MUSCAT’S busy airport and business district, Seeb, will be home to a new 176-room Holiday Inn hotel next year, according to Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah, chairman of Action Hotels.
Sheikh Mubarak said the Holiday Inn Seeb Muscat is on track to open in December 2011 following the contracting agreement with Muscat-based Al Rawahi International.
“Oman is committed to developing the hospitality sector and Action Hotels is equally as committed to playing a role in this development with a fixed eye on mid-scale segment,” said Sheikh Mubarak.
By 2012, Action Hotels will add more than 2,000 mid-scale rooms across key Middle East gateways, three of which will fly InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) flags – one Staybridge property and two Holiday Inn hotels.
Holiday Inn is the leading midscale hotel brand of IHG, the world’s largest hotel company by number of rooms.
In 2007, IHG announced the $1-billion relaunch of Holiday Inn to ensure improved quality and consistency in more than 4,000 hotels worldwide by the end of 2010.
IHG’s Kirk Kinsell, president EMEA, said the group looks forward to further strengthening its partnership with Action Hotels through its third IHG-managed property, following on from the Holiday Inn Seef and the Staybridge Dana Tower in Bahrain both scheduled to open in 2012.