Last eight hotels of Kazan are wrapping up the preparation for the BRICS Summit

Ilsur Metshin checked the readiness of two hotels in the run-up to the international event

22 September will mark the readiness of all the hotels designated to host the BRICS Summit participants in Kazan. 14 hotels are renovating the rooms, six of which have already finished the works. Eight more hotels are modernising the furniture. Ilsur Metshin paid an inspection visit to the Grand Hotel Kazan and Shalyapin Palace, which have a total of 20 rooms repaired.

Over 20 thousand people are expected to come to the BRICS Summit. Apart from the delegations with the heads of states, journalists, technical staff, law enforcement officers and volunteers will also arrive in the city. Kazan is preparing 52 hotels for their accommodation. Some of the venues had to get renovated due to the international requirements: to repair the rooms and utilities system, install new furniture. As a result, the hotels will now have a higher level, and renovated infrastructure will remain for future guests of the city allowing for the opportunities in the tourist field to grow.

Thus, the first spot the mayor Ilsur Metshin inspected was a four-star Grand Hotel Kazan in Peterburgskaya Street commissioned in 2009. The facility owner Ilshat Khayrullin accompanied the mayor. In the run-up to the Summit, eleven rooms have been refined: ten suites and one presidential suite. This required reconfiguring the space and merging several other rooms. Now the presidential apartments are undergoing minor repair, other rooms have everything done.

The 17-storey hotel provides 214 rooms, small and large conference halls, a meeting room and fitness centre. The main restaurant offers an extensive menu with the dishes of the Tatar, Russian, and European cuisines.

Later Ilsur Metshin visited the four-star Shalyapin Palace Hotel, which is located in a 19th-century building in Baumana Street. For the international event, the facade, roof, and entrance space were renovated at the cultural heritage site. Director of the Committee for Tourism Development Daria Sannikova noted the changes affected ten suites and one presidential suite. In the latter, the curtains were partially changed, minor repair made, and appliances and furniture purchased for the room. The suites underwent comprehensive repair works: wallpaper was pasted afresh, ceilings painted, flooring changed, furniture installed, and the room zoned into a bedroom and living room. The menu offers national cuisine according to the Halal standards.

A total of 123 rooms, several conference halls, a sauna, swimming pool, and gym are available in the Shalyapin Hotel.

To recap, BRICS Summit will take place in Kazan from 22 to 24 October. The host city was defined on 1 January when Russia was passed the baton of the BRICS chairmanship that will last till the end of the year.

BRICS was founded back in 2006 through the efforts of Russia, Brazil, India, and China. In 2011 South Africa joined the association, in 2024 – Iran, Egypt, UAE, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia. Number of countries have an observer status.

The on-site meeting was also attended by Albert Salikhov, head of the administration of Vakhitovsky and Privolzhsky districts.