Five-star hotel in the making in Ctg

AK Khan and Company has started construction of a five-star hotel in Chittagong at a cost of nearly Tk 300 crore.

Chairman of the company AK Shamshuddin Khan yesterday laid the foundation stone of International Niketan Hotel at Batali Hills in the port city.

Owners expect the hotel to be opened partially before the ICC World Cup 2011 will provide services to the cricket players and other visitors.

Khan said Chittagong with its natural beauty, the largest seaport and increasing business prospects has become a favourable choice for businesspeople and tourists, both from home and abroad.

He said the hotel with all international amenities would provide resort atmosphere and services to the businesspeople and tourists.

Managing Director of the company Salahuddin Kashem Khan said the aim of the project is to positively change the image of the port city.

Mentioning the two group-stage matches of the ICC 2011 World Cup Cricket in Chittagong, he hoped to complete some segments of the project by the time the world cup cricket comes to Bangladesh.

Earlier, Zia Uddin Khan, deputy managing director of the company and the project director of the hotel, presented different aspects of the hotel and historical and cultural background of Chittagong.

Officials said the eco-sustainable hotel on two hilltops would follow sustainable development system to preserve natural landscape and beauty.