Location Beirut, Lebanon Height 117 metres (384 ft) | Opening 22 September 2001 Number of rooms 198 | |
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The Crowne Plaza Beirut Hotel is a five-star Crowne Plaza hotel in Beirut, Lebanon. Inaugurated on 22 September 2001, it is the first Crowne Plaza to open in Lebanon. The modern tower makes a notable mark on the landscape, overlooking Hamra Street in the downtown Hamra district. Fady Sawaya, a hotelier with previous experience in Intercontinental Phoenicia, Beirut, and InterContinental Hotel Abu Dhabi was appointed manager early in 2012.
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Facilities
Construction of the hotel was completed in 2002. The architect for the building, also known as the Taj Tower, was Samir Khairallah & Partners. The hotel has 27 floors above ground, with nine elevators and four escalators. It is an estimated 117 metres (384 ft) high, and covers an area of 14.45 by 38 metres (47.4 by 124.7 ft). Numerous businesspeople and tourists stay at the hotel which is located in the heart of Beirut's commercial district, but has a view of the Mediterranean Sea from most of the floors. When it opened the hotel had 168 rooms and 31 suites, and has three executive floors for businessmen with their own executive lounge.
Conferences
The hotel regularly hosts conferences and workshops. In March 2008 it hosted the Arab Right's Fund inaugural conference, and in July 2008 it hosted two vocational training courses funded and implemented by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in collaboration with Norwegian People's Aid (NPA). In October 2008, Oxfam and the Arab NGOs Network for Development (ANND) held a seminar at the hotel to commemorate World Food Day. In December 2010 the hotel hosted the "Strengthening Health Policymaking in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)" conference, a two-day workshop discussing healthcare coordination in the region, attended by Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh and others. In April 2011 the Crowne Plaza Hotel hosted a workshop to prepare mukhtars to handle conflict resolution. On 18 September 2012 the international group Not to Forget Sabra and Shatila Committee met at the hotel to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the massacre. The Crowne Plaza Hotel has also hosted The Islamic World and Europe: From Dialogue Towards Understanding conference.