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Hotel Holiday

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Built 1983

Hotel Holiday in Sarajevo was built in 1983; no completed renovation is yet on record. Its HotelChrono freshness score is 3.6/10.

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  • · Sources disagree on the opening year — under review

Renovation forecast · estimate

Likely due for renovation now

Past its typical ~8-year renovation cycle. A model estimate, not a sourced fact.

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Location

Satellite view · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Timeline

  1. 1983

    Opened as Holiday Inn for 1984 Winter Olympics

  2. 2013

    Lost Holiday Inn franchise license

  3. 2016

    Reopened as Hotel Holiday after renovation

How this score is computed

Chrono Score v1.1deterministic · reproducible · pure freshness, never mixed with stars
# sourced: built 1983, no completed renovation on record
100 − 1.5 × 43 years = 36
= 3.6 / 10 · Tired

Every figure here traces back to the sourced build year above — no hidden weighting, no black box. Recompute it yourself. See the full methodology →

Facts

Stars

4★

Built

Sourced

1983

Sources

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Editorial · Built 2016weight 0.85 · retrieved 2026-09-17view source →

Sarajevo's historic Holiday Inn hotel reopened in 2016 with a new name: Hotel Holiday.

Secondary · Rebrand 2013weight 0.70 · retrieved 2026-09-17view source →

In 2013, the hotel's Holiday Inn franchise agreement expired and the name was changed to Hotel Holiday.

Secondary · Built 1983weight 0.70 · retrieved 2026-09-17view source →

The hotel was designed by Bosnian architect, Ivan Straus, and built in 1982 and opened in October 1983 by the president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Secondary · builtweight 0.70 · retrieved 2026-09-17view source →

Holiday Inn Hotel was built in 1983, right before the opening of the XIV Winter Olympic Games, and was designed by the well-known architect from Sarajevo, Ivan Štraus.

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When was Hotel Holiday built?+

Hotel Holiday (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was built in 1983.

How old is Hotel Holiday?+

Hotel Holiday is 43 years old — it was built in 1983. Age measures the building; the Chrono Score measures how fresh it feels today.

Has Hotel Holiday been renovated recently?+

We have not yet found a sourced completed renovation year for Hotel Holiday.

What is the Chrono Score of Hotel Holiday?+

Its Chrono Score is 3.6/10 (Tired) — a pure freshness metric, separate from its 4-star rating.

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