Gran Meliá Ghoo
The Gran Meliá Ghoo is a five-star hotel in a mixed-development building currently in development in Salman Shahr, Iran, on the shore of the Caspian Sea. When finished, the tower will be 130 meters high and comprise a hotel, residential apartments, and a retail mall.
| Gran Meliá Ghoo | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel, residential apartments, retail mall |
| Town or city | Salman Shahr |
| Country | Iran |
| Client | Meliá Hotels International |
The hotel is planned to contain 319 rooms as well as other accommodations such as seven restaurants and bars, two swimming pools, and a spa. The hotel is a project of the Spain-based Meliá Hotels International, making it the first in Iran to be foreign-branded, since the Revolution [1][2]
The hotel is part of the Ghoo, Middle East Diamond-development led by Iranian businessman Ahad Azim Zadeh.
Other developments
In addition to the hotel, there are two buildings with residential apartments, and a retail mall which is already open to the public.[3][4]
According to Canadian business news website Meetings Canada, it will become the largest mixed development structure in Iran when completed.[5]
References
- "Iran to Get Luxury Hotel Along Caspian Sea as Tourism Thaws - Hospitality Ireland". Hospitality Ireland. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- "Telegraph: The luxury hotels luring Western tourists to Iran".
- Ing, David (March 7, 2016). "Iran to get first international five-star hotel - TTG Asia - Leader in Hotel, Airlines, Tourism and Travel Trade News". www.ttgasia.com. Madrid. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- "Meliá Hotels Official Press Release".
- "Gran Melia Ghoo Hotel Being Built in Iran". Meetings Canada. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
Further reading
- "Meliá anuncia el primer cinco estrellas internacional en Irán". ABC. (in Spanish)
- "Iran to Get Luxury Hotel Along Caspian Sea as Tourism Thaws". Bloomberg News.
- "Gran Meliá to open first hotel in Iran". Conference & Incentive Travel.