JUMEIRAH Group has announced massive expansion plans to build 4,300 hotel rooms spread over 11 countries globally by 2017, with a dedicated warchest of eight billion Emirati dirhams (US$2.2 billion).
The group revealed at a press conference in Dubai that hotels currently under construction include hotels and resorts in Guangzhou, Sanya, Hangzhou (two properties) and Macau (TTG Asia e-Daily, June 13, 2012); Mumbai; Bali; and Bangkok.
In the Middle East and North Africa region, hotels to be commissioned soon include Jumeirah Dubai Towers in Doha, Qatar; Jumeirah Marrakech Golf and Polo Resort in Morocco; and Jumeirah Gamsha Bay Resort, Egypt.
The company will also wrap up Madinat Jumeirah’s final phase of expansion by 2016. Overlooking the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, the project comprises a five-star hotel, F&B outlets and a shopping mall.
Jumeirah has also signed an agreement to manage a luxury hotel in Saint Petersburg in Russia, housed within Wavelberg House, which was built in 1912.
Gerald Lawless, president and CEO of Jumeirah Group, said: “Jumeirah’s hotels and resorts in Dubai have always been so popular with Russian visitors that we are delighted now to be able to bring the brand to Russia itself.”
