…kur vetë Presidenti i Kosoves e pranon se “Grand-i… është hoteli më i keq në botë, dhe “New York Times” i përdor fjalët e Presidentit si titull : )
(The New York Times – Andrew Higgins, March 1, 2018)
“I don’t think it is the worst hotel in the world, but that is because the world is very big, perhaps we could build a Trump Tower there”
– H. Thaçi
“It is perhaps not the world’s worst hotel but ranks near the bottom. It is really terrible, how can you stay there? How can anyone stay there?”
– B. Pacolli
(Mr. Pacolli estimates that it will cost at least $50 million to make the Grand grand again.)
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Only two floors of the Grand are now open to guests. The rooms there are kept relatively clean and offer occasional hot water, while the rest are in various states of disrepair. The hotel is mostly deserted, a maze of dimly lit corridors littered with pigeon feathers, lined with doors of dark wood and haunted by even darker memories of Kosovo’s past.
Service is minimal to nonexistent, the marble lobby stinks of cigarette smoke and the green carpeting that covers most of the floors is stained and scarred. And then there are the cockroaches. On the two floors kept ready for guests, rooms are kept relatively clean and offer occasional hot water.
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(artikull i vitit të kaluar, mirëpo s’është dhe aq shumë 1 vit, në Kosovë gjërat nuk ndryshojnë dhe aq shpejtë, ndoshta Grandi sivjet mund të jetë dhe më keq sesa vitin e kaluar – nganjëherë sikur më vjen inat që njeriu s’mund t’i përcjell me miliona artikuj që publikohen ndër qindra-mijëra media gjithandej rruzullit)
(sg – ap, 9 Q 2019)
