UAE: Nakheel’s Hospitality Project Has 17 Hotels And Serviced Apartment Developments

Nakheel’s growing hospitality project portfolio comprises 17 hotels and serviced apartment developments with nearly 6,000 rooms and hotel apartments between them at various locations in Dubai, including Palm Jumeirah, Deira Islands, Ibn Battuta Mall, Jumeirah Village Triangle, Dragon and City.

Premier Inn Dubai Ibn Battuta Mall and ibis Styles Dragon City are currently open and operational.

Premier Inn Dubai Ibn Battuta

Premier Inn Dubai Ibn Battuta offers 372 guestrooms complete with modern conveniences, including climate control, coffee/tea makers, wifi, an in-room safe and cable TV.

The hotel is directly connected to Ibn Battuta Mall and its 400 shops, restaurants and entertainment outlets and is also linked to the Dubai Metro station.

The hotel is located close to the beach and a water park and offers easy access to Dubai’s business and leisure districts.

Ibis Styles Dragon Mart Dubai

ibis Styles Dragon Mart Dubai features 250 guest rooms with modern facilities and is directly connected to Dragon Mart 2, which has shops and restaurants as well as a cinema complex.

Ibis Styles Dragon Mart also provides a restaurant serving international cuisine, a conference room, a business center, free shuttle bus service as well as a play area for children.

The hotel is just a 15-minute drive from Dubai International Airport and offers easy access to the city’s shopping and leisure destinations.

Upcoming hotels

Nakheel is also developing more hotels which are at various stages of construction and development.

RIU Resort – Deira Islands

A joint venture with RIU Hotels and Resorts will deliver an 800-room beachfront resort and water park at Deira Islands.

The resort will also feature seven F&B outlets, three swimming pools, a fitness complex and children’s club.

The resort will be RIU’s first in the Middle East and one of Dubai’s biggest in terms of hotel rooms.

Centara Resort – Deira Islands

A joint venture with Centara Hotels and Resorts will deliver a 600-room beachfront resort and water park.

The first Centara establishment in the UAE will also include multiple restaurants including alfresco rooftop dining options, a kids’ club, spa and fitness centre, as well as business facilities.

Premier Inn Dragon City

Premier Inn Dragon City is the second hotel at Dragon City and will feature 295 guestrooms as well as an all-day restaurant, coffee shop and gym.

AVANI Ibn Battuta Mall

The upcoming 15-storey, 360-room AVANI Ibn Battuta Dubai is the second hotel at Ibn Battuta Mall.

The hotel will feature an all-day dining restaurant, pool, gym and car park for 135 vehicles.

It will be located next to the recently-opened link connecting the mall to the Dubai Metro.

DoubleTree by Hilton Al Khail Avenue

A new, 256-room hotel at Jumeirah Village Triangle managed under the DoubleTree by Hilton brand will be directly linked to Al Khail Avenue.

The hotel will also include an all-day restaurant, coffee shop, lounge, outdoor terrace, pool deck, gymnasium and car park, as well as a leisure club.

St. Regis Dubai – The Palm

St Regis Dubai - The Palm will offer 289 guest rooms and suites, occupying the first 18 floors of The Palm Tower on Palm Jumeirah.

The hotel will feature premium dining and leisure facilities including one of the world’s highest infinity pools on the 50th floor, a 51st floor restaurant and a viewing deck on the 52nd floor.

RESTAURANTS

From waterfront restaurants to casual dining experiences, Nakheel offers a diverse collection of dining venues serving a variety of international cuisines.

Barrel 12

Barrel 12 at Palm Views East and Jumeirah Islands Club is an urban sports bistro serving British classics with a modern and fresh twist. Enjoy a delectable meal on the outdoor terrace with spectacular views.

Watch live international sporting events on seven large TV screens or have fun with friends at the pool table.

Breeze Beach Grill

Breeze Beach Grill at Club Vista Mare on Palm Jumeirah offers a casual dining experience with stunning views.

The beach grill concept includes a raw bar and deli-counter and offers healthy bites, seafood and grilled meals.

The Glasshouse

Located at Jumeirah Islands Club with an upcoming branch at Al Furjan, The Glasshouse features a casual cafe as well as a modern restaurant and lounge, serving International cuisine in a family-friendly atmosphere.

Enjoy relaxed alfresco dining by the pool or dine in the formal atmosphere of the indoor restaurant.

The Clubhouse

The Clubhouse is a contemporary restaurant at Jebel Ali Recreation Club, serving international cuisine in a family-friendly atmosphere.

The restaurant features comfortable lounge areas, a glass fronted kitchen and a spacious outdoor terrace with barbeque area.

Customers can also enjoy live music at the restaurant.

Il Faro Trattoria and Lounge

Il Faro Trattoria and Lounge situated at Azure Residences on Palm Jumeirah, offers an authentic Italian dining experience with spectacular 360-degree views.

