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Ramada opened its first hotel, a 60-room facility, on U.S. Route 66 at Flagstaff, Arizona in 1954 and set up its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, where the chain built the Sahara Hotel on North 1st Street downtown in 1956 (which later became the Ramada Inn Downtown) and a 300-room Ramada Inn in the 3800 block of East Van Buren in 1958 that ...
Varanasi is one of the most prominent tourist places in India. The city attracts millions of domestic and international tourists. [1] The temples across the city attract pilgrims. The ghats and the Buddhist site Sarnath attract tourists from abroad. Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in the world, which makes it rich with cultural heritage. [2]
Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], [a] [b] also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] [c] [12] [13] [14] or Kashi [d] [15]) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Renaissance Hotels was founded in 1981 as Ramada Renaissance, an upscale division of Ramada Inns. [1] The first property was located in Aurora, Colorado , outside Denver . Ramada's hotels and restaurants were sold to Hong Kong–based New World Development Ltd. in 1989 for $540 million.
It is derived from Sanskrit, "ghaṭṭa" (Sanskrit: गट्टः).It means an embankment or a landing place. [2]Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could either refer to a range of stepped-hill such as Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such bathing or cremation place along the banks of a ...
The aarti is performed by 21 young Brahmin priests and 24 young women. [8] The rituals involve chanting hymns, rhythmic drum beating, conch shell blowing, and brazier burning. [9] Boat rides (in boats of all sizes) along the riverfront in the evening are popular among tourists, when all the ghats are lit with lamps and aarti is being performed. [5]
Ramada International is the company that owns, operates, and franchises hotels using the Ramada brand name outside of the United States and Canada. Ramada International was formerly owned by Marriott International , a competitor of Cendant , which owned Ramada in the United States and Canada.
These four properties are the Ramada Sanya hotel, the Ramada Plaza Wenzhou, the Ramada Longyan hotel, and the Ramada Xi'an Bell Tower hotel. All four are currently under development and will be full-service hotels featuring business and conference facilities, onsite food and beverage outlets, as well as fitness facilities.