Myanmar Ports Authority says the first ever floating hotel
will open its doors in Botahtaung harbour near Yangon
by the end of this year.
It will not be the first. That honour went to a floating
hotel owned and managed by Centara Hotels and Resorts (previously called
Central Group) that ran a 120-cabin converted cruised ship, anchored
permanently in Yangon ’s harbor.
It was towed from the harbor after about five years in the
late 1990s and eventually ended up in East Timor
and other areas where temporary accommodation was needed. Central Group sold
the ship.
Local media in Yangon said Hla Hla Pa Pa Company won the approval to invest in the floating
hotel project. It will import a 2,000 tonne engine-less vessel from Finland
that will be converted into a hotel.
The vessel was towed to Myanmar Shipyards 18 August for
extensive renovations that will give it 104 double rooms with attached
bathrooms, two dining rooms and bars.
The Yangon Port Development expanded Botahtaung port on the Yangon River
Two floating hotel are currently under construction in Mandalay , the second-largest city in Myanmar . Once completed, they will
be anchored on the Ayeyawaddy
River Mandalay and rates are very high at an
average US$250 a night.
A three-deck floating hotel with an engine to allow it to
move between sites will be located near Mayangyan
Port in Mandalay . A third floating hotel may be sited
on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake , Yangon .
Company sources say they intend to have the accommodation
open in time for the 27th SEA Games in December about six week from now.
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