Rotana senior vice president Omer Z Kaddouri (left) and Rose Rayhaan general manager Daniel Mathew at the official opening. Rotana senior vice president Omer Z Kaddouri (left) and Rose Rayhaan general manager Daniel Mathew at the official opening.

Rotana, the UAE-based hotel group, which on Wednesday officially opened the world's tallest hotel in Dubai, said it has plans to upgrade it to a five-star property.

At 333 metres tall, the US $180m Rose Rayhaan on Sheikh Zayed Road is 72 storeys tall and has 482 rooms, suites and penthouses.

The new hotel will operate under the group's alcohol-free brand, the second in the group after the Al Marwa Rayhaan in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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Currently a four-star hotel, Rotana plans to upgrade it in the coming months.

“Our plans are to convert the hotel into a five-star hotel over the next five months. We need to build a new restaurant and make some modifications to the units in the rooms. It’s not a complicated process but will take about six to twelve months,” said Omer Z Kaddouri, senior vice president of Rotana.

“Since we opened we have achieved 25 percent occupancy, which for a hotel this size is very good,” he added.

The Rose Rayhaan by Rotana’s title as the world’s tallest hotel has been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.