Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel
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The Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel (sometimes spelled Al-Rashid) (
History
The Rashid Hotel was built by the Oberoi Group to four-star standards.[1] Its bar was frequented by Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's sons Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein.
In 1982, in the midst of the
It gained worldwide fame during the 1991 Gulf War when CNN conducted their newscasts from the hotel, propelling the network's senior war correspondent Peter Arnett to fame. Between the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the building was the main housing facility for Western businessmen and diplomats, as well as foreign press.
A tile
After the invasion, the hotel was converted into a base for the
Prior to the 2003 invasion, the hotel housed a shopping centre. The shops offered handmade items, souvenirs, carpets and jewellery shops. The hotel also housed an
The hotel was renovated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with the help of local manpower and renovations were completed in 2008.[5]
It was bombed on 19 August 2009.
The hotel underwent a subsequent $65m renovation between 2010 and 2011 in preparation for an intended Arab leader's summit.[6]
It joined the
See also
- Baghdad Hotel
- Palestine Hotel
- Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel
References
- ISBN 9780525562269.
- ^ US Airstrike on Hotel Al Rasheed
- ^ "FOXNews.com - Bush Sr. Doormat in Baghdad Hotel Dismantled - U.S. & World". 10 April 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ ""Reinserting labor into the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs" Monthly Labor Review Online – International Report June 2005, Vol. 128, No. 6". Bls.gov. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Renovation of the hotel
- ^ Logan Broyles (8 September 2011). "Spotlight on Baghdad: Al-Rasheed Hotel Reopens". Construction Digital. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Baghdad's historical hotels coming back to life | Lizzie Porter".