Karlovy Vary - The historic National House in the center of Karlovy Vary will reopen at the beginning of May after renovation. The facility, which will bear the new name Grandhotel Ambassador - National House, will offer spa and hotel services as well as spaces for the public and culture, said Axxos CEO Jan Motlík to reporters today. "It will operate as a hotel focused on spa clients, but not exclusively. The second segment will be social-cultural. Thanks to the historical layout of the National House, it will not disrupt the peaceful operation of the hotel," said Motlík. Renowned architects Ferdinand Feller and Hermann Helmer, when designing the building at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, anticipated that both operations would be separated. The hotel will have a different entrance than the social section. The National House is owned and reconstructed by Eltodo National House company. It will be operated by the hotel company Axxos. According to Eltodo's managing director Michal Pruner, the façade restoration is complete, and work is underway on the interior spaces, including the main hall. "Approximately 180 million crowns out of a total of 400 million have been spent so far. We expect that the construction part will be finished by the end of March and then the hotel furnishing will begin," Pruner added. The upcoming International Film Festival will be the first test for the new hotel in the city center. The National House wants to collaborate with it and provide its spaces for festival events. According to Motlík, even to a greater extent than originally anticipated. The National House, which is a cultural monument, was closed in 1992 after a failed privatization. Since then, it has deteriorated. Eventually, it was acquired by
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