Luxury hotel chain Ritz-Carlton plans to increase the number of properties it operates in the Middle East to 24 by 2014, its head of worldwide operations said Tuesday.
The luxury hotelier is in talks with a number of developers for properties in Abu Dhabi and Oman and plans to use The Ritz-Carlton Riyadh as a springboard for expansion in Saudi Arabia.
“The whole idea is to double the size of the existing hotels and grow even further; be in the major cities and then go to the secondary cities,” Bob Kharazmi, global officer, worldwide operations for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, told Arabian Business.
Plans for new hotels in Muscat and Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi are under negotiation with investors. The company is scheduled to open its third UAE property, The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, in late 2011.
The luxury hotelier is in talks with a number of developers for properties in Abu Dhabi and Oman and plans to use The Ritz-Carlton Riyadh as a springboard for expansion in Saudi Arabia.
“The whole idea is to double the size of the existing hotels and grow even further; be in the major cities and then go to the secondary cities,” Bob Kharazmi, global officer, worldwide operations for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, told Arabian Business.
Plans for new hotels in Muscat and Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi are under negotiation with investors. The company is scheduled to open its third UAE property, The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, in late 2011.