01 September 2015

The Middle East is witnessing a massive development in the hospitality sector with a total of 453 hotel projects planned in the next five years.

The new hotels will add 134,217 rooms to the hospitality offering in the region, said the report compiled by JLL for The Hotel Show Dubai, to be held in this month (September 28 to 30).

“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.

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• Bahrain airport deal by year-end
• $10bn infrastructure projects get go-ahead
• Oman mulls sites for new airport
• Qatar growth ‘to continue regardless of World Cup’
• GCC rail ‘to be ready by 2018'
• Lusail Port expansion boosts capacity
• Go-ahead for key Bahrain roads
• Exponential rise in district cooling
• Update
• Work restarts on Villamar
• Work to start on Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor
• Qatar to decide on World Cup stadia
• Seven groups vie for two Oman desal deals
• 453 new hotels in pipeline
• Saipem wins $1.6bn refinery deal
• Bids invited for Salalah Port expansion
• Oman STP tender draws global bids
• Samsung in $2.46bn power plant deal
• DSI secures $59m Kuwait project
• Liwa complex deals soon

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