It was the largest hotel built on the Adriatic at that time, financed by the JNA.

Sarajevo architect David Finci designed the hotel, which was one of the first major modernist buildings in Yugoslavia.

[3] The hotel was presented as part of an exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art dedicated to socialist Yugoslavian architecture.

Following the war, the building was used to house soldiers in the Croatian Army but was completely abandoned by the 2000s and stripped of parts including wiring.

[1] The site was bought by a Singaporean company in order to redevelop, and demolition started in February 2025.