Overview

The 300 room Ras Al Khaimah Marriott Resort & Spa is a new resort under development by Marriott International in the UAE. The resort is likely to be launched by 2009.

The hotel will join the Marriott lodging system under an agreement with Azuri International FZC. The resort will be part of a large mixed-use development on a man-made bay and will have a 300-meter beachfront. The resort will offer an all-day restaurant, two specialty restaurants, a lobby lounge, themed bar with evening entertainment and a pool bar & grill. Other amenities will include a spa with seven treatment rooms, two outdoor swimming pools (one specifically for families), a kids' play area with a shallow kids' pool, two tennis courts, and a water sports and dive center. The resort will also boast a 6,000-square foot ballroom and four 500-square foot interconnecting meeting rooms.

Mariott International is in different stages of development of 10 different hotel, resort and apartment properties in emirates of UAE. In 2009, the company will open and manage eight hotels in the UAE and will make its entry into the emirates of Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah. With the addition of these eight hotels in the UAE, the Marriott International lodging portfolio in the country will more than double in terms of properties and rooms.