DHAKA: Five Star Hotel Le Méridien, Dhaka, owned by Best Holdings Limited and managed by International hotel chain Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is going to start operation from December.
The hotel has 304 guest rooms and suites accommodating unique experiences, complete with indulgent amenities and wireless High Speed Internet Access.
A revitalizing massage in the 2400 square feet spa waits at the end of a long day, or one can work off stress in the state-of-the-art health club.
Its restaurants, lounge, and bar feature a wide-ranging selection of local and international dishes and drinks.
The 7 lac square feet hotel is equipped with world class equipments.
Shaikh Waliar Rahman, secretary of Best Holdings, tells Banglanews “Our target clients are businessmen, corporate clients and airlines crew members.”
Each room of Le Méridien is of 40 square metre while rooms of others five star hotel of the country are of 30 square metre, he adds.
When asked for details, Waliar Rahman denied saying “What will be surprise, if I tell everything now?”
The internationally renowned Le Méridien brand was established in 1972 by Air France "to provide a home away from home for its customers." The first Le Méridien property was a 1,000-room hotel in Paris — Le Méridien Etoile. Within two years of operation the group had 10 hotels in Europe and Africa. Within the first six years the number of hotels had risen to 21 hotels in Europe, Africa, the French West Indies, Canada, South America, the Middle East and Mauritius. The group continued to grow and, by 1991, the total number of Le Méridien properties had risen to 58.
In late 1994, Le Méridien was acquired by UK hotel giant, Forte, which in turn was acquired by Granada Group plc in 1996. Through a merger in the summer of 2000 between Forte's parent company, Granada Group plc, and global contract catering giant, Compass Group plc — and the subsequent de-merger of the two companies in February 2001 — the ownership of the Forte Hotel Group and its three brands (Le Méridien, Heritage Hotels and Posthouse Hotels) passed solely to Compass Group.
In May 2001, Nomura International plc announced the acquisition of Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts from Compass Group plc for £1.9 billion and Le Méridien was merged with Principal Hotels, which was acquired in February 2001. In December 2003, Lehman Brothers Holdings acquired the senior debt of Le Méridien.
In November 2005, the Le Méridien brand and management fee business was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. The leased and owned real estate assets were acquired in a separate deal by a joint venture formed by Lehman Brothers and Starwood Capital (a company not affiliated with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.).
BDST: 1344 HRS, AUG 07, 2014
