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Jumeirah eyes 7-star hotel in South Korea - reports

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LUXURY HOTEL: Jumeirah is reportedly planning to build a seven-star hotel in Seoul to rival the luxury seen at the Burj Al Arab. (Getty Images)
LUXURY HOTEL: Jumeirah is reportedly planning to build a seven-star hotel in Seoul to rival the luxury seen at the Burj Al Arab. (Getty Images)

Dubai-based hotel group Jumeirah is planning to build the first seven-star hotel and a luxury service residence in Seoul, according to news reports in South Korea.

The Jumeirah Group, which owns the world's only [self appointed] seven-star hotel in the world - the Burj Al Arab in Dubai - is eyeing a $507 million investment in the project in Gwanghawmun, according to a report in the Korea Herald on Friday.

Citing the Maeil Business newspaper, the Herald said the hotel company had established a local agency to be in charge of the construction.


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The paper added that the company was working on purchasing land around Gwanghwamun by consulting with Macquarie Finance.

No one was immediately available at Jumeirah to comment on the reports on Friday.

South Korean media quoted a local company representing Jumeirah as saying it had already made a partial payment to a construction company.

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7 Syar Hotel
Posted by JoE, Dubai on Saturday 31 October 2009 at 09:00 UAE time


There is no such thing as a 7 star hotel.

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