The JW Marriott Hotel Tripoli is a former five star hotel in

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's Central Business District. The hotel opened on February 15, 2011, days before the

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began. It closed just two weeks later and the hotel's few guests and 185 staff were evacuated by Marriott on a chartered plane to Amman. Marriott stated in April 2011 that they hoped to reopen the hotel at some point. In 2013, the hotel's co-owners, the Libyan government Economic and Social Development Fund and South Korean-based Daewoo Engineering & Construction announced their hope to reopen the hotel in 2014. In 2021, the owners again announced plans to reopen the hotel.https://libyaherald.com/2021/11/tripolis-jw-marriot-hotel-to-fully-reopen/ As of 2024, it remains closed.

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Hotels in Tripoli, Libya Hotels established in 2011 Hotel buildings completed in 2011 {{Libya-struct-stub