The extension covers 55 rooms, two conference rooms, one boardroom and three meeting rooms. The expansion also offers a new lobby, luxurious guestrooms, additional meeting facility and car parking as part of the two-year project.

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is expected to inaugurate the extension on September 2.

Sheraton boasts of modern, elegant decoration in the lobby. The atrium style lobby features two glass-encased lifts to the new executive rooms. It will also have a chandelier hanging from a freshly coloured glass dome above.

The new decoration is expected to give a taste of tradition with modern flavour, the hotel management says.

The extension will add five junior suites and 50 executive rooms to the existing 233 rooms. The luxury and facilities these newly built rooms offer is of the highest standard of comfort and elegance in Dhaka, Sheraton executives said.

Each of the rooms offers individually controlled air conditioning, a mini bar, electronic deposit box, a 29-inch colour television set, and 24-hour in-room-dining.

Besides, all rooms are equipped with motorised screens to support audio-visual facilities with an in-house audio-video management team.

Dhaka Sheraton with its new expansion, equipped with the latest hi-tech machinery, offers a space of 500 square metres for any kind of meeting.

The hotel also offers a new ground parking facility for 120 vehicles, a new central air-conditioning system, and state-of-the-art telephone system complete with voicemail, automatic wakeup call and direct touch dialling to departments throughout the hotel.