Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, president and CEO, Millennium & Copthorne Middle East and Africa at the signing ceremony with the Shaza Muscat Company.
Millennium and Copthorne Hotels are to open the first Sharia-compliant, alcohol-free, five-star hotel in Oman when the the Muscat Grand Millennium Hotel opens its doors next year.
As the latest company to cash-in on the growing trend in the sultanate, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels has signed an agreement with the Shaza Muscat Company (SMC) for the management and operation of the property, reports the Times of Oman.
“Alcohol will not be served in the hotel since it is a Sharia-compliant hotel,” Abdul Rahman Awadh Barham, a board member of SMC, was quoted as saying by the Times.
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“This is not downgrading the hotel by any means, rather it is upgrading it to a better lifestyle. It is going to be a family and business hotel.”
With a planned footprint of 56,162 sqm, the Muscat Grand Millennium Hotel will include 324 rooms and suites set in an Arabic and global design.
The hotel will also comprise a 1,250 sqm ballroom with capacity for up to 1,000 guests in addition to a large pre-function room, VIP rooms and Majlis.
In addition, it will have eight dedicated board rooms and meeting rooms for corporate events and two full sized swimming pools.
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