ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took part on February 15 in the opening ceremony of the Holiday Inn Express hotel of the world-famous IHG network.
According to the press service of the RA government, founder and president of Holiday Inn Express LLC Ghukas Grigoryan informed the Prime Minister that the construction of the hotel lasted three years, the volume of investments was about $ 1 million, 50 new jobs were opened.
The head of government walked around the hotel, got acquainted with the work done and the conditions created. Nikol Pashinyan welcomed the implementation of the investment program and the initiative to build a new hotel in Armenia, which will provide tourists with quality services and convenient conditions.
In turn, Minister of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan informed that in 2018 the number of tourists visiting Armenia reached 1.6 million, and the task of the executive body is to ensure annual growth of the sphere by 7-10 percent.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel consists of 130 rooms, as well as a furnished room for business meetings. The hall is equipped with computers, comfortable seating, and ultrafast Internet.
Then, the RA Prime Minister together with mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan walked along the Main Avenue, familiarized himself with the work done here.