SHAZA Hotels, the contemporary Eastern hotel brand partnered with Kempinski unveiled plans the Shaza Salalah – a luxury beach resort in Salalah, Oman. The development was launched at a signing ceremony by Shaza Hotel’s CEO Simon Coombs and Taameer Investment’s CEO Suleiman Al Harthy, with the attendance of the chairman of the Golden Group of Companies, Sheikh Salim al Ghazali, at the Arabian Travel Market.
Shaza Salalah has been master planned as a one of its kind luxury beach resort, bringing into development features centred on privacy, the natural landscape of Salalah, and the architectural heritage of the coastal city of Oman. The resort is designed to cater for families, honeymooners, and the luxury traveller who seeks a getaway destination in pristine white sandy beaches, clear blue waters, breath-taking mountains, underwater hot springs, and the annual monsoon rains known as the Khareef.
Located on the beach and adjacent to a protected mangrove habitat, Shaza Salalah will feature a Presidential Villa, 80 luxury villas with private pools, 80 furnished hotel apartments, and 130 hotel rooms facing the Indian Ocean, many of which have their own private ‘sky pool’. The property will also unveil the largest luxury ballroom in Salalah, as well as retail outlets and two specialty restaurants.
Construction will begin in Q4 of 2012 and the resort is expected to open in 2016.
“We are proud to announce the signing of Shaza Salalah and bring Shaza’s vision to the Sultanate of Oman, especially to Salalah. Shaza Salalah will be a resort that is married with nature and will be a window for the world to experience the best of Salalah – which is one of its kind in the entire Arabian Peninsula,” said Coombs.
Shaza Salalah is a development by Taameer Investment, which is one of Oman’s leading investment companies with interests in real estate, industrial, financial and service sectors. Shaza Salalah is the first beach resort development to be announced by Shaza Hotels following hotels already in operation in Medina and Sarajevo while developments in Marrakesh and Karbala are in construction. Since its launch, the Shaza brand has shown considerable interest from investors and developers for its unique concept, and was voted as the Middle East’s Leading New Hotel Concept at the World Travel Awards Middle East Gala Ceremony on April 30, 2012.