UAE: Minor Hotels has announced its NH Hotels brand will launch in Dubai next year.
The NH Collection La Suite Hotel, Dubai, is the first NH Collection property for the UAE, and will open early next year.
NH Collection La Suite Hotel, Dubai will be part of a mixed use development inside the Sidra Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road.
Dillip Rajakarier, Group CEO of Minor International and CEO of Minor Hotels, said: “This project offers an exceptional opportunity to establish the NH Collection brand in a prime location with great brand visibility on Dubai’s major thoroughfare, the Sheikh Zayed Road. We are pleased to grow our strategic partnership with His Excellency, Ali bin Khalfan Al Dhaheri to bring Minor Hotels’ urban brand with European roots to Dubai.”
The 265-key hotel will offer guest rooms, suites and one, two and three-bedroom apartments. The hotel will also feature a restaurant, lobby lounge, kids’ club, meeting spaces, a gym and retail outlets.
The Dubai launch emphasises the expansion of the NH Brand outside its traditional area of operation in Europe and the Americas.
NH Collection La Suite Hotel, Dubai is owned by Ali bin Khalfan Al Mutawa Al Dhaheri, the founder – chairman of ABK Investments and Ali & Sons Holding, an Emirati conglomerate known in the hospitality, automotive, commercial, oil and gas, retail, construction, property management, manufacturing, and IT industries.
Minor Hotels currently operates nine properties in Dubai and 14 properties in the UAE with its Anantara, Avani and Oaks brands.
Minor Hotels also announced openings in Egypt and Doha as well as hinting at Saudi expansion earlier this year.
