Grand Hotel Yerevan ( hy, Գրանդ Հոթել Երևան), also known as GHY is a 5-star hotel in the central
Kentron District of
Yerevan,
Armenia. It was opened in 1926, during the Soviet period, as a state-owned enterprise. It is one of the oldest hotels in modern Armenia, as well as the oldest functioning Hotel in Yerevan.
The hotel is located on 14
Abovyan Street, overlooking the
Charles Aznavour Square is adjacent to the Artists' Union of Armenia.
History
The hotel was opened in 1926 as a state-owned hotel of the
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
, based on the design of architect Nikolai Buniatian. It was known as the "Intourist Hotel", named after the
Intourist agency, which was the regulating body of the hotels and tourism within the
Soviet Union. Thus, Yerevan Hotel became the first hotel that was opened within Soviet Armenia.
During the 1930s, the hotel became the regular meeting place of the intellectuals of the city including
Yeghishe Charents,
Yervand Kochar
Yervand "Kochar" Kocharyan, also known as Ervand Kochar ( hy, Երվանդ Սիմոնի "Քոչար" Քոչարյան; 1899 – 1979) was a prominent sculptor and modern artist of the twentieth century and a founder of Painting in Space art moveme ...
and
Vahram Papazian
Vahram Papazian or Papazyan ( hy, Վահրամ Քամերի Փափազյան, January 6, 1888 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – June 5, 1968 in Yerevan, Armenia), was a Soviet actor who was an ethnic Armenian, mostly known for his Shakespea ...
.
In 1959, the Intourist agency was transferred to the newly opened ''Armenia Hotel'' at the
Republic Square, and the Intourist Hotel came to be known as the "Yerevan Hotel".
After the collapse of the
USSR, Yerevan Hotel was acquired by the
Italian company Renco S.p.A., and after a major renovation it was reopened as the 4-star "Golden Tulip Hotel Yerevan" in 1999, operated by the
Groupe du Louvre
Groupe du Louvre is a French company, headquartered in Village 5, La Défense in Nanterre, France. Groupe du Louvre and Louvre Hotels Group was sold to Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Development Co., Ltd. in 2015. The company was owned ...
. In 2009, following a major renovation, the structure was upgraded to a 5-star hotel to become known as the ''Royal Tulip Grand Hotel Yerevan'' until the end of 2016.
Grand Hotel Yerevan is currently managed by the ''Small Luxury Hotels of the World'' since the beginning of 2017.
Gallery
File:Building of Armenian Union of Artists, Yerevan (4).jpg, The view of the hotel overlooking the Aznavour square
File:Charlez Aznavour Square in 2014 01.jpg, Fountains at Aznavour square
File:Golden Tulip, Yerevan, interior.jpg, Interior view
File:Grand Hotel Yerevan, summer 2018 (1).jpg, The hotel at night
References
{{Yerevan landmarks
Hotels established in 1926
Hotel buildings completed in 1926
Hotels in Yerevan