Rotana has announced plans to substantially grow its portfolio in 2015 with the addition of 11 new properties spanning the most exciting regional markets – the United Arab Emirates, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey, in addition to its first property in the African market. The announcement came on the sidelines of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015, the region’s leading travel and tourism event which opened today at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
The new properties – all of which are scheduled to open before the year-end – will add 2,765 rooms to Rotana ‘s existing 13,359-strong room count across the region.
Rotana ‘s big entry into Turkey – one of Europe’s fastest-growing hospitality markets – will see the group open two hotels in the country on 1st June 2015 with a total inventory of 318 rooms, while its two new properties in Qatar – which includes the brand’s second 5-star hotel and first Centro hotel in the country with a combined inventory of 600 rooms – will make it the largest hotel operator in this Arabian Gulf state with a portfolio of four hotels.
Already the leading hotel operator in the UAE, Rotana is set to take its total number of properties in the capital to 13 with the impending opening of Capital Centre Arjaan by Rotana Abu Dhabi, and is also poised to extend its footprint in the Kingdom of Bahrain with the opening of Downtown Rotana , the group’s third property in the island nation.
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