The Ship’s Wheel

Located at Jebel Ali Recreation Club, The Ship’s Wheel serves up international cuisine in a laidback atmosphere along with live sports telecasts, quiz nights, pool tables, dart boards and daily specials.

Seafood Kitchen

Seafood Kitchen located at Jebel Ali Recreation Club is inspired by the fish markets of Asia, serving freshly caught fish, shell fish and exotic fruits.

Dishes incorporate a wide array of aromatic spices, transporting the senses to the streets of Bangkok and Shanghai.

Sun&

Sun& Mediterranean Lounge at Palm Views West on Palm Jumeirah, brings together fresh ingredients to create unique interpretations of traditional Mediterranean favourites.

Sun& offers a tranquil setting and boasts stunning sunset views of the Palm Jumeirah west marina from both inside the restaurant and outside on the terrace.

Clubhouses

Nakheel’s clubs and clubhouses offer relaxed family-friendly environments to unwind and socialise. The heart of each community, these leisure destinations are equipped with modern amenities and state-of-the-art fitness equipment.

Jebel Ali Recreation Club

Jebel Ali Recreation Club, located in Jebel Ali Village, is one of the oldest casual clubs in Dubai and features a swimming pool, gym, tennis and squash courts, as well as a lounge, The Ship’s Wheel and a restaurant, The Clubhouse.

The club was recently renovated to form part of a 500,000 square foot dining destination that features Seafood Kitchen which is now open and two upcoming restaurants, all with indoor and outdoor dining space, as well as a four-screen dine-in movie complex from Reel Cinemas.

Jumeirah Islands Club

Workout, dine and unwind at Jumeirah Islands Club in Jumeirah Islands.

The relaxed atmosphere of the club offers a gym and aerobics studio, children’s play area, sauna and swimming pool with sun deck.

The club also offers two dining destinations - Barrel 12 and The Glasshouse.

Al Furjan Club

Located in Al Furjan, the club features a fully-equipped gym, an aerobics studio, a multi-purpose sports court, a 25-metre swimming pool as well as The Glasshouse – a casual café and restaurant.

Masakin Clubhouse

Masakin Clubhouse in Masakin Al Furjan, features a gym with changing facilities and lockers, swimming pool with year-round temperature control and sun loungers.

Palm Views Marina Club East and West

Palm Views Marina Club is a high-end fitness club featuring a pool and gym, situated at the waterside Palm Views residential and leisure project at Palm Jumeirah’s East and West marinas.

Azure Beach Club

The beach club at Azure Residences on Palm Jumeirah offers a sea-facing infinity pool, a rooftop gym with panoramic views as well as access to the beach next to Il Faro, the restaurant at the jetty with 360-degree views.

Upcoming Clubs

Jumeirah Village Circle Club
A pool, sports and restaurant complex located at the rooftop of The Circle Mall, Jumeirah Village Circle Club will feature a 300-seater restaurant, a swimming pool and sundeck, two tennis courts, a gymnasium and landscaped gardens.

Jumeirah Park Leisure Centre

Jumeirah Park Leisure is a health, fitness and wellbeing complex in Jumeirah Park, featuring a 50-metre, Olympic-size swimming pool, a 16,000 sq ft gym and a spa.

The new complex combines unrivalled sports, fitness and wellbeing facilities with a range of dining and entertainment amenities, including a nursery, restaurants, cafes and shops.

Warsan Clubhouse

The upcoming Warsan Clubhouse will be an integral part of Warsan Village, a gated community with direct access to Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Road.

The community clubhouse will feature a restaurant, state-of-the-art gymnasium, steam and sauna facilities, swimming pool, tennis court, playground area as well as ample parking.

Nad Al Sheba Club

A new community club with a range of facilities located in the Nad Al Sheba Villas community.


Tourism Observer

UAE: Nakheel To Kick Off $160 Million Resort Project On Deira Islands

Nakheel is bringing in a hotel operator from Austria for its latest project on Deira Islands.

The project is a $160 million (Dh587.2 million), 600-room beachfront resort.

For Vienna House, the largest independent hotel chain in Austria, this is its first exposure in the Middle East markets.

Our ongoing strategy is to bring new, highly reputable hospitality brands and concepts to Dubai as part of our commitment to supporting the government in realising its tourism vision, said Ali Rashid Lootah, Nakheel’s Chairman.

Vienna House at Deira Islands will be a shining example of how this strategy is coming to fruition.

This follows a letter of intent signing in Bangkok, which is where the Vienna House’s parent company, U City, is based.

The planned Vienna House partnership is Nakheel’s third hospitality joint venture at Deira Islands.

The developer already has 1,400 rooms under way through JVs with Spain’s RIU Hotels and Resorts and Thailand’s Centara Hotels and Resorts.

In total, Nakheel has more than 3,600 keys at Deira Islands through existing or upcoming joint ventures or hotel management agreements.

