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Kempinski to manage Hotel of Doom
Wednesday, 06 Nov, 2012
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The world’s tallest hotel will open next year in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and will be operated by Kempinski Hotels and Resorts.
The 105-story, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel will open partially in July or August, Bloomberg reports.
Kempinski will be the first western hospitality service to operate in North Korea.
Construction of the 3000-room hotel – often referred to as the Hotel of Doom – began in 1987 and stopped between 1992 and 2008.
It appears regularly on lists of the world’s most ugly buildings.
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