Sayeman Beach Resort
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| Sayeman Beach Resort | |
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সায়মন বিচ রিসোর্ট | |
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 Interactive map of the Sayeman Beach Resort area | |
| Former names | Sayeman Hotel |
| General information | |
| Status | Open |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Kolatoli Square, Marine Drive Road, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 21°24′51″N 91°59′03″E / 21.4141449°N 91.9840863°E |
| Groundbreaking | 8 October, 2013 |
| Opening | 15 January, 2015 |
| Operator | Mahboob Rahman Ruhel |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 11 |
| Design and construction | |
| Awards and prizes | South Asian Travel Awards (2019) |
| Known for | First private hotel in the city |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 228 |
| Public transit access | Cox's Bazar railway station |
| Website | |
| sayemanresort | |
Sayeman Beach Resort is a five-star seaside resort located by Kolatoli Square in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It is the successor of Sayeman Hotel, the first private hotel of the city.[1] The construction of the resort was started initially in 2013 and completed in 2015.
In 1964, Sayedur Rahman established a private hotel named "Hotel Sayeman" in Cox's Bazar, East Pakistan. It was the first privately owned hotel in the city.[2] Five years later, in 1969, Mosharraf Hossain, son of the hotel's founder, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman stayed at this hotel during a trip to Cox's Bazar, and a candlelight dinner was organized in their honor.[3] In independent Bangladesh in 1979, Mosharraf Hossain converted it into a resort with 75 rooms.[4] Later Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana were also guests of this hotel.[3] In 2013 it was announced to build a resort condominium called "Sayeman Heritage Residence" in place of the old hotel and the hotel was shifted from Baharchora to Kolatoli which was renamed as "Sayeman Beach Resort".[4][3] The new resort was inaugurated on 15 January 2015 in the presence of Rashed Khan Menon, the then minister of civil aviation and tourism.[5]
Features
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The Cox's Bazar beach can be seen from most of the rooms of this 288-room resort.[6] There are ocean and deluxe suites, restaurants, swimming pools, bar deck, ballroom and convention hall.[5]
Tax evasion
According to a report published by Income Tax Department in 2021, no income tax return has been submitted by the resort authority for 6 years from 2015. After publication of the report, the authority paid ৳4 million in advance as income tax return. The report also noted that the resort had falsified their income.[7]
Pollution
In 2019, the Environment Department fined the authority ৳50,000 for allegedly dumping polluted water into the sea.[8]
Lawsuit
In 1999, 15 square kilometers of coastal area of Cox's Bazar was legally declared as a protected area for environmental reasons, but the Sayeman Beach Resort authority took the land of the area on lease to build the resort at Kolatoli. In 2019, a lawsuit ruled that the lease was invalid and the resort building was ordered to be demolished.[9]
