Businessman Socrates Calcanis died, former owner of King George.

At the age of 80 Socrates Kalkanis left life, and his former owner. As the newmoney reports, King George’s businessman and former owner, Socrates Kalkanis was found dead in his residence in Kalyvia, Attica, without any further details being known. However, according to nearby people in recent years he has had heart problems. Entrepreneur Socrates Kalkanis was a son of a historic hotel family as the mother of Kate Kalkanis, was the one who had created the luxury King George hotel in Syntagma Square. He succeeded her in the “price” of hotel businesses, with him starring in the secular life of Athens in the 1970s and 1980s. However his name was subsequently associated with and with cases that reached the courtrooms. King George King George was built in the 1930s, when Prime Minister Skuludi’s house was demolished and his place received the magnificent hotel. First owner was businessman Calcanis. His gates were opened in 1936, while occasionally he also performed palace debts. Due to its luxury and services, it became a pole of attraction for “excellent” personalities of Greece and abroad. The last three floors were built in 1958. But it didn’t always go… rosy. In 1988 he put “a bath” due to debts. In 1995 when the Bank of Crete bought it. It will change hands again in 2001, after the Bank of Crete was acquired by Eurobank. His management for 30 years was undertaken by the Daskalantonakis Group. So the hotel will open again in 2004, after 16 years. The renovation cost a total of 17.7m euros, while Olympic games would be held in our country at the time. an investment that was perfectly justified by the euphoria created in the tourism sector by the forthcoming Olympic Games. He has extracted many distinctions and awards, and has been included in the best of the world. Today, under the ownership of Lampsa S.A., King George with 102 rooms and suites, a Penthouse Suite with a private outdoor pool overlooking the Acropolis, the award-winning Tudor Hall Greek Cuisine restaurant, is a “story” of Syntagma Square.