Corinthia to run second Abu Dhabi hotel

CHI Hotels & Resorts (CHI) has concluded negotiations for the operation of a Ramada hotel in the centre of Abu Dahbi.

It will be the second hotel to be run by the Corinthia company after the first Ramada Hotel in the Mafraq region.

The 15-year technical services and operations agreement for the new 313-room Ramada Abu Dhabi Beach Hotel was signed by CHI’s vice-president for business development Paul Pisani and Major General Khalil Dawood Badran on behalf of the Social Security Fund of the Ministry of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates, owners of the upscale project.

The new hotel, targeted for a 2011 opening, is being developed on a 31,000 square-metre site with a 300 metre beach front, and is within a short drive from Maqta Bridge, at the entrance to Abu Dhabi city centre.

The Ramada Abu Dhabi Beach will feature 313 guest rooms and suites on seven floors, several meeting rooms, a two-storey ballroom, three restaurants, indoor and outdoor pools and a Health Club with gymnasium, squash courts, massage rooms, a sauna and solarium.

CHI operates on an exclusive basis through its joint venture with the US-based Wyndham Hotel Group. Over the last year alone, besides the two Abu Dhabi hotels, CHI has increased its portfolio in this part of the world by developing other upscale hotels in, Dubai, Egypt (2), and Libya.