The Jumeirah Bilgah Beach Hotel near Baku is the latest of several luxury hotel chains that have opened or are already open in Baku.
This year three more five-star hotels – the Marriott, Four Seasons and Fairmont – will open within the city, and in the past 12 months five-star hotels belonging to the Hilton, Sheraton, Hyatt, Kempinski and Radisson chains have opened.
Konul Nurullayeva, CEO of Baku 2020 said, “Baku is one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Visitors to Baku are always taken by surprise by its beauty and its friendliness”.
“Baku is the perfect blend of old and new, a cultural crossroads. The Old City at the heart of Baku – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – sits alongside modern, state-of-the-art architectural marvels. Baku is an outward-looking high-tech city, fast becoming a global meeting place”, said Nurullayeva.
“Our Olympic bid is part of a wider process of transforming Baku into a world-class destination, with first-class business, technology and sports facilities, as well as hotels, museums and art collections, universities and all the infrastructure that comes with them”.
Nurullayeva added, “bringing the Olympic Games to Baku will bring together thousands of visitors and hundreds of sportsmen and women. We hope to be able to offer them a warm and generous welcome, but we are already confident that visitors to our beautiful country will have a fantastic experience in the meantime, not least in our fabulous new hotels”.
