ACCOR, one of the leading hotel operators in the region, expanded its Mercure brand with the opening of Mercure Jeddah Al Hamra earlier this year.

Strategically located in Al Hamra district, Mercure Jeddah Al Hamra, is in close proximity with the city Corniche and the central business area.

Mercure Jeddah Al Hamra hotel features a total of 149 well-appointed guest rooms and suites, an all-day-dining in the Palm restaurant, a coffee lounge and a health club with an indoor swimming pool. Wi-fi is complimentary for all guests, and the hotel boasts numerous meeting rooms equipped with the latest technologies.

The latest addition to the Mercure portfolio brings the total number of Mercure hotels in Saudi Arabia to seven and the total number of room keys to 1216. In the Middle East, Mercure operates 19 properties representing 3,213 rooms throughout Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Christophe Landais, managing director for Accor Middle East, says: “As one of the world’s largest hotel chains in the midscale segment with over 700 hotels worldwide, this new addition to the Mercure brand portfolio in this important market reaffirms the robust health of the brand and its power of attractiveness to investors and guests alike.”