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Work to begin on 25 new hotels on Palm

01 November 2005

More than 25 of the top international hotel brands will be located on Nakheel’s The Palm, Jumeirah development in Dubai, providing a wide variety of beachfront resorts and greatly enhancing Dubai’s tourism offer.

Construction will commence on all hotels shortly, James Wilson, chief executive officer, Nakheel, says. “We are implementing strict development timetables and will be ensuring all hotel developers on The Palm, Jumeirah commence construction within six months to ensure that all construction works are minimised on the island when residents move into their villas and apartments at the end of 2006,” he says.
Confirmed hotels include world-famous brands, Movenpick, Anantara, Fairmont, Radisson SAS, Hilton, Metropolitan, Shangri La, One and Only, and Atlantis, who will be creating a water-theme park hotel resort at the centre of the Crescent. Other key brands currently in serious discussions with Nakheel to locate on the development include Starwood, Marriott, Oberoi, Chedi, Taj, and Dusit.
Wilson says: “We have attracted many of the most respected hotel brands in the world, ensuring that The Palm, Jumeirah will be one of the world’s finest tourism destinations, a mega-resort and landmark attraction. Dubai is one of the fastest growing tourism destinations in the world, with visitor numbers almost doubling in the last five years. In 2004 its hotel industry played host to a record 5.42 million guests in 371 hotels.