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Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts
Pakistan hotel chain
Pakistan Services Limited, doing business as Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts (also abbreviated to PC Hotels), is the largest chain of five-star hotels in Pakistan with properties in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Gwadar, Bhurban, Muzaffarabad. and Malam Jabba, and under construction in Multan, Attabad Lake, Sukkur, Mirpur, Hayatabad, and Hyderabad. [2] Pearl-Continental Hotels is a subsidiary of Hashoo Group who also operate Marriott Hotels in Islamabad and Karachi through a franchise system.[3]
In 2021, Hashoo group also launched a chain of four-star hotels under the brand name PC Legacy.[4] The PC Legacy Naran is functional and operating in Naran and another opened in Nasirabad, Hunza in 2023.[5][relevant? ]
The Pearl-Continental Hotel in Karachi was inaugurated by President Muhammad Ayub Khan on 10 May 1964 and was the first five-star hotel in Pakistan which hosted various prominent figures from across the globe including Queen Elizabeth II, Nelson Mandela, and King Hussain of Jordan, among others. Cabin crew from Lufthansa, SAS, and Swissair would stay there during their transits. It was a member of the Leading Hotels of the World for over a decade.[6][7] A new hotel was built for Lahore and Rawalpindi in 1967[8][9] with another branch opening in Peshawar in 1975.[10]