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Abu Dhabi...banking on burgeoning tourist numbers

Abu Dhabi room tally to reach 26,000 by 2017

ABU DHABI, July 29, 2015

Abu Dhabi is expanding its luxury hospitality offering with around 5,300 rooms in the pipeline set to push the emirate’s total room tally to 26,000 from 20,700 by 2017, said a report.

Around 2,300 rooms will enter the market by the end of the year alone, mainly in response to the boom in hotel guests during the first quarter of the year, which was up 20 per cent in comparison to Q1 figures from 2014, said a report by JLL for The Hotel Show Dubai, held in September.

With 45 per cent of the current supply being five-star hotels, the new hotel room openings will also be in the luxury segment with openings in the end of 2015 including the upscale Bab Al Qasr Hotel near Presidential Palace, set to boast 677 rooms and a private beach.

Overall, the Middle East is witnessing massive development with a total of 453 hotel projects bringing in 134,217 rooms in the next five years, the report said.
 
“The UAE currently leads hotel construction with Abu Dhabi and Dubai featuring as strong markets, and Saudi Arabia and Turkey following closely behind,” said Christine Davidson, group event director of the dmg events hospitality portfolio including The Hotel Show Dubai, the largest forum for the industry in the Middle East and Africa.

Abu Dhabi has been witnessing positive growth due to a large number of government initiatives to grow the emirate as a high quality tourist destination. The expansion of its International Airport and national carrier Etihad Airways, further improvement of its leisure offering and attractions, hosting world-class events, and major campaigns by the ADTCA to promote the emirate on a global scale have played a major part in its development.

Attractions launching in Abu Dhabi in coming years include the new Louvre and Guggenheim museums and Warner Bros theme park on Yas Island.  – TradeArabia News Service




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