KATHMANDU, NEPAL
Construction of five-star hotel Nans that is being built in the Indo-Nepal border area of Belhiya targeting tourists visiting the birthplace of Lord Buddha Lumbini is nearing completion.
Promoter Chandra Prasad Shrestha said that the hotel that is targeting foreigners entering from Sunauli will come into operation from November. There are currently no five-star hotels outside Kathmandu Valley apart from Pokhara. Soaltee, Hyatt Regency, Yak and Yeti, Annapurna, Everest, Radisson, Malla and Shangrila hotels in Kathmandu, and Fulbari Resort and Grand Hotel in Pokhara are the only five-star hotels in Nepal. Shrestha said he is opening the five-star hotel as tourists seek five-star facilities though there are three-star hotels in and around Bhairahawa. He has been operating a three-star hotel in Bhairahawa in the same name for the past three years.
“I have mustered courage to open a five-star hotel as the tourists coming to my hotel demand five-star facilities, and over three-dozen Indian travel agencies dealing with me have also encouraged me to start a standard hotel,” he added. He revealed the total investment in the hotel is expected to reach Rs 350 million, apart from 55 katthas of land it occupies, though he had planned to complete it with Rs 320 million.
Shrestha, who is also a realtor, said he has managed to keep the cost of construction low as he had procured the land earlier, there were fewer obstructions in construction as it is in the border area, and the construction materials were also cheap. The hotel, that will have 76 rooms in the first stage, will have a casino, restaurants and swimming pool that a five-star hotel is expected to have.
Local entrepreneurs have been complaining that arranging accommodations for high-profile guests is tough in Lumbini region in lack of quality hotels. Local media person Chetan Pant said that bad message was sent to the rest of the world last year when former prime minister of Thailand and billionaire businessman Thaksin Shinawatra had to stay in a three-star hotel during his Lumbini visit. “There will no longer be shortage of standard hotels to keep high-profile guests after Nans Hotel is completed,” he stated.
Shrestha sees potential for other five-star hotels in Lumbini region. “The local hotels have not been able to withstand the pressure of tourists during the peak season even now. Another three-four five-star hotels can survive in Bhairahawa and Lumbini region,” he added. He revealed that entrepreneurs from Kathmandu and Pokhara have even bought land in the region for hotels and claimed that additional competition in the hotel sector will further boost business.
He said the main building of the hotel will be two-story. There will be 14 VIP suites out of the 76 rooms and the remaining will be deluxe rooms. It will have two restaurants, tennis court, swimming pool and all the facilities that modern hotels provide. The hotel, which plans to provide employment to locals, will itself conduct training programs to train the required work force and even send them abroad for training. The hotel was initially set to be named Deep Prakash International but will now be operated as Nans after the partners parted ways.
Source: Karobar Daily, 26th June 2013
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Construction of five-star hotel Nans that is being built in the Indo-Nepal border area of Belhiya targeting tourists visiting the birthplace of Lord Buddha Lumbini is nearing completion.
Promoter Chandra Prasad Shrestha said that the hotel that is targeting foreigners entering from Sunauli will come into operation from November. There are currently no five-star hotels outside Kathmandu Valley apart from Pokhara. Soaltee, Hyatt Regency, Yak and Yeti, Annapurna, Everest, Radisson, Malla and Shangrila hotels in Kathmandu, and Fulbari Resort and Grand Hotel in Pokhara are the only five-star hotels in Nepal. Shrestha said he is opening the five-star hotel as tourists seek five-star facilities though there are three-star hotels in and around Bhairahawa. He has been operating a three-star hotel in Bhairahawa in the same name for the past three years.
“I have mustered courage to open a five-star hotel as the tourists coming to my hotel demand five-star facilities, and over three-dozen Indian travel agencies dealing with me have also encouraged me to start a standard hotel,” he added. He revealed the total investment in the hotel is expected to reach Rs 350 million, apart from 55 katthas of land it occupies, though he had planned to complete it with Rs 320 million.
Shrestha, who is also a realtor, said he has managed to keep the cost of construction low as he had procured the land earlier, there were fewer obstructions in construction as it is in the border area, and the construction materials were also cheap. The hotel, that will have 76 rooms in the first stage, will have a casino, restaurants and swimming pool that a five-star hotel is expected to have.
Local entrepreneurs have been complaining that arranging accommodations for high-profile guests is tough in Lumbini region in lack of quality hotels. Local media person Chetan Pant said that bad message was sent to the rest of the world last year when former prime minister of Thailand and billionaire businessman Thaksin Shinawatra had to stay in a three-star hotel during his Lumbini visit. “There will no longer be shortage of standard hotels to keep high-profile guests after Nans Hotel is completed,” he stated.
Shrestha sees potential for other five-star hotels in Lumbini region. “The local hotels have not been able to withstand the pressure of tourists during the peak season even now. Another three-four five-star hotels can survive in Bhairahawa and Lumbini region,” he added. He revealed that entrepreneurs from Kathmandu and Pokhara have even bought land in the region for hotels and claimed that additional competition in the hotel sector will further boost business.
He said the main building of the hotel will be two-story. There will be 14 VIP suites out of the 76 rooms and the remaining will be deluxe rooms. It will have two restaurants, tennis court, swimming pool and all the facilities that modern hotels provide. The hotel, which plans to provide employment to locals, will itself conduct training programs to train the required work force and even send them abroad for training. The hotel was initially set to be named Deep Prakash International but will now be operated as Nans after the partners parted ways.
Source: Karobar Daily, 26th June 2013
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