Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts
Hotel and Resorts | |
Headquarters | Pakistan |
Number of locations | Faisalabad, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Gwadar, Bhurban, Muzaffarabad and upcoming properties in Mirpur and Multan |
Area served | Pakistan |
Revenue | Rs.4.1 billion |
Rs.600 million | |
Parent | Hashoo Group |
Website | PC Hotels |
Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts also abbreviated as PC, is a hotel chain in Pakistan. It has properties in Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Gwadar, Bhurban, and Muzaffarabad with new hotels coming up in Mirpur, and Multan.
The Pearl-Continental Hotel in Karachi was the first five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Pakistan, and has hosted Queen Elizabeth II, Nelson Mandela, King Hussain, other world leaders and royalty. It was a member of the Leading Hotels of the World for over a decade.
The hotels are owned and operated by Hashoo Group, which also owns Marriott hotels in Karachi and Islamabad, and Hotel One, a chain of budget-hotels in Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Multan, Murree and Bahawalpur.
In 2009 the Peshawar hotel was bombed by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.
See also
- Pearl Continental Tower
References
External links
- Official website of Pearl Continental Hotels
- Official website of Hotel One
- ILO ruling on union-busting actions of Karachi Pearl Continental Hotel
- Bomb in Jun 2009 PC Peshawar
- Bomb outside hotel in Pakistan