New Hyatt Hotel In Islamabad
Work has begun on what is hoped to become a landmark tower in Islamabad, Pakistan, sited next to the Jinnah Convention Centre the Grand Hyatt Hotel, when completed will be much welcomed addition to the rising skyline of the city.
With 45 floors and a further 5 underground the skyscraper will contain a hotel with 360 rooms and a further 200 serviced apartments.
Unostentatious and simple in design, the tower still achieves a sense of grandeur and elegance with its clean lines rising up to four gently curved peaks creating a semi-transparent crown.
Already a blossoming IT centre with many large companies setting up offices, the Pakistani government have plans to make Islamabad a hot spot for business conferences, conventions and seminars and also plan to expand the country's already healthy tourist industry.
Plans for a number of other five star hotels and budget hotels are underway and in order to increase visitor numbers, they aim to begin construction of an updated airport to be connected via a new motorway in order to allow visitors ease of movement.
The developers, the BNP group, have said that the hotel will have all the facilities and amenities expected of a world class five star hotel and in addition be suitable to hold international conferences, conventions and other large scale functions. The first and most likely not the last to be built in the country, the hotel marks the further expansion of the internationally known chain of Grant Hyatt Hotels into an emerging market that straddles the join between Asia and the Middle East.
The project is sited on a plot measuring 13.5 acres, purchased from the Capital Development Authority, and will cost a cool $260 million to complete. All being well it is hoped to be completed and ready for use in December 2009.
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