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Crowne Plaza Al-Madinah
Saudi Telal, the hotels and resorts developer and manager for Sheikh Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Group, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) have signed an agreement to develop two new Crowne Plaza properties in Saudi Arabia. The new hotels will take the InterContinental Group's Saudi portfolio to 19 and will complement its 17 other hotels located throughout the Kingdom, which span across three of the group's brands — InterContinental, Holiday Inn and an existing Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jeddah.
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Crowne Plaza Al-Madinah, which is situated in the central district of the holy city, is set to offer a total of 620 rooms, six multifunction meeting rooms, an extensive business center and at least four diverse dining options. |
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Located in the Eastern Province, Crowne Plaza Alkhobar will have 247 rooms including two penthouse suites and a wide-range of food and beverage outlets including a tea lounge, a specialty restaurant on the ground floor, a spacious all-day dining restaurant on the mezzanine floor and a club lounge on the 7th floor measuring 165 square meters.
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Crowne Plaza Al-Madinah, which is situated in the central district of the holy city, is set to offer a total of 620 rooms, six multifunction meeting rooms, an extensive business center and at least four diverse dining options.
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"We are very proud to partner with InterContinental Hotels Group in this venture which will really enhance the high level of accommodation for the increasing number of business travelers and other visitors we are seeing in Saudi Arabia every year. The Alkhobar and Madinah destinations are key for our country and we look forward to welcoming guests from around the world," Mohamed Sulaiman told the media over the weekend.
While Alkhobar forms part of the Dammam metropolitan area, Madinah is located in the country's popular west side and both are key destinations for the thriving corporate travel and religious tourism industries in the country. Crowne Plaza Alkhobar is expected to open by the end of summer 2007 and Crowne Plaza Al-Madinah will follow in 2008, Phil Kasselis, vice president development, InterContinental Hotels Group, Middle East & Africa, said.
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