JW Marriott Absheron Baku Hotel

JW Marriott Absheron Baku
Location within Azerbaijan
General information
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40°22′27″N49°51′23″E / 40.37417°N 49.85639°E / 40.37417; 49.85639
Opening	1 May 2012
Technical details
Floor count	23
Other information
Number of rooms	237

JW Marriott Absheron Hotel on stamp

The JW Marriott Absheron Baku is a high-rise hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened in 2012. It is located on Azadliq Square next to Pushkin's Park and the Crescent Hotel on the edge of the Caspian Sea. ^[1]

The hotel is named for the previous Absheron Hotel which formerly stood on this site. It was established by the Soviet Intourist monopoly in 1985 ^[2] and had 343 rooms on 16 floors. It was entirely demolished in 2009. ^[3]

The current JW Marriott-managed hotel of 237 rooms on 21 floors was built on the site ^[4] and opened on July 3, 2012. ^[5] It was described by author Ken Haley as an "imposing" hotel, with some rooms that have a "magnificent view of the city square and the sun-spangled expanse of the world's largest lake". ^[6]

References

1. Noble, John; Kohn, Michael; Systermans, Danielle (1 May 2008). Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Lonely Planet. p. 247. ISBN   978-1-74104-477-5 . Retrieved 31 December 2011.
2. "All Russia Hotels". Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
3. "Absheron Hotel Demolition Work Project – Yeraltı Mühendislik".
4. https://www.hotelmanagement.net/design/reardonsmith-architects-completes-jw-marriott-absheron-baku-azerbaijan
5. "JW Marriott Absheron Baku Opens". 3 July 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
6. Haley, Ken (15 August 2011). Emails From the Edge. DoctorZed Publishing. p. 66. ISBN   978-1-921924-07-1 . Retrieved 31 December 2011.

External links

• Official site