Le Vendôme Beirut Hotel
Le Vendôme Beirut Hotel was a five-star luxury hotel in Beirut, Lebanon. Considered one of Lebanon's most upmarket hotels, Le Vendôme is located in the Ras Beirut district of Beirut, on the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea.
History
Le Vendôme Hotel opened in 1964, with 125 rooms. It was taken over by La Société des Grands Hotels du Liban (SGHL) in 1974. The hotel closed in 1975, with the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. It reopened in 1977, during a period of relative calm after the first phase of the war. On June 27, 1977, the hotel became an Inter-Continental Hotels franchise and was renamed Le Vendome Inter-Continental.[1] The hotel closed again due to the Civil War in 1983.[2]
The hotel was restored by SGHL in the mid-1990s.
The hotel was noted for its
References
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- ^ "Le Vendôme Hotel Was Just Sold to Foreign Investors". July 2020.
- ^ "Revamping Le Vendôme". Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Le Vendome hotel sold to Qatari investors".
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