Tender to be issued for Ben Gurion Airport hotel

Ben Gurion Airport  picture: Eyal Yitzhar
Ben Gurion Airport picture: Eyal Yitzhar

The Israel Airports Authority tender stipulates that the hotel will be within walking distance of the main terminal.

The Israel Airports Authority will publish a new tender this Thursday for building a hotel near Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport. The tender will be according to the design, build, operate, transfer (DBOT) method.

Last September, "Globes reported that the Airports Authority was working on the terms for the tender for building a hotel within walking distance of Terminal 3.

"The hotel will serve several kinds of passengers: businessmen coming for short periods, airline staff, tourists landing here late at night, and Israelis forced to stay at the hotel because of flight delays," Airports Authority Deputy Director General - Commerce and Business Development Yoram Shapira told "Globes" last year.

Shapira added that the hotel would be business-oriented, and would offer services such as meeting and conference rooms, a fitness club, indoor pool, dining room, and a bar for $100-150 a night. "We don't want it to be a hotel that costs $800 a night. The price should be worthwhile for everyone," he said.

The Airports Authority today announced that the hotel would have 140-400 rooms, with meeting and event halls, and would cover 7.5 dunam (1.875 acres). The tender winner will invest in the development and financing of the project, and will operate it for 25 years.

It was also announced that Ben Gurion Airport had an approved building plan for a hotel according to the Ministry of Tourism's definitions. The tender winner will be responsible for the detailed design.

"The Ben Gurion Airport hotel project will put the airport on the same level as the world's leading airports, where there is a hotel servicing the passengers," Shapira said today.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 27, 2015

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Ben Gurion Airport  picture: Eyal Yitzhar
Ben Gurion Airport picture: Eyal Yitzhar
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