OREANDA-NEWS. On 31 January  it was announced, that 16 hotels are set to be built in central Moscow in 2008.

Sergey Baydakov, prefect of the central administrative district of Moscow, noted that the new hotels are stipulated for more than 3,500 rooms.

The prefect said that 9 hotels which can accommodate 2,742 guests opened in the district in 2007.

Mr Baydakov added that the construction of offices would be reduced and the unauthorized construction would be liquidated in the centre of Moscow