Domstern news blog

You did it again! And we thank you so much!

2012-01-18T19:13:00.001+01:00

For the second time after 2010 our guests have voted for us and we just received the "Tripadvisor Travelers` choice Award 2012"

Only 2 hotels in Cologne received this important accolade, one being the world famous 5 star "Excelsior Hotel Ernst" and the second our small 3 star "Domstern Hotel".
We are very proud and we want to thank all our guests and friends who made us their favourite place when coming to Cologne!

We are not - yet ;-) - one of the 25 best hotels in Germany, but our guests have voted us into the top group of hotels concerning service and price!
We will definitely work hard to maintain this high level of customer satisfaction and for the new year we have set an ambitious goal: we want to catch up with our newly opened second place: "Hotel Stern am Rathaus" which already gets terrific feedback from the first guests staying with us in the old town of Cologne.
So watch out Excelsior Hotel the stars* are coming! :-)

Hotel Domstern

* Domstern = cathedral star
Stern am Rathaus = star at the city hall

Stern am Rathaus- now open!

2011-11-15T10:29:00.001+01:00

We are very proud to announce that our new hotel Stern am Rathaus has opened after almost 8 months of extensive renovation. We think it turned out great and we look forward to welcome our first guests this week!!So from now on, the choice is yours- if you like to stay with us you have a second option and we really think Stern am rathaus will be loved by our guests- maybe you can try both and tell us what you think ;-)here are the first pictures of the newly renovated rooms:

Domstern video

2011-09-29T17:30:00.001+02:00

To get an impression of our hotel and rooms you can watch this short video:

New website and new hotel!

2011-08-04T17:01:00.000+02:00

We are very excited to announce that our new website is online.
We think that we were able to improve not only the layout but also gather a lot more information that will help our guests planning their stay even befor arrival!
And as you can see on the page there is more to come!
Starting this November we will open our second hotel in Cologne:
"Stern am Rathaus". There we will also be offering a small Café where of course our Domstern guests are also welcome anytime.
No matter which hotel you choose we promise the same high standards that have earned us such terrific feedback from our guests in both places!

Domstern receives "Certificate of Excellence" from tripadvisor

2011-08-04T16:49:00.000+02:00

We want to thank all our guests who gave us such overwhelming positive feedback, making us one of Cologne`s top rated hotels on tripadvisor!
As a result we were awarded the "Certificate of Excellence" for outstanding customer service!
We are really proud and promise to keep our high standards!

Hotel Domstern

stay in touch

2011-04-07T09:56:00.001+02:00

For quite some time we have been offering free wifi for all guests here at Domstern.

However not everyone carries a laptop, especially when going on holidays.

So now we can offer internet connections even if you do not have your own computer with you.

At the front desk we have an Ipad and an external keyboard that can be used to check emails

or surf the web for a nominal fee.

If you prefer you can even borrow it and take it to the room for an hour, a day or a night.

So even if you are away from home it does not mean you have to be out of touch....

Thats what our guests say:

2010-11-06T18:00:00.000+01:00

96 reviews of Hotel Domstern in Cologne

Gay Games Cologne: Hotel Domstern guests and staff win 20 (+1) medals!

2010-08-09T18:15:00.008+02:00

From July 31st until August 7th the VIII gay games took part in Cologne.
For us this was a very special week and we met wonderful people from all over the world who stayed with us here at Domstern hotel for the competitions.
More than 9500 athletes were taking part in the games and celebrated the principles of participation, inclusion and personal best. The atmosphere here in the city was really amazing.
For us one of the nicest things was, that our guests stayed the whole week, so we really got to know them,
each morning the latest results were shared during breakfast, pictures shown and of course medals presented!
And it can be said that Hotel Domstern was extremly successful concerning medals:
Here some of the amazing results:

Heidrun Grote from our front office team was definitely one of the most sucessful athletes winning a total of 6!! gold medals. On the picture below you can see her with the gold medal in the 400m run,where she competed together with Daniela Osiander from Australia, one of our guests winning silver!

Also winning a gold medal in cycling (for Criterium and silver in the road race) was Paul Oram from Hillsborough, Ct. Counting the number of medals Domsterns US guests definitely were the most successful ones: besides Paul there were Daniel Didier and Thomas Wheeler who won silver in the Men`s Bowling doubles, while Chuck Muckle brought "home" silver in the singles and accomplished a fantastic 5th place together with Lance Ringel in the teams competition.

Renée Cafiero from the US had a lot of fun competing together with Isabelle Mouveaux from France who finally won 1 silver and 4 bronze medals in table tennis!

Henrik Hovmark from Denmark competing in Line Dance brought home 2 silver and 1 bronze medal,

while Sally Kilburg representing Canada won bronze in Pool Billard and Khati Hendry achieved her personal best in running.

Manfred, Khati, Sally (with her bronze medal) and Michael at the closing ceremony

Also running (Half marathon) were Nicola Schulze from Germany and Michael, both finished in a fantastic time below 2 hours!

And it can be said that not only the medal winners but also everyone else had a great time, like Bill Helton from Chicago who achieved his personal best in Volleyball, Scott Rankin from England who took part in the football competition or James Maloney who simply came as a spectator.

Sylvie Najosky from France was here to do some research work for the "Festival du film" in St. Etienne.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you, it was so nice having you as guests with us,
we had a wonderful week and it really was hard to say good bye!
Our very special thanks go to Chuck and Lance who awarded Michael and Manfred representing the whole Domstern staff with an extra medal for making their stay enjoyable!

We really appreciate this gesture and we will always cherish our medal which will remind us of a very special week that we shared with very special people from all over the world!
We hope to see you all again some time in the future.
Best wishes from Cologne
Michael & Manfred

Renovation of top floor completed!

2010-07-05T11:27:00.001+02:00

Just in time for the summer holidays our nicest rooms got even better.

We recently completed some extensive renovations in our Superior Double and the Junior Suite! The Superior double has been completely remodeled and offers more space now, which also makes it perfect for families with kids.

In both rooms you will find Air condition, flatscreen TV, refrigerator and coffee/tea making facilities.
New extra big duvets and down pillows together with egyptian cotton bed linen will offer you the best sleeping comfort.
In addition we also improved the sound protection so you can rest calm and undisturbed.

Below you find the first pictures of the superior double after the renovation, further details are already published our webpage!

We proudly announce our membership on hotelscombined.com!

2010-06-04T23:13:00.000+02:00

Over 70 million users from all corners of the world visit this site annually to research and book their accommodation. Hotel Domstern is now also member of this international booking page!

Cologne

Hotel Domstern receives Venere award

2010-04-27T14:50:00.001+02:00

We are proud to announce that Venere Customers
rated our house as "very quiet"

Domstern - Nonsmoking Hotel

Being in the very center of Cologne we offer a location that is within 5 minutes walking distance to the main station, cathedral, historical city center and shopping area, but far enough in a quiet residental neighbourhood to guarantee a good night sleep!

Domstern receives "travellers` choice award"!

2010-01-06T18:17:00.002+01:00

We are very proud and humbled that our guests have awarded us as one of 30 best rated hotels in Germany!

Hotel Domstern

We promise to do our very best to offer the best service to our customers also in the future and keep up the good work. Thank you all for your continuous feedback which helps us get better and further improve our service!
We hope to see you again here with us in Cologne
your hosts
Michael & Manfred
and the whole Domstern team