Marriott International, the US-based hotel operator, plans to snatch the title of world’s tallest hotel tower building with the opening of its eighth Dubai property next year, it was revealed Monday.
The current title holder, the Rotana-owned Rose Rayhaan hotel in Dubai, stands at 330m-high but will be eclipsed by the 355m JW Marriott Marquis Hotel after its 2012 launch.
The 72-storey Rose Rayhaan was confirmed as the world’s tallest hotel tower building by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat when it opened its doors in January 2010.
The 80-storey Marquis, which will be Marriott’s largest hotel outside the US, is part of a broader move by the chain to operate 74 hotels across the Middle East and North Africa by 2015.