Crowne Plaza Hotel Managua
The Hotel Crowne Plaza Managua is a four star - hotel of the InterContinental Hotels Group in the historic center of Managua and in 1969 as Hotel Intercontinental Managua built. It was given its current name in 1992, but is still popularly referred to as El Inter . The appearance resembles a Maya - Temple pyramid , making it today one of the most original and recognizable landmarks, Managua. It is located on Avenida Simón Bolívar, Junction Octava Calle Suroeste 101 Managua.
Equipment, service
The Crowne Plaza Managua has 140 rooms and suites on 9 floors, all of which offer a view of Lake Managua . There are several restaurants with international and Japanese cuisine, a bar, a swimming pool, laundry facilities, Internet connections, a 24-hour reception and private parking.
The Plaza Inter business center has been in front of the hotel since December 1998. It houses 65 shops and service companies on four floors, such as the "Cinemas Inter 8" cinema center with eight movie theaters and a dozen restaurants, including Subway , McDonald’s , Pollo Campero and Burger King . The Centro de Convenciones , where congresses can be held, is still in the immediate vicinity of the hotel .
history
The building was designed in 1969 by the American architect Neal Prince (born 1921) analogous to a Mayan temple pyramid. The hotel is located at the foot of La Loma Hill with a direct view of Lake Managua. Until the earthquake on December 23, 1972, which practically completely destroyed the old town of Managua, the hotel was connected directly to the center of the capital. Since the old center was not rebuilt afterwards, the hotel was a bit isolated afterwards, but was still close to the main government offices and the main post office.
The most prominent guest was the US billionaire Howard Hughes , who lived in the hotel for several months until the earthquake. Hughes had rented the entire 7th floor, including the Presidential Suite (now the Darío Suite, named after Rubén Darío ) for himself and parts of the 6th and 8th floors for his employees. Hughes left Nicaragua immediately after the earthquake. The building was apparently only slightly damaged by the quake.
During the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1978/79, the Interconti was the headquarters of the international press, as it had excellent communication facilities and was also in close proximity to the most important government buildings. The hotel retained this function virtually throughout the entire Contra War in the 1980s. On February 16, 1991, the former military leader of the Contras , Enrique Bermúdez , was shot dead in the parking lot in front of the hotel after he had previously stayed at the hotel; the fact has not been resolved to date (2014).
Trivia
Both Roger Spottiswoode's feature film Under Fire (USA 1983) and the Malko novel Waffen für Nicaragua by Gérard de Villiers ( Hamburg 1980, French original edition Croisade à Nicaragua , Paris 1980, Spanish edition Cruzada en Nicaragua , Barcelona 1980) partly play in the Interconti. Since Under Fire was filmed in Mexico , a hotel there served as a prop .
Web links
- Official website of the hotel
- A series of pictures with interior and exterior photos of the hotel on google.de
Coordinates: 12 ° 8 ′ 35.3 " N , 86 ° 16 ′ 26.4" W.