The Nile Ritz-Carlton hotel has obtained its operating license, which the hotel's general manager, Radek Cias, received today from Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou, in the presence of Abdel Fattah El-Assi, head of the hotels sector, and Ehab El-Kordany, chairman of Misr Hotels Company.
For his part, Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou stressed that the reopening of a huge hotel with vast facilities such as the Nile Ritz-Carlton sends positive messages about the continuation of building and growth in the tourism investment sector.
For his part, Ehab El-Kordany, chairman of Misr Hotels Company, said the hotel is now in its initial operation phase and will be opened soon, after obtaining its operating license from the Ministry of Tourism, which removed the obstacles facing its operation with the relevant authorities.
The history of the Nile Ritz-Carlton dates back to 1959, when President Gamal Abdel Nasser opened the Nile Hotel in its distinctive central location in the heart of Cairo overlooking the Nile, close to historical and commercial sites and shopping areas.
Hilton International contracted that year to manage the hotel for fifty years, until 2009, and it became one of Cairo's distinctive landmarks under the name "Nile Hilton".
In 2007, plans to develop the Nile Hotel began, and a tender for its development was launched. It was won by the international Ritz-Carlton hotel management group, to take over after the end of Hilton's contract, and the development contract was signed in 2008 between Misr Hotels Company and Ritz-Carlton International.
