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Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel

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The Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel is a hotel in

Baghdad, Iraq located on Firdos Square. At 99 Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel
meters tall, it is the tallest building in Baghdad
and the tallest structure in Iraq after the Baghdad
Tower.

Opened in 1982 as the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel &

Casino (Arabic,) , it was one of
the most popular Western-run hotels in Baghdad
until the Gulf War began in 1991, when Sheraton
Hotels severed their management contract with the
Iraqi Government, which built the property. The
hotel continued to use the Sheraton name without General information
[1]
permission for the following 22 years. Location Baghdad, Iraq

While the hotel was briefly popular with foreign Opening 1982
journalists and contractors after the 2003 invasion
of Iraq, its occupancy level soon dropped sharply. The hotel, an obvious and imposing target, was
periodically hit with mortar or rocket fire during the early years of the post-Saddam era. The
structure was seriously damaged during a bomb attack in October 2005 and was closed for more than
a year afterward. Thirty-seven were killed in a car bomb attack outside of the hotel on January 25,
2010.

This hotel was renovated in 2011 along with five other of the biggest hotels in Baghdad in
preparation campaign for Arab summit. Renovation was done by a Turkish Company and have
improved the interior and leisure facilities. The hotel was renamed Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel in
March 2013.[2]

During Arab summit in 2012 many officials from different countries accommodated in this hotel
along with press and journalists. Now many of conferences and workshops, internally or
internationally, are organized in this hotel.

Contents
1 Gallery
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Gallery

Cristal Grand Ishtar Ishtar Sheraton Hotel, Ishtar Sheraton Hotel Ishtar Sheraton Hotel
Hotel on left, Palestine 2010. lobby, 2011. lobby, 2011.
Hotel on right.

See also
Baghdad Hotel
Palestine Hotel
Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel
Basra International Hotel

References
1. http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=hot&script=410&layout=6&item_id=514744
2. http://www.cristalhospitality.com/cristalgrand/iraq/baghdad/cristalgrandishtarhotel

External links
Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel official website
(http://www.cristalhospitality.com/cristalgrand/iraq/baghdad/cristalgrandishtarhotel)

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