A MAJOR refurbishment programme of the Jebel Ali Hotel’s rooms and facilities is currently in progress and on schedule to be completed for the hotel’s reopening in December this year.
While the existing structure and lobby of the hotel will not be changed, almost everything else is being stripped down and redone to reflect current contemporary interior design. The hotel, situated within the 128-acre Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa, remains fully open while its refurbishment programme continues, as does the Palm Tree Court & Spa Hotel.
The 260 revamped rooms, outlets and conference facilities of Jebel Ali Hotel will open again in December in time to welcome guests for the festive period.
“We are extremely excited about this project and look forward to an impressive outcome. The refurbishment is great news for our repeat loyal guests and we’re sure the new rooms will also attract new guests who would like to experience Jebel Ali Hotel’s great value for money and access to the vast resort facilities,” said David Thomson, general manager of Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa.
Originally opened in 1981 Jebel Ali Hotel was the first to be built in the beach resort now known as Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa. A nine-hole championship standard golf course opened in 1998. Palm Tree Court, the resort’s second hotel featuring luxury suites and junior suites, opened in the same year to which was added a world-class spa in 2003.
In 2005 two state-of-the-art football pitches were added to the sporting facilities at the Jebel Ali International Centre of Excellence which rapidly became the preferred warm weather training centre for many top European clubs.
The resort’s latest offering is a dive centre operated by Al Boom Diving, which follows in the footsteps of Seawings who operate seaplane flights from the resort’s marina.