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Pacts add 1,100-plus rooms to company’s development pipeline in region
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Marriott International announced its new Middle East & Africa Region has sign deals for five new hotels, including its first properties in Algeria, Ghana and Morocco. The hotels are scheduled to open under long-term management contracts over the next 36 months.
The five new properties are:
• Marriott's first hotels in Algeria, the 227-room Algiers Marriott and the 180-unit Algiers Marriott Executive Apartments properties. Both are planned to open in 2012. The hotels are owned by Trust Real Estate SPA and will be part of a mixed-use development near the Algiers airport that will also be home to a high-end shopping mall, offices and residential space.
• The company's sixth resort on the Red Sea and eighth hotel in Egypt, the 294-room Sahl Hasheesh Marriott Beach Resort. Scheduled to be rebranded in 2011, it is a conversion from the existing The Old Palace Resort and is owned by Red Sea Hotels Co.
• Marriott's first hotel in Sub-Saharan Africa, the 209-room Accra Marriott in Ghana which is scheduled to open in late 2010. Owned by African Hospitality Ltd., the hotel will be located within minutes of Kotoka International Airport.
• The company's first hotel in Morocco -- the 216-room Marrakech Marriott Palm Golf Hotel which is expected to open in 2012. The hotel is owned by a joint venture between J. Partners and Domaine Palm Marrakech SAS. It will be part of a master-development community that will also include an 18-hole golf course, a country club and 250 luxury residences.
“The opening of our new regional headquarters in Dubai recognizes the dynamic nature of tourism in the Middle East and the emergence of Africa as a viable destination for business and leisure travel,” said Ed Fuller, president & managing director international lodging for Marriott. “The Middle East appears to have weathered the global economic storm and we're beginning to look forward to rising occupancies through the end of this year and into next. With its diverse cultural and historic attractions, unique geography and the industry's changing travel patterns, we expect the Middle East and Africa as a whole to play an increasingly important role in the future.”
The five newest properties add 1,126 rooms to Marriott's Middle East & Africa development pipeline, which now totals 44 hotels and 10,800 rooms under construction or in advanced planning.
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