Saeed Al Qatami, chief executive officer of Deyaar, and Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, president and CEO of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels MEA at Cityscape Global 2015
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels signed an MoU with Deyaar Development, a UAE-based real estate developer.
The MoU will result in Millennium in developing and operating new hospitality projects in the UAE, totalling approximately 1000 keys.
The agreement was signed by Saeed Al Qatami, CEO of Deyaar, and Ali Hamad Lakhraim Alzaabi, president and CEO of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels MEA on the sidelines of Cityscape Global.
Deyaar will carry out its operations in accordance with sharia-compliant standards.
Al Qatami said: “Deyaar has allocated up to one million square feet of land for hospitality projects as part of our growth strategy. We have already announced several hotels and hotel apartment projects as part of our ongoing development pipeline.”
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“As a logical progression, we decided to expand our hospitality portfolio and commenced serious conversations with reputed and established international hotel operators such as Millennium & Copthorne. This MoU reiterates our commitment to introduce new hospitality units into Dubai’s vibrant tourism sector and contribute in helping the emirate achieve its tourism objective of adding 160,000 new hotel rooms by 2020,” he said.
“We have aggressive growth plans for the Middle East and Africa region, with an aim to open 100 hotels by 2020. We believe that our agreement with Deyaar will help us achieve our targets within the set time-frame,” said Alzaabi.
“Deyaar has today developed an enviable reputation for consistently delivering quality projects. Both companies share a common objective and we believe that jointly we will deliver quality projects that offer impeccable service to our customers as well as enhanced value to stakeholders.”
Meanwhile, Deyaar is currently developing hotels in an effort to broaden its offerings and expand its hospitality impact on the UAE market. Deyaar’s hospitality portfolio includes The Atria - a project located in Business Bay - that marked its foray into the hospitality sector.
The company has also announced a hospitality tower as part of its Montrose project, and has a third hospitality project in Al Barsha.
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