Accor, Sheikh Salem Saleh Babgi announce new Novotel hotel in Jizan
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Accor Middle East has signed a management contract with Sheikh Salem Saleh Babgi in the Jizan Province, to develop a Novotel hotel in the city of Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Salem Babgi said: “We are happy to partner with Accor and are confident that together we can make Novotel the choice in a market place that is currently under-supplied.”
Novotel Jizan will be located in Jizan, in the South West of Saudi Arabia. The hotel, which is currently under design, is due to open by 2015. It will offer 200 rooms and suites, several food and beverage outlets, banqueting facilities and meeting rooms, leisure and recreational facilities.
Its recently upgraded regional airport services around one million passengers per year, ensuring strong business and tourism fundamentals, moreover supported by key infrastructure projects underway such as Jizan Economic City and Jizan University.
Christophe Landais, managing director Accor Middle East, said: “The development of the hotel will certainly contribute in the promotion of Jizan as key regional destination.”
The new hotel grows Accor’s expanding Novotel network in KSA, as it will join the existing Novotel Riyadh Al Anoud and Novotel Dammam Business Park. Currently, Accor operates ten Novotel hotels in the Middle East representing 2,210 rooms (four in Egypt, three in the UAE, two in KSA and one in Bahrain). Eight additional properties are committed for development in the region, creating a network of 18 Novotel hotels and 4,200 rooms by 2015.