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Faletti's Hotel

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367:(PTDC) held 86.8% shares in Faletti's holding company, Associated Hotels of Pakistan (AHP), whereas private investors held the balance 13.2%. Since 1992, AHP Limited hotels, namely Faletti's Hotel Lahore, Flashman's Hotel Rawalpindi, Dean's Hotel Peshawar and Cecil Hotel Murree, were on a 50-year lease to PTDC at an annual lease rental of Rs. 1 million only. 374:
initiated the privatization process on 21 August 1997 and put up the hotel for privatization in April/May 2002. Due to the poor market response, the hotel was again put up for sale in December 2003 and was finally privatized in 2004 after Four Brothers Marketing (Pvt.) Ltd. put in the highest and
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to enlist the participation of Pakistani artistes in an international gala variety show to be held later in the year at the UN General Assembly in New York for raising funds for UNICEF. During his stay at Faletti's, Brando also gave a press conference in his hotel suite.
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The rooms in which Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Room 18) and Justice A.R. Cornelius (Room 2) stayed were also renamed after their famous occupants. Jinnah stayed at Faletti's when he came to Lahore to argue the appeal of
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In June 2020, when all the world was affected by COVID-19, Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch. Pervaiz Elahi decided to take sessions in Faletti's Hotel for the very first time in the history of Pakistan.
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From its 1880 opening until the establishment of modern 5-star hotels in Pakistan in the 1970s, Faletti's was considered to be the most prestigious hotel in Pakistan.
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Faletti's was built in the British colonial architecture style of the late 19th century. Its interior walls and floors are decorated by
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In 1955, Ava Gardner stayed at Room 55 in Faletti's for almost three months (22 February 1955 to May 1955) while shooting for the film
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In February 2006, Four Brothers Marketing (Pvt.) Ltd. sold Faletti's Hotel to a US company, Morganti Group, Inc., based in
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in July 1929. Justice A.R. Cornelius took up residence at Faletti's for 40 years and lived there until his death in 1991.
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In December 2017, many local fashion designers held a glamorous night of models walking the ramp at Faletti's Hotel.
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Building just off Lahore's famous and historical boulevard, "The Mall." This hotel is only 15 minutes drive from the
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Marlon Brando stayed at Faletti's when he visited Lahore on 25 February 1967. He was visiting Pakistan on behalf of
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Faletti's Hotel is protected property under "The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation) Ordinance, 1985."
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Faletti's is situated in a leafy triangular piece of land in the heart of downtown Lahore adjacent to the
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Faletti's is situated in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city and the provincial capital of Pakistan's
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province. Lahore is also known as the cultural and literary capital of Pakistan.
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Famous guests at Faletti's include the Founding fathers of Pakistan,
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by an Italian, Giovanni Faletti. It was closed in the late 1990s for
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Daily Times (newspaper), 24 February 2017, Retrieved 8 December 2020
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and re-opened in June 2013 after undergoing major refurbishment.
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wood and its finely manicured lawns have centuries old trees.
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Re-opened in June 2013 after undergoing major refurbishment
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Faletti's covers a total area of 363,000 sq. ft. (67.046
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punjablaws.gov.pk website, Retrieved 8 December 2020
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Lahore
Pakistan
http://falettishotel.com
Lahore
Pakistan
British Raj
privatisation
Punjab
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Lahore Airport
kanals
Burmese
teak
Lahore Literary Festival
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Lord Malhi
Ava Gardner
Stewart Granger
Hollywood
George Cukor
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Marlon Brando
West Indies
Sir Garfield Sobers
Chief Justice of Pakistan
A.R. Cornelius
Bhowani Junction
UNICEF
Ghazi Ilm-ud-Din Shaheed
Lahore High Court

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