Dubai, April 19: Dubai, which already has the world’s tallest building and the largest shopping mall, will soon house the world’s tallest hotel by 2012.
The 365 meter high JW Marriott Marquis hotel is to open in mid-to-late 2012 at Shaikh Zayed Road, the arterial highway to Abu Dhabi.
Spread across two iconic towers, the hotel will have 1,614-rooms, Marriott’s President and Managing Director for International Lodging Ed Fuller said today.
Dubai is already home to the world’s four tallest hotels that include Rose Rotana at 333 metres, Burj Al Arab at 321 metres, Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel at 309 metres, and The Address Downtown Dubai at 306 metres.
The upcoming Marriott property is owned by the Emirates Group and the company is expected to invest around Dh two billion in the property, according to a report in the Khaleej Times.
The Emirates Group is a vast organisation with manifold business interests in the aviation, travel, tourism and leisure industries.
–Source: Facenfacts.com