The Moxy Hotel, the first major hotel inaugurated in Lisbon since the beginning of the pandemic, opens in Expo with 222 rooms.

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June 17, 2020

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The hotel is aimed at digital nomads and involved an investment of 15 million euros by the Belgians from Krest. The pandemic may have temporarily halted the flow of tourists, but it did not stop projects that were already underway. Such is the case of the Moxy Lisboa Oriente, the first major hotel to be inaugurated in the capital since the outbreak took hold of the world. Located in Parque das Nações, right in front of Gare do Oriente, the hotel has 222 rooms and required a financial effort of 15 million euros from Krest, a real estate investment company based in Belgium and already with several projects in Lisbon, Porto, and the Algarve. The hotel will be the first of the Moxy brand in Portugal and will be managed by the Portuguese group Hoti Hoteis. This marks the first Marriott universe hotel secured by the hotel chain group with 100% Portuguese capital. Krest Real Investments is also developing an office tower next to the hotel building, designated K-Tower. According to Claude Kandiyoti, CEO of the Belgian real estate developer, “the idea of building a hotel unit on one of these plots came up ‘the day after’ Krest bought them.”

For this project, the international architecture firm Broadway Malyan was chosen. According to Margarida Caldeira, architect and general manager of the firm in Portugal, “the design approach for the Moxy was based on the guidelines of this lifestyle brand and the location where the building is situated. The industrial character of the area, the steep slope of the land, and the pre-existing urban art were a source of inspiration for the project.” Targeted towards millennials and digital nomads, the three-star hotel is equipped with high-speed internet services, parking, a gym, meeting rooms, a library, and terraces. “Overlooking the lobby, there is a mezzanine with multi-space rooms, including a gym and a plug-in space, a meeting place where guests can work, meet, or chat at communal tables or in a mix of comfortable sofas and chairs,” explains architect Margarida Caldeira, highlighting that in the overall interior design approach, the goal was to create a space “with a modern and chic industrial aesthetic,” punctuated by large pieces of street art covering the large interior walls.