IHG chief operating officer Middle East, India & Africa Pascal Gauvin. IHG chief operating officer Middle East, India & Africa Pascal Gauvin.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is to team up with Muscat Golf Course Project to deliver a five-star hotel near Muscat International Airport.

Work on the project is scheduled to start towards the end of 2014 with a completion date scheduled for the end of 2016, according to a statement released by IHG.

InterContinental Hotel & Golf Clubhouse will have a built-up area of 50,000 sq m and will feature 270 guest rooms, Construction Week Online reported.

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The project will also include leisure facilities with two tennis courts and three outdoor swimming pools and spa facilities with a hammam, gymnasium and treatment rooms, two full service speciality restaurants and one all-day dining restaurant, ballroom and fully equipped meeting facilities and enhanced business services.

Muscat Hills Golf Course is located between the mountains and the sea and comprises an 18-hole PGA-certified green golf course.

IHG currently manages a number of hotels in Oman including InterContinental Muscat, Crowne Plaza Muscat, Crowne Plaza Sohar, Crowne Plaza Salalah, Crowne Plaza in Duqm and Holiday Inn in Muscat.