Unfortunately, it appears the Marriott Beirut has closed down.

Lebanon is no longer listed as a destination on Marriott's website.

The Marriott Beirut was one of the first (if not the first) newly constructed full service hotels to open after the civil war ended.

It was an interesting atrium hotel with a shopping mall integrated with it.

Marriott is arguably one of the most internationally recognized and important hotel brands. It's a shame Lebanon no longer has a Marriott...

I was hoping Beirut at some point would get a JW Marriott, but that was when the future was looking very bright...

It's a reflection of the situation in Lebanon sadly...

^^ yea ,i know it has closed up on 18 july 2007. This hotel opened in april 1996 and i don't know why it closed up. Anyway, i hope they don't demolish it.

Maybe it closed because it is located in a Hizballah stronghold neighborhood...what a shame that this cancer is destroying our country. We need the Marriott to relocate to Ras Beirut...

Maybe it closed because it is located in a Hizballah stronghold neighborhood...what a shame that this cancer is destroying our country. We need the Marriott to relocate to Ras Beirut...

You must be confusing it with another hotel.

The Marriott was in Jnah which is a Sunni neighborhood that is very loyal to Hariri and is extremely anti-Hizbullah.

Perhaps you are confusing it with the Sheraton Coral Beach which is next to the Ouzai which is a Hizbullah neighborhood.

I think Beirut! was thinking of the Sharinton

Maybe it closed because it is located in a Hizballah stronghold neighborhood...what a shame that this cancer is destroying our country. We need the Marriott to relocate to Ras Beirut...

Jnah is rather a mixed area, I might not support Hezbollah, not because the are Shiaa, rather due to the fact that they are a fundamentalist religious group like I don't support Sunni religious extremists; However, I don't wish segregation between Lebanese people.

You must be confusing it with another hotel.

The Marriott was in Jnah which is a Sunni neighborhood that is very loyal to Hariri and is extremely anti-Hizbullah.

Perhaps you are confusing it with the Sheraton Coral Beach which is next to the Ouzai which is a Hizbullah neighborhood.

Are you sure? Because the Marriott I am thinking about is just feet away from the Ouzai (along the main road approaching the highway near the airport). Last time I was there I saw Hizballah flags draped over the fountain in front of the hotel....from what I heard this neighborhood is predominately Shia (at least now).

Oh, and the Sheraton Coral Beach is right down the street from the Marriott.

You can see the hotel here:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.866104&lon=35.485497&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2

i think beirut is right.... well i think in my Lonly Planet Lebanon Book the hotel seems to be towards south Beirut ... i'll a pic from it

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thats for that Libano and now I have a new website to look forward to browse around
even this is site http://www.asiatravel.com/lebanon/beirut/marriott/index.html renamed it to the Beirut Galaria
and the the address is

St. Elie Khalde Blvd, Jnah District ,
Beirut, Lebanon

so it is in South Beirut ....wikimapia is a very good tool

So,it's now Beirut Galeria ??

So it is still a functioning hotel open for business?

Marriott will be back soon but with different Lebanese partner

^^ how do you know

^^ how do you know

My cousin that works for Marriott International. There was a dispute with the previous partners

^^ so the hotel is temporarily closed?

it was a lousy hotel, gloomy interior and exterior. the service was bad, the location was bad, the whole hotel development was not well done. the room interiors were 1980's style, the fnb outlets average. a marriot deserves to look like a 5 star, that marriot looked like a 3 star...there will be another marriot in beirut inchallah, but definitly not that location...

^^ I agree somewhat, but the location has potential and this hotel does have a nice rooftop pool/terrace as well as a small shopping mall and movie theater!

Anyway, the Ritz Carlton which is a subsidiary of Marriott International is going to open in Beirut which tells you that it's not the company loosing interest but as I mentioned above

Personally, Im a devoute Marriott fan, and I do wish they would come back to this country again! The Ritz is opening, well thats a good sign as Sargon stated. But the Ritz is usually over the Marriott budget.

I recently drove by what was once the Marriot Beirut (in Bir Hassan neighborhood of Beirut) and the company logo has been removed from the building and all signs. The building is currently unused and there are no renovation works going on. What was once well-maintained landscaping surrounding the building now looks like a mess with trees growing wildly and grass yellow... I am confident that once the new company takes over it will look great again but currently there is no sign to indicate what it will be yet.

the marriot is now officially The Galleria Hotel ...pffft

^^ What's that??? 5 stars hotel ?????

^^i don't know but they put up the signs on the roof and on the entrance i think its 4 stars