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Guests are not required to login during this beta-testing phase </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="center"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/">Home</a></div> <h2>AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL</I> - 2005-11-08</h2> <div class="node"> <span class="submitted">Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1820"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1820" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1820">Headline</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date-0"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Date: </div><span class="date-display-single">Tuesday, 2005, November 8</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-location"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Location: </div> </div></div></div><p>President Hamid Karzai officially opened the most luxurious hotel in destitute Afghanistan on Tuesday, with the five-star Kabul Serena touted as a means to lure investors and dollar-spending tourists.The opening ceremony was attended by the Aga Khan, whose Aga Khan Development Network is the key backer of the project.</p> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-person-place-reference"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">person_place_reference: </div><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/person/h-h-prince-karim-aga-khan-iv">H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV</a></div><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline">person_place_reference: </div><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/29360">Serena Hotels</a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">1300 reads</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-NewsEvent_speeches" class="block block-views"> <div class="blockinner"> <h2 class="title"> Speech </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-NewsEvent-speeches"><div class="view-content view-content-NewsEvent-speeches"><div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24113">with Opening of 5-star Kabul Serena Hotel - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1829"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1829" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1829">Speech</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2118"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2118" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2118">Pakistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_3838"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/3838" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_3838">English/French</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>www.akdn.org </div></div></div><p>President KarzaiYour Excellencies<br/> Distinguished Guests<br/> Ladies and Gentlemen</p> <p>It is my immense happiness and privilege to welcome you all as we celebrate the inauguration of one of Kabul's restored landmarks. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those professionals, architects, construction trades, staff and volunteers who have worked so hard, under so many constraints, to build this hotel and prepare it for today's opening.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24113" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">636 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-NewsEvent_pressreleases" class="block block-views"> <div class="blockinner"> <h2 class="title"> Press Release </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-NewsEvent-pressreleases"><div class="view-content view-content-NewsEvent-pressreleases"><div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24045">New Development Initiative Launched in Kabul - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1832"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1832" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1832">Press Release</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_3728"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/3728" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_3728">Afganistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>http://www.akdn.org </div></div></div><p>The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is pleased to announce that the Kabul Serena Hotel was officially inaugurated today by His Excellency President Karzai and His Highness the Aga Khan. The opening of the restored and expanded Kabul Serena Hotel, the former Kabul Hotel, is a milestone in Afghanistan's post-conflict redevelopment.Designed by award-winning architect Ramesh Khosla, the Kabul Serena Hotel will provide Kabul with much-needed accommodation for visitors to the city and will constitute an important post-war resource for Kabul residents.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24045" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">576 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-NewsEvent_articles" class="block block-views"> <div class="blockinner"> <h2 class="title"> Recent Articles </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-NewsEvent-articles"><div class="view-content view-content-NewsEvent-articles"><div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/26075">BBC News - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL</I> - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1850"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1850" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1850">Afghanistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4417072.stm</div></div></div><p>The hotel helps fill a shortage of guest accommodation in the city The Afghan capital, Kabul, has a new, international standard five-star hotel, the first to be built since the fall of the Taleban four years ago. President Hamid Karzai opened the Serena hotel, which has been built around the remains of another hotel badly damaged by fighting.<br/> It is hoped that it will help attract more business people to invest in the poverty-stricken country and in the longer term attract wealthy tourists.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/26075" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">366 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24113">with Opening of 5-star Kabul Serena Hotel - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1829"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1829" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1829">Speech</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2118"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2118" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2118">Pakistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_3838"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/3838" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_3838">English/French</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>www.akdn.org </div></div></div><p>President KarzaiYour Excellencies<br/> Distinguished Guests<br/> Ladies and Gentlemen</p> <p>It is my immense happiness and privilege to welcome you all as we celebrate the inauguration of one of Kabul's restored landmarks. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those professionals, architects, construction trades, staff and volunteers who have worked so hard, under so many constraints, to build this hotel and prepare it for today's opening.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24113" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">636 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24031">Luxury hotel among new Kabul buildings - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1850"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1850" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1850">Afghanistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/09/build/world/75-hotel-kabul.inc </div></div></div><p>Insurgent violence wracks the countryside, but a building boom fueled by international aid, profits from the opium trade and foreign investment is remaking Afghanistan's dusty capital. The city even got its first five-star hotel Tuesday.<br/> Four years after the Taliban's ouster, a shiny new office building rises amid Kabul's traditional mud-colored buildings, and there is a glitzy shopping mall boasting the country's only escalators. A bright U.S. Embassy is nearly ready, and suburbs of new homes are springing up.</p> <p>But this city of 4 million people is far from being a metropolis.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24031" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">908 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24045">New Development Initiative Launched in Kabul - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1832"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1832" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1832">Press Release</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_3728"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/3728" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_3728">Afganistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>http://www.akdn.org </div></div></div><p>The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is pleased to announce that the Kabul Serena Hotel was officially inaugurated today by His Excellency President Karzai and His Highness the Aga Khan. The opening of the restored and expanded Kabul Serena Hotel, the former Kabul Hotel, is a milestone in Afghanistan's post-conflict redevelopment.Designed by award-winning architect Ramesh Khosla, the Kabul Serena Hotel will provide Kabul with much-needed accommodation for visitors to the city and will constitute an important post-war resource for Kabul residents.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/24045" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">576 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/23978">Five-star hotel opens in Kabul - AFGHANISTAN OPENS LUXURIOUS SERENA HOTEL - 2005-11-08</a> </h2> <span class="submitted">Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage</span> <div class="taxonomy"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="first taxonomy_term_1831"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1831" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1831">News Article</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_3728"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/3728" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_3728">Afganistan</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_2125"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/2125" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_2125">Kabul</a></li> <li class="last taxonomy_term_1734"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/taxonomy/term/1734" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_1734">English</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="field-label-inline-first">Source: </div>www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=49902 </div></div></div><p>Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated the five-star Serena Hotel here Tuesday, saying that after 30 years of armed conflict the country could boast of a hotel that could provide the best hospitality.<br/> The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) spent more than $30 million and two and a half years to rebuild and upgrade the former Kabul hotel originally built in 1945 and badly damaged in the 1990s.</p> </div> <div class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first node_read_more"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/23978" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="node_read_more">Read more</a></li> <li class="statistics_counter"><span class="statistics_counter">420 reads</span></li> <li class="last upload_attachments"></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><div class="more-link"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/NewsEvent_articles/12267">more</a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-NewsEvent_articles_list" class="block block-views"> <div class="blockinner"> <h2 class="title"> All Related Articles </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-NewsEvent-articles-list"><div class="view-content view-content-NewsEvent-articles-list"><table> <thead><tr><th class="view-cell-header view-field-term-node-15-name"></th><th class="view-cell-header view-field-image-attach-iid"></th><th class="view-cell-header view-field-node-title"></th><th class="view-cell-header view-field-node-data-field-source-field-source-value"></th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td class="view-field view-field-term-node-15-name">News Article</td><td class="view-field view-field-image-attach-iid"></td><td class="view-field view-field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110614111921/http://www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/26075">BBC News - 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