Saudi Arabia will see a record 68 new hotels and 29,033 hotel rooms open across its major cities in 2017, according to a new report.
Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar and Makkah are set to be the Kingdom’s busiest areas for hospitality development, according to the TopHotelProjects Saudi Arabia Hotel Construction Overview, a report prepared for The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia 2017.
Major new hotels forecast to open throughout the Kingdom this year include Assila Hotel Rocco Forte (Q1 2017), TIME Qurayyat Hotel (Q2 2017), Nobu Hotel Riyadh (Q2 2017), Swiss-Belhotel Al Khobar (Q4 2017) and the highly-anticipated Abraj Kudai Towers, which will become the world’s biggest hotel when it opens its 10,000 rooms in Q4, 2017.
John Suzara, Event Manager of The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia 2017 said: “The hospitality landscape in Saudi Arabia is developing at pace, and this is a particularly exciting year.