Home Industry Hospitality Abu Dhabi’s Rotana says 16 hotel openings planned in 2017 The properties will add 3,756 keys to Rotana’s portfolio by Staff Writer November 6, 2016 Abu Dhabi-based hospitably firm Rotana has confirmed plans to open 16 new properties next year as it seeks to reach a target of 100 hotels by 2020. The new openings will include five additions in the UAE, four in Saudi Arabia, two in Turkey and Iraq respectively and the company’s first property in Muscat, Oman. Read: Rotana to open 9 new hotels in UAE before 2020 The firm also said it would complete extension work on the Cove Rotana Resort in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah next year. The properties will add 3,756 keys to Rotana’s portfolio and bring its total hotel count to 75 with 19,450 rooms. “Rotana has an ambitious global expansion strategy and the vast number of property openings due to take place in 2016 and 2017 will not only increase our presence in a range of destinations but also allow us to reinforce our position as one of the leaders in the hospitality market in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe,” said Omer Kaddouri, president and CEO of Rotana. Next year, the company will also open its first property in Africa with the more than 100-key Kin Plaza Arjaan by Rotana in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Others in Marrakesh, Luanda, Nouakchott, Dar es Salaam and Lagos are also under development. Rotana 2017 hotels Erbil Arjaan by Rotana, Iraq Opening: Q1 2017 Rooms: 168 furnished hotel apartments Centro Olaya, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Opening: Q1 2017 Rooms: 156 Centro Waha, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Opening: Q1 2017 Rooms: 290 Centro Corniche, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Opening Q1: 2017 Rooms: 253 Capital Centre Rotana, Abu Dhabi Opening: Q2 2017 Rooms: 315 studios Sundus Rotana, Muscat, Oman Opening: Q2 2017 Rooms: 215 Centro Salama, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Opening: Q2 2017 Rooms:189 The Cove Rotana Resort, Ras Al Khaimah Expansion: Q2 2017 Rooms: 112, 10 junior suites, 21 executive suites Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas, Abu Dhabi Opening: Q3 2017 Rooms: 327, 13 beach villas Creek Rotana, Dubai Opening: Q3 2017 Rooms: 190 Creek Arjaan by Rotana, Dubai Opening: Q3 2017 Rooms: 90 Beach Arjaan by Rotana, Abu Dhabi Opening: Q3 2017 Rooms: 326 apartments Rayhaan Imam Reza, Mashhad, Iran Opening: Q4 2017 Rooms: 272 Sulaymaniyah Rotana,Iraq Opening: Q4 2017 Rooms: 240 Centro Istanbul, Turkey Opening: Q4 2017 Rooms: 152 Arjaan Istanbul by Rotana, Turkey Opening: Q4 2017 Rooms: 153 furnished hotel apartments 0 Comments