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Lhasa Hotel

Coordinates: 29°39′29″N 91°05′41″E / 29.65806°N 91.09472°E / 29.65806; 91.09472
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Lhasa Hotel

The Lhasa Hotel (Chinese: 拉萨饭店), formerly known as Holiday Inn Lhasa is a 4-star hotel in the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China; lying at an altitude of 3,600 m.[1]

History

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Completed in September 1985 as one of 43 Aid Projects to Tibet, it is located northeast of the Norbu Lingka Summer Palace in west of Lhasa.[2] The hotel is the flagship of the China International Travel Service' installations in Tibet. It accommodates about 1,000 guests over 450 rooms (suites).

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An account of running the hotel is related in the 2001 book The Hotel on the Roof of the World.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sueur, Alec Le (1999). Running a Hotel on the Roof of the World. ISIS Large Print Books. ISBN 978-0-7531-5205-8.
  2. ^ 西藏完全自遊寶典 (in Chinese). 清华大学出版社. 2013. p. 88. ISBN 978-7-302-32566-6. Retrieved 2024-05-23.


29°39′29″N 91°05′41″E / 29.65806°N 91.09472°E / 29.65806; 91.09472