“The completion is expected by summer 2027,” said José Frazão, owner of the ‘Hotel Lis’ brand, with a hotel in Batalha and two in Lisbon, one of which is nearing completion and set to open in September.
Following the ceremony marking the start of construction of the future hotel, located near the Polis route in the city of Leiria, the businessman shared that this investment, named ‘Hotel Lis Garden’, will be his first five-star hotel and the first of such classification in Leiria.
A press release noted that “Leiria is preparing to receive a new tourism investment of over 15 million euros, the Hotel Lis Garden, which promises to strengthen the city’s positioning on the national and international map in the tourism, business events, and congress sectors.”
In addition to building a hotel with 100 rooms, the project includes an “event center with a capacity for 450 people, distributed across multiple meeting and training rooms, totaling 7,500 square meters.”
“With support from the Compete 2030 program [Innovative and Digital Transition Thematic Program] and Tourism of Portugal, the project aims to boost the economic attractiveness of Leiria and the Centro region, placing the city on the map for corporate events,” explained the same release.
According to the same source, “the turnkey concept will provide permanent technical infrastructure ready to use, including sound systems, ‘videowall’, streaming, and digital access control.”
“The event center will be equipped to host small fairs, exhibitions, and corporate conferences, supported by teams experienced in organizing large events,” it added.
Quoted in the press release, the entrepreneur, administrator of Exposalão, an exhibition center in Batalha, emphasized that “business tourism is a strategic opportunity to diversify the regional economy and combat seasonality,” believing that “this project can be a real lever for the sustainable growth of the area.”
