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First Albania Hilton hotel set to replace surprise Sheraton Tirana departure

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TIRANA, Jan. 8 – As a package of tax incentives aimed at attracting luxury tourism investment has just become effective, Sheraton Tirana, the country’s most internationally renowned brand, has left the country, a void which is expected to be filled with an inaugural Hilton hotel scheduled to open by mid-2018 in downtown Tirana. Sheraton Tirana, a five-star hotel had been operating in Tirana since 2003 under a deal with Mak Albania, a subsidiary of Kuwait-based Kharafi Group Investments which has been active in the country since the collapse of the communist regime in 1992 with several investments in the tourism…

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