Middle Eastern hotelier Rotana has announced that it plans to expand its portfolio of properties to 68 by 2012 and is aiming to have a presence in every major city in the Middle East and North Africa.
The hotel management company has signed new management agreements for properties in Cairo, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
“This is part of our strategic aim to have a property located in every key city in the Middle East and North Africa and this goal is being steadily achieved through careful long-term planning and timely action,” said Selim El Zyr, president and CEO of Rotana.
Over the next four years, Rotana will open ten hotels per year.
By 2012 the group aims to open eight properties in Abu Dhabi, one in Al Ain, two in Amman, one in Bahrain, one in Baghdad, one in Beirut, three in Dubai, two in Doha, five in Egypt, one in Erbil, one in Fujairah, one in Homs, one in Ras Al Khaimah, one in Salalah, two in Sharjah, one in Sohar and 17 in Saudi Arabia.
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