly suitable for serving the needs of diverse target groups at the same time. The concept combines the advantages of a hotel and hostel. The benefits include a very flexible room structure, from a double room to a private multiple bed room to a bed in a dormitory, en suite bathrooms, a spacious shared kitchen where guests can cook on their own, a game zone with football table or pool table and free Wi-Fi.