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Hotel, Suites, Conferences Center in Caracas, Venezuela
Hotel Venetur Alba Caracas
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHotel
Suites
Conferences Center
LocationCaracas, Venezuela
Completed1969
OwnerVenezuelan State
Height
Roof120 m (390 ft)
Technical details
Floor count36
Design and construction
DeveloperVenezolana de Turismo (VENETUR)
Structural engineerJuan Sánchez Carranza
Main contractorCentro Simón Bolívar

The Hotel Venetur Alba Caracas is a hotel in the cultural and financial center of Caracas, Venezuela. It is located between Av. Mexico with Av. Sur 25. It overlooks El Ávila National Park and Los Caobos Park and has direct access to the Caracas Metro.

History

In the 1930s, coffee plantations covered the hotel site. In 1944, the area became the first corporate headquarters of Creole Petroleum. In 1955, the headquarters became a National Security government building government of Marcos Pérez Jiménez. In 1965, engineer Juan Sánchez Carranza was chosen to construct an apartment building on the site, which was completed the following year. However, before residents moved in, the building was repurposed as a luxury hotel and rebuilt.

The hotel was officially opened by President Rafael Caldera on October 31, 1969 as the Caracas Hilton. In 1984, a tower wing was added.

In 2007, the government-owned hotel let its management contract with Hilton lapse after 38 years. The hotel was renamed Hotel Alba Caracas, after the ALBA, Hugo Chávez's "Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America" and was revamped as a "socialist" hotel. On April 15, 2010, it was placed under the management of the state-run Venetur group.

References

  1. https://www.foxnews.com/story/venezuela-changes-name-of-caracas-hilton-converts-to-socialist-hotel
  2. Carroll, Rory (2009-10-22). "Workers of the world, relax! Chávez takes over Hilton". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  3. "Hotelería Venetur y sus estrellas que no brillan | Clímax". elestimulo.com (in Spanish). 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2024-12-13.

10°30′1.77″N 66°53′57.82″W / 10.5004917°N 66.8993944°W / 10.5004917; -66.8993944

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