meet saudiarabia NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Last year also saw US hotel giants,
Wyndham Hotel Group sign an agreement with Saudi’s largest petrol station operator Sasco to develop 20 budget hotels under its Super 8 economy brand. Super 8 has more hotels than any other economy lodging chain in the world, with more than 2,200 proper- ties throughout the US, Canada and China. Special features specifically developed for guests in the Middle East include larger family rooms, which include adjacent living space. Shifting focus to the luxury segment, one
of the kingdom’s most successful hote- liers, IHG is set to open 11 hotels across the MENA region by the end 2013 and three of them are in Saudi Arabia. IHG is the biggest hotelier in the world by rooms and its new 502-room Crowne Plaza Madinah in Saudi Arabia opened in 2012 offering some of the best meeting facilities in the city. By the end of 2013, IHG plans to open the 326-room Crowne Plaza Riyadh and the 283-room Holiday Inn Riyadh Meydan. It has also agreed to build two hotels in the King Abdullah Financial District of Riyadh, including the first Hotel Indigo in the Middle East. While Makkah and Al Madinah remain the
focus for Islamic pilgrims to the kingdom, the focul points for the meetings, incentives,
conference and exhibitions market are Dammam in the east, Jeddah in the west and the capital Riyadh. For both business and leisure travellers, one of the most stunning new hotels in Riyadh is The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh, an Arabian-designed masterpiece set in 52-acres of beautifully landscaped gardens sculpted using 600-year-old olive trees from Lebanon set among water fountains. Enjoying a prime spot on the Makkah
Road, The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh, is among the grandest palace hotels in the world and was originally envisaged as a royal guest palace for visiting dignitaries and heads of state. The hotel boasts 49 lavishly appointed two-bedroom Royal Suites and 50 one-bedroom Executive Suites, together with 30 club rooms, 36 superior rooms and 328 deluxe rooms. There is more than 5,800 square metres of conference space, incor- porating two ballrooms, two theatres, a huge variety of meeting rooms, a delegate restaurant and a full business centre. The new south wing of the Al Faisaliah
Hotel, a Rosewood Hotel, has brought confer- ence and banqueting facilities for up to 4,000 people along with the hotel’s exclusive brand of luxury and service. The new wing added 106 deluxe and luxurious rooms and suites to an already first-class hotel in the
6 King Abdullah Financial Center 7 South wing , Al Faisaliah Hotel 8 Te Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh
city centre and the SAR187 million (US$50 million) expansion included fine furnish- ings and advanced in-room communica- tion and entertainment systems, together with Al Faisaliah’s signature 24-hour butler service. The property is owned by Al KhozamaManagement Company, which is also set to manage the luxurious Al Faisaliah Resort & Spa, another Rosewood resort, due to open in the middle of 2013. Hyatt Hotels has its seventh Hyatt-
branded hotel under development in Saudi Arabia and its second in Riyadh. The Hyatt Regency Riyadh, due to open in the third quarter of 2013, will offer 257 guestrooms, including 37 suites with a lobby lounge, two restaurants, a Regency Club lounge, more than 550 square metres of event space and a number of small meeting rooms. The new Park Hyatt Riyadh is expected to
open in 2015, featuring 275 rooms along- side three restaurants, a lounge, ball- room and conference space and a spa. The Park Hyatt Jeddah – Marina, Club and
Spa, which opened in 2009, will be comple- mented by the opening of the 240-room
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