Gran Meliá Ghoo Explained

Gran Meliá Ghoo
Building Type:	Hotel, residential apartments, retail mall
Location City:	Salman Shahr
Location Country:	Iran
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Client:	Meliá Hotels International
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The Gran Meliá Ghoo is a five-star hotel in a mixed-development building in development in Salman Shahr, Iran, on the shore of the Caspian Sea. When finished, the tower will be 130 meters high and comprise a hotel, residential apartments, and a retail mall.

The hotel is planned to contain 319 rooms as well as other accommodations such as seven restaurants and bars, two swimming pools, and a spa. The hotel is a project of the Spain-based Meliá Hotels International, making it the first in Iran to be foreign-branded, since the Revolution ^{[1] [2]}

Other developments

In addition to the hotel, there are two buildings with residential apartments, and a retail mall which is already open to the public.^{[3] [4]}

According to Canadian business news website Meetings Canada, it will become the largest mixed development structure in Iran when completed.^[5]

Further reading

• "Meliá anuncia el primer cinco estrellas internacional en Irán". ABC.
• "Iran to Get Luxury Hotel Along Caspian Sea as Tourism Thaws". Bloomberg News.
• "Gran Meliá to open first hotel in Iran". Conference & Incentive Travel.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iran to Get Luxury Hotel Along Caspian Sea as Tourism Thaws - Hospitality Ireland. Hospitality Ireland. 2016-04-05.
2. Web site: Telegraph: The luxury hotels luring Western tourists to Iran.
3. Web site: Iran to get first international five-star hotel - TTG Asia - Leader in Hotel, Airlines, Tourism and Travel Trade News. David. Ing. Madrid . March 7, 2016. www.ttgasia.com. 2016-04-05.
4. Web site: Meliá Hotels Official Press Release.
5. Web site: Gran Melia Ghoo Hotel Being Built in Iran. Meetings Canada. en-US. 2016-04-05.