Lotte Hotel announced on Wednesday that it signed a management outsourcing agreement with Tashkent Palace Hotel in Uzbekistan, which will be renamed Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace. Located 8 kilometers from Tashkent International Airport, the hotel offers easy access to popular places such as Alisher Navoi Opera, Ballet Theater, the National Museum of History of Uzbekistan and Independence Square (Mustakilik Square).

Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace will become the first overseas hotel that Lotte Hotels operates under a management contract. Lotte Hotels and Resorts runs hotels in Ho Chi Minh City and Moscow and plans to open more hotels in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Shenyang, China as part of its goal to become a top hotel brand in Asia by 2018.

(wylee@heraldcorp.com)