Grand Continental Hotel - Courtesy of Grand Hotels of EgyptIts important historyFun Fact:Part of the hotel was destroyed by the 1952 Cairo fire that took down many of the city’s central districts. Govt licences demolition of Cairo's unique historic unparalleled Grand Continental Hotel - & will rebuild. pic.twitter.com/8xBgmhOBjq — Ahdaf Soueif (@asoueif) December 6, 2016CAIRO – 13 February 2018: Once one of the most beautiful buildings in Egypt, the Grand Continental Hotel, also known as the Continental-Savoy, has seen a significant decline in business since the early 1990s. Forgotten, the hotel started to form a hazard to passers-by and became a sore to the eye. Furthermore, they will be offered shops in the new hotel and shopping mall, in the same location that they currently hold.

Source: Egypt Today February 13, 2018 17:03 UTC