Kempinski to add seven properties in Middle East
Originally published on www.businesstravellerme.com 14/04/2011 - Filed under: News »
Kempinski plans to roll out seven hotels across the Middle East in the next two years.
They are the Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah in Dubai; Kempinski Hotel, Jeddah; Kempinski Hotel, Riyadh; Kempinski Al Othman Hotel Al Khobar; Kempinski Hotel Bahrain City Centre; Kempinski The Wave, Muscat and Kempinski Hotel Summerland, Beirut.
Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah, containing 244 suites, penthouses and suites, will open "in a few months".
The property is Kempinski's first beach resort in Dubai and will be complemented by the Emerald Palace Kempinski Palm Jumeirah Dubai which is also due to open in 2011.
Kempinski Hotel Bahrain City Centre, Manama, which is set to open in September, will have 460 rooms and suites, and 1,000sqm day spa.
The Kempinski Hotel Jeddah, located in a 240m tower, will have 250 rooms and suites and 1,000sqm ballroom, while the 300-room Kempinski Riyadh will be slightly larger with 300 rooms and suites and ballroom for 2,000 guests.
The Al Khobar property will have 141 rooms, 57 suites and nine restaurants and cafes along with two banquet halls measuring 1,080sqm each.
Completing the portfolio will be the 22,000sqm Kempinski Hotel Summerland resort in Beirut, opening next year, and the 280-room Kempinski The Wave, Muscat, due to open in 2013.
For more information, visit kempinski.com
Report by Dominic Ellis
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