Accor walked away with two recognitions at this year’s Gulf Business Awards, which were held at Dubai’s Palazzo Versace hotel.
The upcoming property in Türkiye will feature 245 rooms and have a stretch of private beach access too
The multi-staged project on Bluewaters will welcome new brands to Dubai, starting with the opening of Banyan Tree Dubai in November
It features 188 rooms and suites as well as 227 branded residences
It will include a 230-key Raffles hotel, a 250-key Sofitel Serviced Residence and a 60-villa MGallery resort
A Fairmont, Swissôtel and Novotel will cumulatively add over 1,000 keys to Accor’s portfolio in Saudi Arabia
Mark Willis, former Accor CEO for the Middle East, Africa, India and Türkiye, is now the CEO for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
The nine hotels are part of the 16 properties currently under development in the first phase of the project
Kitch-In, an upscale food home delivery platform born in Dubai earlier this year, co-created by celebrity chef Izu Ani and the Bulldozer Group, is all set to go international
The hospitality group is set to manage a new project in Dubai’s Jewel of the Creek development and open Saudi’s first Swissôtel Living property
Dubai officially reopened its doors to international tourists from July 7, even as the local economy has gradually returned to some level of normalcy. Covid-19 preventative measures remain, but the move will hopefully bolster the entire tourism ecosystem and aid its economic recovery. Have hospitality and leisure businesses in Dubai started to feel the impact?