O’Monot hotel opens in 2014

New international management chain
starts operations in local market

The Greece-based HotelBrain management chain will inaugurate its first property in the local market, the five-star O’Monot Hotel, by early 2014. The owner of the hotel is Lebanese Société Aret S.A.L.

HotelBrain Greece manages 74 hotels in Greece and one in Turkey. It is also the partner of the UK-based Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) hospitality management chain which runs over 550 luxury hotels worldwide. HotelBrain Lebanon, which belongs to the Berjaoui family, is the local representative of Luxury Hotel Partners , the managing company of SLH .

O’Monot Hotel will be located in Ashrafieh, at the end of Monot Street. Construction started a few years back, with Nabil Gholam as one of the architects, and was completed in 2013.

The hotel has 41 rooms including four suites spread over nine floors. It includes a rooftop swimming pool and restaurant.

Sarah Berjaoui, one of the local partners, said HotelBrain Lebanon are planning to launch at least two more properties by end-2014.