The Sheraton Aleppo Hotel & Towers will be the first internationally managed hotel in Aleppo, and will offer 218 rooms and suites; three restaurants, a pub and a lounge bar. Its recreational facilities include a swimming pool, a health club and a Turkish Bath. In addition to a business center, a large shopping arcade and ample space for parking.
Ideally suited for conferences and meetings, the hotel offers two fully-equipped large meeting rooms; in addition to two smaller function rooms, providing in total, over 1,000 square meters of meeting space.
"Syria has been directing its efforts to promote intra-regional tourism", says Philippe Cassis, Senior Vice President, Regional Director for Starwood Hotels in Africa and Middle East. "About 6.2 million tourists visited Syria in 2004, almost half of them from Arab countries, an increase of 45 percent over the 2003 figure of 4.3 million", adds Cassis.
As per released government figures, Syria has generated $2.2 billion revenue from tourism in 2004.
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Starwood to open the first international hotel in Aleppo in Syria in 2005
- Syria: Thursday, June 02 - 2005 at 17:08
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Leading international hotel operator Starwood continues to expand its presence in the region and opens the Sheraton Aleppo Hotel & Towers in Syria in the fourth quarter of 2005.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 750 properties in more than 80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. With internationally renowned brands, Starwood® corporation is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts including: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and W®, Hotels and Resorts as well as Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.Contact:
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