The first of two Nakheel hotels at Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai is now open, marking another major milestone in the developer’s AED3 billion hospitality expansion programme.
The 372-room hotel, managed by Premier Inn Hotels, was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony led by Nakheel chairman Ali Rashid Lootah and Adam Nicholls, managing director of Premier Inn Hotels.
It is the second of 14 Dubai hotels by Nakheel and one of two at Ibn Battuta Mall, which is currently undergoing an AED700 million expansion. Nakheel’s first hotel, at Dragon Mart, opened earlier this year.
Lootah said: “Our huge hotel expansion is rapidly gathering pace, and I am delighted to declare Premier Inn Dubai Ibn Battuta officially open and ready for business.
“This is one of 14 projects in our hotel pipeline that will bring more than 5,200 new hotel rooms to Dubai by 2020, which in turn will contribute significantly to realising the Government’s tourism vision.”
Nicholls added: “Our new home at Ibn Battuta represents Premier Inn’s seventh location in the UAE. We expect this hotel to become a popular destination for residents in and around the local community as well as the first choice for business travel and families visiting Dubai.”
Premier Inn is also the operating partner for Nakheel’s second hotel at Dragon Mart, due to open in 2018.
Ibn Battuta Mall, which welcomes more than 20 million visitors a year, is the world’s largest themed mall. It already boasts over 400 shops, restaurants and leisure facilities including a 21-screen Novo cinema complex and a Fun City family entertainment zone.
Another 500 stores, a second cinema complex, a further hotel and a new multi-storey car park are on the way as part of the mall’s expansion.
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