ACTION HOTELS OPENINGS
In the region, Action Hotels will launch nine new properties to join the three already open in Salmiya, Kuwait (2008), Muscat, Oman (2009) and Amman, Jordan (2009), by the year 2012, revealed HE Mubarak Al Sabah.
“This year, Sharq, Kuwait and Manama, the capital of Bahrain, will see two Ibis flags join the mid-scale lodging offering with a 160-room hotel and 304-room mixed-accommodation tower, respectively,” he said.
“Meanwhile in international markets, Action Hotels also developed the Ibis Glen Waverly in Melbourne, Australia (2007), and confirms the imminent signing of a 250-room Novotel in Brisbane (2011). We are ahead of the race,” said Al Sabah.
Overall, by 2012, Action Hotels will deliver a portfolio of 14 mid-scale hotels, asserted Al Sabah, flying the Ibis, Novotel, Holiday Inn and Staybridge flags, in partnership with the global hotel operators Accor and IHG.
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ADNH PIPELINE
Having opened three hotels last year, with regard to upcoming ADNH-owned properties, Al Hajeri said: “Currently under construction are the 569-room Grand Canal Abu Dhabi, a Venetian-themed resort hotel with an accompanying retail and entertainment complex between the two bridges in Abu Dhabi scheduled for completion late this year, and the luxe class 314-room Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas on Saadiyat Island Hotel due for completion in early 2011, making it the very first hotel to operate on this beautiful island soon to become the cultural hub of Abu Dhabi”.
He added that more announcements would be made “soon”.
UPCOMING ROTANAS
For the next four years, Rotana will open 10 hotels per year. El Zyr said: “The plan is right. The strategy is there. The execution and know-how are there. The objective is clear. Rotana is positive that as long as the company is able to manage growth in an efficient way, then there is the scope to take up further properties”.
The second quarter of 2010 will see the opening of Rotana’s first resort in Dubai Amwaj Rotana and Centro Barsha, Rotana’s first property to open in Dubai under the brand Centro Hotels by Rotana.
Further openings in 2010 include: Fujairah Arjaan by Rotana; Centro Sharjah Airport; Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana in Abu Dhabi; Oryx Rotana in Doha; City Centre Rotana in Doha; and Erbil Rotana in Iraq.
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