Global InformationIMELI Building information
| Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 41°42′08″N 44°47′38″E / 41.70222°N 44.79389°E |
| Construction started | 2012 |
| Opening | July 23, 2016 |
The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi (Georgian: სასტუმრო „ბილტმორ თბილისი“) is a luxury hotel in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, operated by the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi is the first Biltmore outside of the United States and first hotel in the newly presented upscale luxury Biltmore Collection of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. The Grand Opening ceremony took place on July 31, 2016. Located on Rustaveli Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare, the hotel occupies the historical Soviet-era building IMELI, constructed in the 1930s, and a 32-floor skyscraper, built in the 2010s. Remaking of the old building as well as erection of the new one was heavily criticized by preservationists.[1][2]
About $140 million was invested in the new hotel, mostly by the United Arab Emirates-based construction company Dhabi Group.[3]
- ^ Sheshaberidze, Ana (5 October 2009). "Deconstruction of IML Building Was Ceased". The Human Rights Centre. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Elisashvili, Aleksandre (25 November 2011). ""იმელის" შენობა თბილისში [The IMELI building in Tbilisi]" (in Georgian). Soviet Past Research Laboratory. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi: Georgia's most luxurious hotel opens with impressive display". agenda.ge. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.