The UAE will get nearly 6,000 new hotel rooms this year, despite the uncertainty of the global recovery and poor revenue in 2009.
Dubai research firm Proleads said yesterday the UAE would get 5,700 rooms in 2010, while the GCC could expect 48 new hotels this year at an estimated cost of $7.3 billion.
Revenue per available room (rev-PAR) in Dubai plummeted 31.4 per cent last year compared to 2008, while revPAR in Abu Dhabi fell 11.8 per cent, consulting firm Deloitte reported in February.
Occupancy also declined in both emirates, Deloitte said after an analysis of STR Global data, declining 13.1 per cent in Abu Dhabi and 10.2 per cent in Dubai.
However, Middle Eastern hotels ranked the highest in revPAR in 2009 at $124, compared to $80.6 in Europe, $54.81 in Americas and $72.74 in Asia Pacific, Deloitte said.
Rotana is set to open its 301-room Amwaj property on Jumeirah Beach Walk on May 15, the company said this month.
Meanwhile, the new Ritz-Carlton hotel at Dubai International Finan-cial Centre is still slated for a second quarter opening this year, despite its owner Union Properties starting talks to sell the hotel for about dhs1.5 billion earlier this month.
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