New Downtown Rotana Bahrain hotel opens
Rotana hotel group has launched the Downtown Rotana, a five-star hotel in Bahrain. The new property is Rotana’s third in Bahrain and its 42nd in the GCC.
The 26-storey hotel was inaugurated by H.E. Zayed R. Al Zayani, Bahrain’s minister of industry, commerce and tourism, in the presence of a number of esteemed guests.
The hotel has 249 rooms, along with facilities for business and leisure travellers. Rotana Hotel Management Corporation chairman Nasser Al Nowais stated: “Downtown Rotana is our third hotel in the country; we look forward to further strengthening our presence in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and are constantly striving to develop the local tourism sector.”
"Going forward, we have extensive expansion plans in Africa and Europe. This will help increase tourist flows and also effectively contribute towards local economic development, which is in line with our vision to reach 100 hotels by 2020,” Al Nowais added.
Omer Kaddouri, president and CEO of Rotana said: "This year we are set to roll out at least 10 new properties across a number of key markets including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jordan and Iraq.”
Downtown Rotana has four F&B outlets that includes the Teatro Downtown, Flavours on 2, City Lobby Lounge and the Sundeck Pool Bar.
The hotel also has a rooftop swimming pool, meeting facilities, fitness and wellness club with professional instructors, a gym, sauna and steam-room.