6,000 beds ready for SCO summit delegates in Ekaterinburg

20.05.2009 — News

THE SVERDLOVSK OBLAST.

6,300 beds in Ekaterinburg's hotels and motels are ready to accommodate the delegates of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, scheduled for June 15-16, 2009. A single room will cost from 100 US dollars.

Over the previous two years the Urals capital added one thousand rooms to its hotel capacity. In 2009, 5 new hotels with the total capacity of 800 rooms will be opened. Ekaterinburg's biggest five-star hotel, Hyatt Regency, welcomed its first customers in April.

As the city authorities informed RusBusinessNews, motels, mini-hotels, 10 three-star hotels, 6 four-star hotels and 2 five-star hotels are ready to accommodate the delegates and the journalists. The exact number of guests is still not known. Besides, there is a possibility that the summit will be taking place in three cities simultaneously: Ekaterinburg, Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. St. Pete is ready to host the sessions of SCO Legislators' Council.