Rydges Plaza hotel to close in December
This has been rumoured for years. Is it finally going to happen?
| RYDGES Plaza hotel is scheduled to close on December 1, just six years after it was built.
Though no hotel official was willing to talk about the hotel’s fate, a source confirmed that it would not receive any guests in December. The hotel, run by the Australian Rydges Group, was informally opened on December 15, 2002. It is owned by FBQHC of Sheikh Faisal bin Qassem al-Thani. A hotel source could not say what might happen to the 11-storey building that stands in the al-Bida area, overlooking the Doha Bay and the Corniche. However, the source said the building “is being taken over by the ministry (of interior)”. |
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Ever since the 138-room building was built, speculation was rife in the city that the hotel would never be opened because of its sensitive location next to the Emiri Palace. But, it did open and survived the demolitions that razed all the surrounding buildings, which housed hundreds of residents.
However, speculation of the demolition resurfaced from time to time.
The source could not say whether the four-star hotel would be reopened at another location. But, moves are underway to find a new building, it is learnt.
The Rydges Plaza is a hotel group that was launched in 1988 and currently has more than 30 properties in various countries, including the UAE. A hotel official has said it is looking to expand its presence in the Middle East.
Source; http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=248062...
the place is nice.
its not as bad as what some people thinks..
fewer hangouts then..
cheers,
paul :D
Hello there,
its me Ajay
A supervisor com manager of Italian Restaurant in Rydges Hotel.
what kind of jobs you offering us????
email me at [email protected]
with details what you offering and where you are located...
regards Ajay
I need people for Grand Regency. I can hire them only if they get NOC from Rydges
hoteliers in rydges will be given release but to only limited companies stated by the hotel.
about three years ago the staff had a meeting with the GM that it iwas going to close in Dec 06. This time it actually seems to be happening.
The locals that go the Mid level bar will probably be on the 1st floor in the ramada.
Sammaz: One of the big issues is that the hotel are not going to give them NOC's. They are keeping hold of them because there will allegedly be a new rydges opening in March. They said they would keep paying them or find them temporary positions till March, but none of which was in Writting Naturally. I could name several of them that are very good loyal employees. But with out that piece of paper (NOC) nothing can be done for them.
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HE WHO DARES WINS
sammaz, are you HR of new Marriott Hotel?
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
it is true. confirmed by the hotel itself.
ohhhhhhhh !
Loveeely...what about the people who have membership there? they should announce before...rubbish!!!
awwwww...2 baa'ad
I would like to help few people of Rydges who are seeking for a job. Please PM me if anyone u know is interested. I'm willing to hire some of them.
...and the rest of the other hotels built just recently and go back to Stone Age.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
i knew this informatioon in 2006 but i do not thing that because of it;s location may be it is for other reasons
i knew about it since long time ago..
The famous Aussies legend is shutting down?
Cool, that hotel never was my favorite cup of tea... I'll drink a glass of wine for their closure.
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
— Tho
so sad..Many Nepali freinds are working there.they are running for job now.
mY nEPAL
mY pRIDE
for me it was a place for cheap drinks and hang out in the bad days. so i dont feel bad for this news...
Hhhhmmnnn, does that mean that the drunken guys in white in the bar at midday will have to park their Landcruisers somewhere else?
had a very pleasant, quiet couple of drinks in that mezzanine bar on one occasion. ;o)
once the alcoholic nationals left at 5 if was a great place for a quiet drink...
was too smoky and horrendously noisy!! Had they put in decent exhaust system and toned the music down to something other than eardrum piercing....it would have been wonderful!
Will miss it as a landmark tho..
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Great. Burn the hole to the ground I say.
It was one of the few licenced places with open air so I could hang out with smoking friends and not feel like I wanted to wretch when I smelt my clothes in the morning.
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Since Allah has given me a brain, it would seem like a sin not to use it.
No more El-Rostico ??
I'll miss his Cangaro Pizza
Not because I was denied access there during the summer lol, but really the bar is really crap so I think and service no better.
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HE WHO DARES WINS
We need a few more hangouts not less!
Did you Google it first?
"letting go doesn't mean ur weak,only shows you're stronger to let go"
so what so call rumour have come true then ....
Yes it is true. When Shkh. Faisal Al Thani got the approval he signed a no objection letter that when the Government wanted the land, he would accept the decision.
If I am not mistaken, the land will be used for the Parliaments building.
as expected
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that's so sad.....but i've always felt the place to look a bit eerie.maybe coz of the location......
Keep smiling!
Saggi!