Abu Dhabi’s Rotana says 16 hotel openings planned in 2017

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