Izmailovo Hotel

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| location = Izmaylovo District, Moscow, Russia

| address = Izmaylovskoye Shosse 71

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| opened_date = 1980

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The Izmailovo Hotel ({{Langx|ru|Гостиничный комплекс «Измайлово»}}) is a four-building hotel located in the Izmaylovo District of Moscow, Russia. It is the largest hotel in Europe, and was the largest hotel in the world from 1980 to 1993.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/galleries/largest-hotels-in-the-world/izmailovo-hotel/ | title=The world's largest hotels (Including Mecca's 10,000-room monster) }} Built for the 1980 Summer Olympics to accommodate sportsmen and visitors, the hotel remains popular among Russians and foreign guests.{{cite web | url=https://www.moscowcity.com/hotels/izmailovo_alfa.htm | title=Moscow hotels. Izmailovo Alfa Hotel** }}

History

When it opened in 1980, by the beginning of the Olympic games.{{Cite web |title=About Izmaylovo Hotel |url=https://www.elpida.ru/eng/hotel/#:~:text=It%20was%20erected%20by%20the,with%20the%20USSR%20State%20Award |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.elpida.ru}} it surpassed the Rossiya Hotel (1967–2006) as the largest hotel in the world. It held the record until 1993, when it was surpassed by MGM Grand Las Vegas. Today, Izmailovo Hotel is still the largest hotel in Europe with 5,000 rooms divided between four buildings: Alpha, Beta, Vega and Gamma-Delta.{{cite web | url=https://themay.com/en/press-center/novosti/maj-foods/576/ | title=News | access-date=2022-06-17 | archive-date=2022-11-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113142605/https://themay.com/en/press-center/novosti/maj-foods/576/ | url-status=dead }}