JW Marriott Marquis Dubai to boost tourism

Accompanied by Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline and Group Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Shaikh Mohammed toured the hotel after the completion of Phase I with a total of 804 rooms.

Shaikh Mohammed and Shaikh Ahmed touring the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai on Sunday. — Wam

Shaikh Mohammed toured different parts of the hotel, which houses the largest celebrations hall in the Middle East, world class business facilities, 19 restaurants and many more luxury offerings.

Concluding his visit, Shaikh Mohammed expressed satisfaction with the successful completion of the iconic luxury project and described it as a boost to the tourism sector in the emirate of Dubai that has become synonymous with unparalleled business and tourism ventures.

The property is owned by Emirates airline and the total cost of the project once completed will be approximately Dh2.5 billion with 1,608 rooms.

Earlier this month, the hotel welcomed its first guest after soft opening while grand opening is scheduled to take place in February next year.

“We are opening one tower with 804 rooms this month…. The second tower will take maximum two and half years,” general manager of the hotel Rupprecht Queitsch told Khaleej Times in an interview before its soft opening. Regarding the completion of the project, he said: ”Hopefully by the end of 2014 or beginning of 2015.”

Officially recognised as the world’s tallest hotel at a height of 355 metres, only 26 metres short of the Empire State Building, New York, the JW Marriott Marquis is Dubai’s world-class convention and business destination hotel.

abdulbasit@khaleejtimes.com