THE upscale and innovative service of the Pullman Hotels & Resorts brand is set to make its debut in Doha, Qatar following the agreement of a partnership between parent company Accor Middle East and the property’s ownerTwin Towers Company. The first Pullman hotel in Doha will be located in the West Bay area (pictured) and is set to be completed by 2014.
Christophe Landais, managing director of Accor Middle East, said: “We are honoured to partner with Twin Towers Company in developing an international five-star hotel in Qatar under the Pullman Hotels & Resorts brand.
“Qatar’s growing importance as a leisure and business destination has established Doha as an international hub. A significant surge in the number of corporate and Mice travellers visiting Qatar has been observed over the last few years thanks to the development of world-class infrastructure in Doha.”
The Pullman brand is specially strong in the Mice market and, having carved a niche in the fast-growing upscale business hotel segment, has grown rapidly within two years to a network of 59 distinctive properties across the world.
The Pullman Doha West Bay will feature 470 keys (373 rooms and 97 serviced apartments), extensive meeting space including a ballroom of more than 1,300 sq m and an extensive range of food and beverage facilities, including three restaurants. The property is currently under construction, progressing at a very fast pace, with excavation works having been recently completed and the design process now well progressed.
The opening of Pullman Doha West Bay in 2014 will follow the successful opening of the Pullman Dubai Mall of the Emirates in September 2010. Accor will soon reinforce the presence of the Pullman brand in Dubai with the opening of the Pullman Dubai Jumeirah Lake Towers early in 2012 and the refurbishment of the Deira City Centre hotel which will be managed by Pullman in the coming months.
Accor is targeting major cities such as Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Muscat, Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Cairo and Alexandria for the development of the Pullman brand in the region, which will cover 13 major Middle-Eastern countries representing a potential network of 15 to 18 Pullman hotels.