- Spanish luxury hotel group will manage the 500-room, five-star and all-inclusive resort hotel set to open in Q3 2021
- Represents the hotel group’s seventh venture in the UAE as it continues its global expansion
- New hotel offering will add to an existing selection of more than 1,600 hotel keys on Al Marjan Island further boosting the tourism sector in Ras Al Khaimah
Spanish Barceló Hotel Group today announced that it will operate a 500-room, five-star resort hotel in the third quarter of 2021 on Al Marjan Island, the flagship waterfront destination by Marjan, the master-developer of freehold properties in Ras Al Khaimah.
Arch. Abdullah Al Abdooli, CEO of Marjan, said: “The new hotel is another milestone in the evolution of Al Marjan Island and its broader contribution to the hotel and leisure offering in Ras Al Khaimah. Barceló Hotel Group is renowned for its superior quality of product and customer service and their latest addition in Ras Al Khaimah will further enhance Al Marjan Island’s hospitality offering.”
Raúl González, CEO of Barceló Hotel Group, added: “We are delighted to be operating the first waterfront hotel in our portfolio in Ras Al Khaimah, which represents our seventh venture in the UAE. Al Marjan Island is a special destination that is continuing to grow in popularity within the leisure market luxury, five-star space – a perfect addition to our existing hotel portfolio in the region and globally.”
As Spain’s second largest hotel chain and the 29th largest hotel group in the world, Barceló Hotel Group manages 251 hotels across Europe and the Mediterranean basin, the USA and Latin America and the Caribbean. Since its founding in Mallorca (Spain) in 1931, the Group, through its hotel and travel division, has evolved from a family-owned transportation company to one of the most important tourism groups in Spain with a workforce of more than 30,000 employees.
The wide range of amenities at the five-star, all-inclusive resort will include a beachfront space, an extensive selection of exclusive F&B outlets including a themed restaurant and lobby lounge, meeting rooms, a pre-function space, swimming pools, and spas, among others. The hotel will add to appeal of Al Marjan Island and Ras Al Khaimah as one of the region’s leading tourism destinations.
Currently, Al Marjan Island has over 1,600 operational five-star hotel keys, including Rixos Hotels, Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Accor Hotels brands, and more than 2,000 residential units including Bab Al Bahar residential and Pacific by Select Group.
