Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel

Coordinates: 33°18′58″N 44°23′21″E / 33.3162°N 44.3892°E / 33.3162; 44.3892
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Reception desk of the hotel
Lobby of the hotel

The Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel (sometimes spelled Al-Rashid) (

Harun Al-Rashid. It has been a focal point in a number of conflicts in the region, most recently the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq
.

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

fighter plane was badly hit, rather than ejecting and being taken prisoner, he crashed his fighter jet into a square near the hotel, killing a civilian. As a result, the conference was relocated to New Delhi rather than Baghdad, and Doran is revered today as a legendary pilot and martyr in Iran.[citation needed
]

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

Arab culture). On 17 January 1993, the hotel was damaged in a U.S. missile strike and the attack resulted in civilian casualties.[2] The artist, Layla Al-Attar, who created the mosaic died along with her husband and housekeeper when another stray U.S. missile hit her house. After the invasion in 2003, the mosaic was smashed by U.S. soldiers, who left a portrait of Saddam behind.[3]

After the invasion, the hotel was converted into a base for the

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying in the hotel the night of the attack but was unhurt while author and United States Department of Labor official Craig Davis was injured.[4]

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

Iraqi Government, visiting dignitaries and Coalition Forces during 2007 – 2008. The hotel hosts meetings for economic development. Its position astride the International Zone ("Green Zone") boundary allows relative ease of attendance by Iraqis
residing outside the International Zone.

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

Rixos chain in 2012 and was renamed the Rixos Al Rasheed Baghdad Hotel. It transferred to the Golden Tulip Hotels chain in 2014, and was renamed the Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel.[7]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780525562269
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  2. ^ US Airstrike on Hotel Al Rasheed
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ ""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.
  5. ^ Renovation of the hotel
  6. ^ Logan Broyles (8 September 2011). "Spotlight on Baghdad: Al-Rasheed Hotel Reopens". Construction Digital. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Baghdad's historical hotels coming back to life | Lizzie Porter".

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