Fairmont Nile City is a hotel located in Cairo , Egypt and is a part of the global Fairmont Hotels and Resorts brand. The hotel has 531 rooms, 8 restaurants, and 25 floors and is located alongside the Nile River .
7-426: Fairmont Nile City opened on October 6, 2010, with Nile City Investment being one of the property's main shareholders. The building is 105 meters high and was designed by architectural firm, Hirsch Bedner Associates . Since the hotel opening, it has been under continuous retouching across the property. The hotel features mainly Art Deco and contemporary design features within its overall interior decoration style. It
14-1044: A hospitality design firm. Initially focusing their work on projects local to the United States, HBA began work on the Beverly Rodeo Hotel in Beverly Hills and Chez Voltaire, a restaurant in Florida. Over time, HBA expanded its work internationally, establishing an office in Hong Kong and later an office in London. After a decrease in revenue between 2008 and 2010, newly appointed co-CEOs Ian Carr and René Kærskov expanded HBA's services by establishing Studio HBA (design services for mid-tier and limited-service hotel projects), HBA Architecture (architectural design services), Light Directions (lighting design consultancy), and Canvas (art budgeting, concept planning, and procurement/installation). Today,
21-407: A variety of other organizations including American Express , British Airways , HSBC seasonal offers, Travel Industry Association of Canada , and Visa card – Signature & Platinum. It has also hosted a variety of art projects and events including Earth Hour , a rooftop event with live acoustic music and presentations from environmental expert speakers. It also joined The Canadian Embassy and
28-524: Is an American international hospitality design firm established in 1965 in Santa Monica, California and now headquartered in Singapore. HBA is the largest hospitality design firm in the world. The partnership of Howard Hirsch and Michael Bedner began when Howard hired Michael as an entry-level blueprint drafter. They soon founded the company in 1965, becoming one of the first companies to market themselves as
35-630: Is situated between the two towers of the Nile City Complex. It is also located about 23 km away from tourist attractions including the Giza pyramid complex , the Great Sphinx of Giza , and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali . Fairmont Nile City has 7 food & beverage outlets on the property. These include Fairmont Nile City has won a variety of hospitality –related awards including The hotel has paired with
42-685: The Children's Cancer Hospital in Egypt to host the Terry Fox Run in 2010. In 2015, Fairmont stated it would invest in two new hotels in Egypt, in addition to its existing hotel located in Cairo. The hotel is home to the Willow Stream Spa, the signature Fairmont spa and one of the largest spas in Egypt. It includes a health club and various spa treatments. The hotel also has a rooftop pool and lounge, Sky Pool, at
49-715: The top of the property. The Fairmont Nile City has been location for various movie and TV shoots including Gabel El Halal, Baba , Relam, and more. Some of the hotel's famous guests include Lucy Liu , Samuel L. Jackson , and Salma Hayek . The hotel is infamous for the 2014 Cairo hotel gang rape case , in which a young woman was gangraped by several men from wealthy families. Three of the accused were extradited from Lebanon back to Egypt for trial in September 2020. 30°04′18″N 31°13′41″E / 30.071774°N 31.227951°E / 30.071774; 31.227951 Hirsch Bedner Associates HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates
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