Rotana to open 14 properties before end of 2016

New hotels to add 3,769 rooms to hospitality group’s global portfolio

30 November 2015

Rotana Hotel Management, the Dubai-based hospitality management group, said on Sunday it will continue its expansion with the opening of 14 properties before the end of 2016.

Rotana is set to further strengthen its presence in Turkey and Bahrain, while 2016 will also see the opening of the group’s first property in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The hotels add 3,769 rooms to Rotana’s existing 13,875 rooms across its global property portfolio.

Omer Kaddouri, president and chief executive officer of Rotana, said that the expansion plan was part of the company’s vision of operating 100 hotels by 2020.

“With a carefully considered international development strategy in place, we are constantly looking for growth opportunities, and all of these markets presented opportunities for Rotana to extend our award-winning hospitality offering.

In particular, a breakthrough into Kinshasa in the DRC is a significant landmark for Rotana as this is a new territory for us in which we will be addressing the needs of a rapidly developing market,” Kaddouri said in a statement.

The 14 new properties will include ones in Istanbul, Doha, Manama, Riyadh, Jeddah, Amman, Kinshasa, Abu Dhabi, Sulaymaniyah and Erbil. The first one to open will be Dalga Residences by Rotana in Istanbul, which is scheduled to open in December 2015.