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Landmark Lebanese hotel folds amid virus, economic crisis

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AP Beirut
Last Updated : Apr 19 2020 | 2:28 AM IST

One of Lebanon's landmark hotels that survived the country's bloody 15-year civil war and various other bouts of fighting is shutting down amid the country's economic crisis and coronavirus pandemic, a hotel executive has said.

The prestigious, nearly 70-year-old Le Bristol was closed temporarily as part of national measures to combat the spread of the virus. But Pascale Selwan Tabet, executive assistant manager, said Saturday that the uncertainty gripping the world because of the virus coupled with the unprecedented economic crisis in Lebanon forced the owners to shut it down for good

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First Published: Apr 19 2020 | 2:28 AM IST

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