Guests leaving after the closure of the hotel — FE Photo
Five-star Ruposhi Bangla Hotel shut down on Monday for 16 months to re-emerge as InterContinental Dhaka, bringing back to many the memory of its role during Bangladesh's War of Liberation, reports UNB.
Before named as Ruposhi Bangla, it was called Dhaka Sheraton, another international hotel chain which took over the management from the InterContinental group.
Officials said on Monday the hotel will be renovated under an agreement between state-run Bangladesh Services Limited and InterContinental Hotels Group (Asia Pacific) Pvt Ltd (IHG) signed on February 19, 2012.
The group will run the hotel for a 30-year term.
Shahidus Sadik, Manager (Marketing and Communication) said the hotel was closed to guests and all its commercial activities stopped from Monday.
The renovation will cost Tk 4.0 billion, which will be provided by Bangladesh Services Limited.
The renovation will increase the size of a room to 40 sqaure metres from the existing 26 square metres and bring down the number of rooms to 226 from the existing 272.
The dining hall and swimming pool will also be relocated apart from adding some new services.
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