Minor Hotels has signed a franchise deal for the 151-room NH Hotel Tashkent, its first in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, the Bangkok-based group said on November 10.
NH Hotel Tashkent is also Minor’s first property in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It follows IHG’s October signing of a 100-room Garner hotel in Tashkent. Some 32 international brands manage 52 hotels in Uzbekistan, according to the country’s Tourism Committee.
Minor signed the agreement with owner EASYRENT PE. The hotel will open under the NH Hotels & Resorts brand in the first quarter of 2027, with 151 rooms after refurbishment.
Rooms will range from standard twin and double rooms to deluxe rooms and family suites. The hotel will have an all-day dining restaurant, a gym and a meeting room, and sits about 10 minutes from the airport.
Sandjar Tadjiyev, Deputy Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, attended the signing in Tashkent. He said cooperation with international hotel brands “raises our country’s profile in the global tourism market”.
The hotel will join Minor DISCOVERY, the group’s loyalty network of 38mn members.
Uzbekistan is expanding its tourism base and plans 30 new tourism zones by 2030.
The NH brand opened its first hotel in Spain in 1978 and has 201 hotels and resorts in 25 countries. Minor Hotels has more than 660 properties in operation and under development across 67 countries.
