Abu Dhabi-based Rotana hotels will open the seven new properties in the UAE and Qatar. Rotana's COO Omer Kaddouri commented, "We believe the Middle East, and in particular the GCC region, has great potential to maintain the economy in a much healthier status than other parts of the world."
Rotana currently manages 41 hotels across the region. Six of the new openings will take place hotels in three emirates of the UAE and one in the Qatar capital Doha this year - a total of 2,500 rooms. Rotana has more properties planned, including hotels in Oman, Syria, Bahrain and Jordan. The brand plans to have 70 properties by the end of 2012. Three of the planned openings for 2011 will be under their budget hotel brand, Centro. One of these is being developed at Sharjah Airport and the other two will be in Abu Dhabi. A Capital Centre hotel in Abu Dhabi, a 621-room property in Dubai under its alcohol-free Rayhaan brand and a hotel in Al Ain are all on the cards for this year.
Recent openings of the Rotana group include the luxury Amwaj Rotana at Jumeirah Beach Residence, the alcohol-free Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan hotel in Abu Dhabi, a budget Centro hotel in Dubai and a second hotel in Fujairah.
"We will also be entering new markets, which we will be announcing in due course," Kaddouri added.
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