May 2, 2004 - Dubai has more hotels under construction or planning
today than ever before. According to research by The Consulting House,
a new hotel consulting firm based in Dubai, there are 31 new 5- and 4-star
hotels either being built or confirmed for future construction in the city,
containing a total of 11,770 rooms and suites, plus 1,305 hotel apartments.
�Dubai has a history of rapid growth in its hotel sector, having increased
its supply from 167 hotels with 9,383 rooms in 1993 to 272 hotels with
23,170 rooms in 2002, but today�s �giant leap� forward in future supply
is quite unprecedented,� said Guy Wilkinson, director of The Consulting
House.
�This confirmed growth is in addition to at least 100 other hotels,
which are planned at The Palm, Jebel Ali and Dubailand, for example, for
which details are as yet unconfirmed.�
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Atlantis, the Palm
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The new hotels include some landmark properties that are sure to join the
Burj Al Arab, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the Emirates Towers as icons
of the world�s hotel industry. For example, the new Dubai 250-room
Armani Hotel, the first of a new chain of boutique hotels created by Emaar
Properties in association with the famous Italian fashion designer, Georgio
Armani, will be located inside the 560 metres high Burj Dubai, the future
tallest tower in the world.
Another skyscraper, the nearby Forex Rotana Suites in the upcoming Dubai
International Financial Centre free zone will offer 480 suites in a 72-storey
tower.
Atlantis, the Palm, will eventually offer 2,000 low-rise hotel resort
rooms on the Crescent of The Palm, Jumeirah, with the region�s largest
water theme park, including an underwater archaeological �dig� themed on
Atlantis.
The amazing Hydropolis Hotel will become the world�s first underwater
hotel, with 300 rooms and suites at a depth of 20 metres off the Jumeirah
Coast.
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Hydropolis Hotel
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Many of the confirmed new properties will be built within Dubai�s new real
estate �mega projects,� including The Palm, Dubai Festival City, Jumeirah
Beach Residence, Dubai Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers.
However, it is Dubailand, billed as the future Orlando of the Middle
East, which looks set to become the focus of hotel construction, following
an announcement that it will contain 50 hotels of 1,000 rooms each.
�Dubai has the hottest hotel market on the planet,� concluded Wilkinson.
�The critical mass of new developments is creating a chain reaction, from
a current construction boom to a future tourism boom. The shere number
of foreign companies involved in these projects confirms their belief in
Dubai�s future status as one of the world�s major players in the hotel
and tourism sectors.�
Dubai Future Confirmed Hotel Supply
|
Name and Area* of the Property
|
Number of Rooms
|
Number of
Apartments
|
Opening
Year
|
5�Star
hotels in central areas of Dubai |
Al Badia Golf Resort
@ DFC |
170
|
-
|
2005
|
Armani Hotel @ Burj Dubai |
250
|
150
|
2007/8
|
Forex Rotana Suites @ DIFC |
480
|
-
|
2008
|
Inter.Continental @ DFC |
450
|
80
|
2007
|
Jaddaf Waterfront Hotel |
330
|
452
|
2005
|
Kempinski @ Mall of the Emirates |
376
|
24
|
2005
|
Park Hyatt @ Dubai Creek Golf
Club |
238
|
-
|
2005
|
Rotana Al Murooj |
253
|
147
|
2004
|
Rotana Villas |
130
|
-
|
2005
|
Total |
|
853
|
-
|
5�Star
hotels in Jumeirah and Jebel Ali |
Abu Dhabi National Hotels @ JBR |
450
|
-
|
2007
|
Al Fardan Hotel @ Palm |
200
|
-
|
2008/9
|
Al Habtoor Hotel @ Palm |
250
|
-
|
2008/9
|
Al Qasr @ Madinat Jumeirah |
292
|
-
|
2004
|
Al Seef Resort & Spa @ Palm |
220
|
-
|
2008/9
|
Atlantis Phase 1 @ Palm |
1,000
|
-
|
2008/9
|
Atlantis Phase II @ Palm |
1,000
|
-
|
tbc
|
Dar al Masyaf @ Madinat |
283
|
-
|
2004
|
Grosvenor House @ DM |
218
|
206
|
2005
|
Hydropolis |
300
|
-
|
2006
|
IFA @ Palm |
1,200
|
246
|
2008
|
Jumeirah Amwaj Rotana @ JBR |
300
|
-
|
2007
|
Manchester Star Tower @ JLT |
220
|
-
|
2006
|
Metropolitan Resort Towers |
439
|
-
|
2005
|
Montgomerie Golf Course Hotel |
17
|
-
|
2004
|
Movenpick Dubai Pearl @ DMC |
450
|
-
|
2005
|
Palm Palace Kempinski @ Palm |
180
|
-
|
2008/9
|
Palm Sun Hotel/Resort @ Palm |
1,000
|
-
|
2008/9
|
Private owner @ JBR |
350
|
-
|
2007
|
Total |
|
452
|
-
|
4�Star
hotels |
Marriott Courtyard @ GC |
160
|
-
|
2004
|
Private owner at JBR |
300
|
-
|
2007
|
Traders Hotel |
250
|
-
|
2004
|
Total |
|
-
|
-
|
GRAND TOTAL |
11,770
|
1,305
|
-
|
Source: The Consulting House
*Key: DFC = Dubai Festival City; DIFC = Dubai International
Financial Centre; DMC = Dubai Media City; DM = Dubai Marina; JBR = Jumeirah
Beach Residence; JLT = Jumeirah Lake Towers; GC = Green Community. Tbc
= to be confirmed |
The Consulting House is a management consulting firm established at
Dubai Media City in 2003 to provide research, analysis, planning, management
and operational advisory services for developers, owners and operators
of commercial and residential properties in the Gulf and wider Middle East
regions.
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