The brand Vienna House is about the joy of travelling, adventure and discovery, said Rupert Simoner, CEO of Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG.

Vienna House Deira Beach will offer quality leisure experiences that are designed to offer guests authentic moments and memories.

There is nothing comparable in Dubai at present.

Vienna House currently has more than 30 hotels across nine countries.


Tourism Observer

UAE: Dubai Working On $1.7 Billion Tourist Resort In New Man-made Islands

Dubai plans to develop a 6.3 billion dirham ($1.7 billion) tourist resort on two man-made islands it will build either side of the Burj Al Arab, its luxury sail-shaped hotel.

It is the latest development planned by the emirate as it aims to attract 20 million visitors a year by 2020 when Dubai will host the World Expo 2020 exhibition.

Spanning four million square feet, Marsa Al Arab will be made up of two islands, one dedicated to entertainment and family tourism and the other featuring luxury villas and a private marina..

Dubai is already one of the world’s most visited cities, although its hotels, shopping malls and state-owned airline, Emirates, have been buffeted by a strong US dollar which has made the emirate pricier for many overseas visitors.

The United Arab Emirates pegs its dirham to the dollar.

Around 4.6 million tourists visited Dubai during the first quarter, up by 11 per cent compared to the same period of last year, according to Dubai Tourism data.

Marsa Al Arab will feature 140 villas, a marine and water park and a theater with capacity for 1,700 people to host Cirque du Soleil, local media reported. Work on the project will break ground in June and be completed by late 2020, WAM said.

The agency did not mention how the project would be funded. Dubai is working on several big projects due for completion in the next few years and being funded by debt.

It is building the World Expo 2020 exhibition site, an extension to Dubai’s Metro system and Al Maktoum International Airport, a new airport being developed on the edge of Dubai, which will serve up to 146 million passengers by 2025.

Marsa Al Arab will add 2.2 kilometers (1.4 miles) of beach to the emirate’s coastline, WAM said. Dubai’s most famous artificial island, Palm Jumeriah, is home to several hotels, villas and apartments.

But other islands it planned to develop were stalled or scaled back after the emirate’s 2009 debt crisis.

Palm Jebel Ali, which began construction in 2002, has yet to be completed, while plans for Palm Deira have been reworked to create a scaled-down project called Deira Islands.

Another man-made archipelago, The World, a 300-island chain laid out in the shape of the world’s continents, has only been partially developed.

UAE: Dubai Set To Get Two New Hotels

Dubai-based master developer Nakheel has released construction tenders for new hotels at Dragon City and Ibn Battuta Mall, adding another 670 rooms to its rapidly-growing hospitality portfolio.

Nakheel will build a 295-room hotel at Dragon City, home of the world-famous Dragon Mart retail and trading hub, featuring the one-million-sq-ft Dragon Mart 2 shopping, dining and entertainment complex, which opened in February.

The developer will also create a 15-storey, 375-room hotel at Ibn Battuta Mall, where a 300,000-sq-ft extension opened in May.

The three-star hotels – due for completion in 2017 – complement existing hotels at the two retail hubs, where further major expansions continue. Nakheel opened a 251-room Accor-operated ibis Styles hotel at Dragon Mart 2 in February, while its 372-room Premier Inn at Ibn Battuta will open in Q4 this year.

With a built-up area of over 180,000 sq ft, the new Dragon City hotel will feature a restaurant, coffee shop and gym, while the 280,000-sq-ft establishment at Ibn Battuta, located by the Metro entrance, will have an all-day restaurant, gym and pool deck.

The Dragon City expansion comprises a 2.2 million sq ft retail component, two residential towers containing 1,120 apartments and a multi-story car park with 6,200 spaces. Once complete, it will bring the size of Dragon City to more than 11 million sq ft.

Ibn Battuta’s 4.7 million sq ft expansion features a one million sq ft mall with glass-covered courtyard, a new cinema complex and a 7,000-space multi-storey car park.

Nakheel also has hotels under development at Palm Jumeirah and Deira Islands, with more in the pipeline.

Nakheel’s master developments include Palm Jumeirah, The World, Deira Islands, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Park, Jumeirah Heights, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Al Furjan, Warsan Village, Dragon City, International City, Jebel Ali Gardens and Nad Al Sheba Community.

Together, these span more than 15,000 hectares and currently provide homes for over 270,000 people. Nakheel has nearly 21,000 residential units under construction or in the pipeline.

Nakheel’s current and future retail project portfolio covers more than 15 million sq ft of leasable space. Retail destination developments include Ibn Battuta Mall, Dragon Mart 1 and 2, Nakheel Mall, The Pointe, The Golden Mile, Deira Mall, Deira Islands Night Souk, Warsan Souk, Al Khail Avenue, The Circle Mall and major extensions to Dragon Mart (renamed Dragon City) and Ibn Battuta Mall. Nakheel also has several neighbourhood community centres in operation or under development