Dubai- Mubasher: Rotana Hotels Group has revealed plans to further expand its presence in the United Arab Emirates by opening 9 new hotels in over the next five years, according to the company’s statement published yesterday on its website.
The expansion plan includes four hotels in the capital Abu Dhabi and another four in Dubai.
Guy Hutchinson, COO of Rotana Hotels, said the new hotels include five under the “Rotana Hotels & Resorts” brand, three under the “Arjaan Hotel Apartments by Rotana” brand, and one under Rotana’s lifestyle affordable hotel brand, “Centro by Rotana”. Together, these hotels will add 3,598 keys to the company’s existing 9,584-strong room count in the UAE only, and will take the total number of Rotana hotels in the UAE to 44 by 2020.
The Rotana Hotels signal its intent to consolidate its already presence in the GCC, with a string of new projects in key markets including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. Rotana announced the opening of five new hotels in KSA in 2016, three new hotels in Qatar and one new hotel in Kuwait by the end of 2018, in addition to the nine hotels announced for the UAE market.
