UAE: YOTEL has started work on a 582-key project in Dubai which will mark its first move in to the serviced apartment sector.
The property will open on Sheik Zayed Road, in Dubai’s Business Bay, in 2018
It will feature 582 “cabins” and serviced apartments, co-working and meeting spaces, a gym and a pool deck.
“We are delighted at the excellent progress we’re seeing with our first location in the Middle East,” said Hubert Viriot, CEO of YOTEL. “Dubai is one of the most visited cities in the world, and we are excited to bring affordable luxury to its visitors. The thriving hospitality market here is a natural place for our debut into the serviced apartment segment, delivering outstanding quality at an affordable price.”
Francois Faure, executive Director of DIP added: “YOTEL’s first Middle Eastern hotel will be a unique offering to the local hospitality market and we were delighted to be joined by the YOTEL team for our ground breaking ceremony in April. Following an initial period of excavation and preparation work, we will kick off our 24-month construction programme for completion in 2018. YOTEL is forward-thinking and focussed on innovative design and technology – qualities which perfectly align with DIP’s business ethos.”
YOTEL currently operates three airport hotels in London Gatwick, London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol airports; and one city hotel in New York. It has eight new hotels under development, including two new airport hotels set to open at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (2016) and Singapore Changi Airport (2018); and six new city hotels currently under construction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2017), Singapore Orchard Road (2017), Miami (2018), San Francisco (2017), Boston (2017) and now Dubai (2018).
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