Address Downtown, the flagship hotel under Emaar Hospitality Group’s Address Hotels + Resorts brand in Dubai, has reopened its doors to hotel guests after a New Year's Eve fire in December 2015.
Address Downtown has reopened with new restaurant concepts, additional rooms and suites, The Spa at Address Downtown, and a brand-new interior design.
The hotel opening comes close to the Dubai developer’s aim to reopen in 2017, in a ‘record time’.The Address Downtown Dubai was previously pushing for a 2017 reopening, Emaar Properties chairman Mohamed Alabbar confirmed to Reuters in March 2017.
The 302 metres-high and 63-storey hotel has 220 guest rooms and suites that open to views of the Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Fountain.
Address Downtown is introducing its ‘The Restaurant’ concept, which is also at Address Boulevard, and is designed in the style of an avant-garde French apartment with spaces from the Living Room to the Kitchen.
Also open is the Lounge, which serves a la carte meals and afternoon tea; and Katana, which will showcase robatayaki-style cuisine.
Some of the soon-to-be-opened outlets are The Galliard, STK, the Cigar Lounge that will offer guests a range of cigars including limited editions from some of Cuba and South America’s cigar houses, and the Club Lounge. Neos is also reopening on Level 63 and Zeta at the lobby level will open shortly.
Olivier Harnisch, chief executive officer of Emaar Hospitality Group, said: “Address Downtown holds a very special place in the hearts of all discerning travellers and guests. Defined by its central location overlooking Burj Khalifa, the hotel has consistently secured the world’s leading tourism and hospitality awards."
“Working with world-leading designers and consultants, the all-new Address Downtown ushers in an exceptional lifestyle choice and set new standards in luxury hospitality,” he added in a release.
In 2016, Dubai media office stated that the blaze began on the 20th floor of The Address at about 9.30pm, on the outside of the 300-metre tower, and that internal fire-fighting systems were operating to try to prevent it getting inside the hotel. Since the building was swiftly evacuated and only minor injuries were reported, authorities went ahead with the 2015 New Year's fireworks display at the Burj Khalifa.
In February 2017, Emaar Properties confirmed that it would recover Dh1.22 billion (US $332.15 million) from an insurance claim over the fire at its Address Downtown hotel. According to a bourse statement, the insurance claim will result in a write back of the 301 million dirhams provision created in 2015 to cover the incident.
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