Over 300 VIPs attended an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on the occasion of the opening of the Jumeirah Frankfurt, Jumeirah Group’s first hotel in continental Europe.

The guest of honour was the Mayor of Frankfurt, Petra Roth. Also present at the event were Jumeirah Frankfurt general manager Dagmar Woodward, Jumeirah executive chairman Gerald Lawless, executive chairman of Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group and a member of the board of Jumeirah Group, Fadel Al Ali.

The 218-room hotel, which situated at the heart of Frankfurt’s commercial and business district, started receiving guests on August 1 and witnessed a major surge in business during the Frankfurt Motor Show, the hotel said in a statement. 

During her speech, the Mayor of Frankfurt welcomed Jumeirah to the heart of her city and expressed her delight that one of the finest brands in Dubai had come to Frankfurt.

This is the fourth Jumeirah hotel to open this year after Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in Dubai, Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai and Jumeirah Dhevanafushi in the Maldives, the statement said.

In the next nine months a further five hotels will open in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Maldives, Baku and Kuwait. – TradeArabia News Service