HILTON Worldwide has signed a management agreement with Dead Sea Resorts for the new-build Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa in Jordan, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2013, as well as the existing King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre.
The 285-room new-build waterfront resort is located on the east coast of Jordan overlooking the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth. The property is adjacent and linked to the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, a state-of-the-art meetings facility which Hilton Worldwide will start operating soon.
The Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa is part of Emaar International Jordan’s Samarah Dead Sea Resort, an integrated community which, aside from the hotel, will house 1,000 residences, retail and leisure facilities.
Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa will feature seven food and beverage outlets including three restaurants – all-day dining, and two speciality outlets – and four bars. Leisure facilities include a health club, spa, outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a kids club.
The hotel will house two meeting rooms of 100 sq m each, a business centre and Hilton Executive Lounge. With almost 5,000 sq m of meeting space and 23,000 sq m of built-up area, spread over three stories comprising 27 meeting rooms, the convention centre is one of the largest in the region.
Hilton Worldwide has also recently signed a management agreement with Jordan Maritime Complex for Real Estate Investments Company for the Doubletree by Hilton, Aqaba, marking the brand’s entry into Jordan with a stylish, upscale, full-service hotel product in the third quarter of 2010.
The 181-room, new-build property will be located in the popular resort destination on Jordan’s southern coast in the centre of the business district, less than a kilometre from the beach and the city’s marina, and 10 km from the airport.
Doubletree by Hilton, Aqaba will feature five food and beverage outlets including an all-day dining outlet, poolside restaurant, coffee shop, wine bar and club. Leisure facilities will include a health club and spa with sauna, steam room, gymnasium, two treatment rooms, as well as semi-outdoor swimming pools. The hotel will house one multi-purpose meeting room with pre-function area.
The company has also signed a management agreement with Jenan Real Estate Company to introduce the first Hilton branded property in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, the 400-room Hilton Al Khobar Hotel & Residence, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The new property will be part of an upscale mixed-use development with a range of facilities including a hotel, residential towers, a retail mall and an office building. Construction is scheduled to start in March 2011.