Arabtec to build $1.55bn four hotel Jordan resort

Arabian Business staff writer, January 22nd, 2014

Dubai contractor Arabtec Holding said on Monday it had won a AED 5.7 billion (US $1.55 billion) contract to build a resort in the Aqaba area of southern Jordan.

The project, being developed by an international fund called Red Sea Astrarium LP, will involve a manmade lagoon, four hotels and entertainment facilities including a 4D cinema, a water park and a Star Trek-themed attraction, Arabtec said in a statement to the Dubai bourse.

Construction work on the resort, which is expected to create around 4,000 jobs when opened, will begin in the third quarter of this year, with a soft opening targeted for the third quarter of 2017, the statement added.