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]
| JW Marriott Absheron Baku | |
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  Location within Azerbaijan | |
| General information | |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Coordinates | 40°22′27″N 49°51′23″E / 40.37417°N 49.85639°E |
| Opening | 1 May 2012 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 237 |
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "All Russia Hotels". Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "Absheron Hotel Demolition Work Project – Yeraltı Mühendislik".
- ^ https://www.hotelmanagement.net/design/reardonsmith-architects-completes-jw-marriott-absheron-baku-azerbaijan
- ^ "JW Marriott Absheron Baku Opens". 3 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Haley, Ken (15 August 2011). Emails From the Edge. DoctorZed Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-921924-07-1. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
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