{"id":16684,"date":"2019-10-09T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=16684"},"modified":"2019-10-09T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T06:56:00","slug":"marriott-international-signs-deal-to-introduce-the-luxury-collection-to-saudi-arabia-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/marriott-international-signs-deal-to-introduce-the-luxury-collection-to-saudi-arabia-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott International Signs Deal To Introduce The Luxury Collection To Saudi Arabia In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) has signed an agreement with Assila Investments to bring its Luxury Collection brand for the first time to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 Situated in the heart of Jeddah, Assila Hotel is anticipated to join The Luxury Collection\u2019s portfolio of more than 100 world-renowned hotels and resorts in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have Marriott International manage the beautiful Assila Hotel, under the Luxury Collection brand,\u201d said Bader Alissa, CEO, Assila Investments. \u201cThis only affirms Assila Hotel\u2019s position as a premier luxury hotel in Jeddah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted to announce plans for the first Luxury Collection property in Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with Assila Investments,\u201d said Alex Kyriakidis, President and Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Marriott International.\u00a0 \u201cThis deal signing supports our plans to further diversify our footprint in the Kingdom while enhancing our overall luxury portfolio in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assila Hotel features 210 guestrooms, including a 590 sqm Royal Suite, and 94 apartments.\u00a0 It comprises multiple food and beverage venues, including a Caf\u00e9 Lounge and Argentinian and Mediterranean specialty restaurants.\u00a0 The hotel also includes a 348 sqm ballroom and nine meeting rooms, as well as full-service recreational facilities such as a spa, fitness center and squash courts.<\/p>\n

The hotel is situated on Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz (Tahlia) Street, on the main commercial and retail strip of the city and within close proximity to the Corniche and many of the city\u2019s landmarks. The site is also within five kilometers of the planned \u2018New Jeddah Downtown\u2019 development, a mixed-used project on Jeddah\u2019s five million square meter waterfront anticipated to launch in 2022. The waterfront corniche is expected to include residential, cultural and retail spaces.<\/p>\n

This signing of Assila Hotel under The Luxury Collection also underscores Marriott\u2019s growing luxury portfolio in the Middle East, where the company now has more than 30 open luxury hotels, including The Ritz-Carlton Riyadh and The Ritz-Carlton Jeddah.<\/p>\n

For more information visit https:\/\/the-luxury-collection.marriott.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Caption: Alex Kyriakidis, President and Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Marriott International and Bader Alissa, CEO, Assila Investments, along with members of the Issa family at the signing ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) has signed an agreement with Assila Investments to bring its Luxury Collection brand for the first time to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 Situated in the heart of Jeddah, Assila Hotel is anticipated to join The Luxury Collection\u2019s portfolio of more than 100 world-renowned hotels and resorts in 2020. \u201cWe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16687,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16684\/revisions\/16687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}