Christopher Hotel

Christopher Hotel
The Christopher Hotel, after its collapse
Christopher Hotel is located in Haiti
Christopher Hotel
Location within Haiti
General information
LocationPort-au-Prince, Haiti
Coordinates18°32′20.76″N 72°18′43.56″W / 18.5391000°N 72.3121000°W / 18.5391000; -72.3121000
ClosedJanuary 12, 2010 (destroyed)
The hotel in relation to the city, under the notation "MINUSTAH Headquarters"

The Christopher Hotel[1] (also called Hotel Christopher[2]) was a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake on 12 January 2010.[3]

Prior to its destruction, it was a 3-star, 74-key,[4] 5-story hotel built into the hillside, overlooking the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.[5] The hotel housed the headquarters for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. The hotel allegedly did not meet the UN's Minimum Operational Safety Standard, and reportedly the stabilization mission's 2009 procurement plan contained a budget allocation of US$400,000 to bring it into compliance.[6]

  1. ^ UPI, "U.N. fears staff casualties in Haiti quake", 13 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2009)
  2. ^ Vancouverite, "RCMP officer’s body found in rubble in Haiti, another still missing" Archived 2010-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, Salim Jiwa, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2009)
  3. ^ (in French) BBC Afrique, "L'ONU frappée de plein fouet par le séisme en Haïti", Bessan Vikou, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
  4. ^ Hotels Mag, "Haiti's Hôtel Montana, Hotel Christopher Collapse; Hundreds Feared Dead" Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Adam Kirby, 13 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
  5. ^ Wall Street Journal, "U.N. Bodyguard Rescued From Haiti Rubble", Joe Lauria, 14 January 2010 (accessed 15 January 2010)
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference ICN-16-01-10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).