{{Short description|Hotel in Tirana, Albania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Hotel Dajti | logo = | logo_size = | image = Hotel Dajti 2023 01.jpg | caption = | location = Tirana, Albania | pushpin_map = | coordinates = {{coord|41|19|28|N|19|49|12|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_type = | opening_date = | stars = | diamonds = | closing_date = | developer = | architect = | operator = | owner = Bank of Albania<ref name="BOA" /> | number_of_restaurants = | number_of_rooms = | number_of_suites = | floor_area = | floor_count = | parking = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Hotel Dajti''' was a hotel near Rinia Park on Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard in central Tirana, Albania. Carrying the name of nearby Dajti Mountain, it was the primary center for international visitors and diplomats during Albania's socialist period; the guest rooms were bugged with microphones, and there was a sub-basement floor for listening staff.
The hotel was built in the 1930s by the Italian architect Gherardo Bosio and the designer Gio Ponti. It was one of the first buildings constructed in the functionalist style in Albania.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ndërtesa e "ish-hotel "Dajtit""|url=https://www.bankofalbania.org/web/Ndertesa_e_ish_Hotel_Dajtit_6308_1.php|website=Banka e Shqipërisë|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201620/https://www.bankofalbania.org/web/Ndertesa_e_ish_Hotel_Dajtit_6308_1.php|archive-date=12 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002, it was listed as a protected cultural monument, and in 2009 it served as the venue for the Tirana International Contemporary Art Biennale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tica-albania.org/TICAB/exhibition_veneus.html|title=Hotel Dajti|publisher=TICA Albania|access-date=6 March 2011}}</ref>
In 2010, Hotel Dajti was purchased by the Bank of Albania for €30 million.<ref name="BOA">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FLR5PG1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516182647/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FLR5PG1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2010|title=Tirana's Hotel Dajti sold to Bank of Albania|publisher=businessweek.com}}</ref>
==Controversies==
According to reports by various media outlets in Albania, the Bank of Albania allegedly printed additional currency to finance the purchase and renovation of the historic Hotel Dajti. This move has raised questions about the bank's financial practices and has sparked debate and concerns about financial transparency and government oversight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bank of Albania 'printed money' for buying Dajti Hotel |url=https://www.voxnews.al/english/investigim/raporti-konfidencial-banka-e-shqiperise-printoi-para-per-blerjen-e-ho-i72252 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Vox News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Albanian Central Bank Printed Money to Finance Hotel Purchase |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2024/08/26/albanian-central-bank-printed-money-to-finance-hotel-purchase-draft-report/ |access-date=2024-11-02| website=Balkan Insight}}</ref>
==Namesakes==
Several other establishments now carry the name "Dajti," such as the [http://www.dajtipark.com/ Dajti Park Hotel], 6 km outside the city.
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