JW Marriott Absheron Baku Hotel

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JW Marriott Absheron Baku
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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
Opening1 May 2012
Technical details
Floor count23
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Number of rooms237
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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]

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References

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