5-star Rixos Almaty Hotel opens in Almaty
13:34, 17 October 2009
ATY. October 17. KAZINFORM. /Yelena Ilyinskaya/ A premium five-star Rixos Almaty Hotel has been opened in Almaty on Friday. Akim Akhmetzhan Yessimov took part in the opening ceremony.
The hotel's floor area covers 2.05 hectares. The volume of investment into its construction amounted to USD 150 million. A 12-storeyed hotel has a business center, shopping mall, conference hall for 1,000 people, restaurants, disco bar, swimming pool, SPA center and fitness centers.
Congratulating the guests on opening of the hotel Akim A. Yessimov noted the importance of having big hotels in Almaty on the threshold of Winter Asian Games.
At present there are 89 hotels in Almaty.