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Satyendra Pathak
Doha
Five-star hotel chain Shaza Hotels, owned by Barwa Real Estate Company, will open at least three new hotels in Doha by 2022. One of these will open in the third quarter of 2017.
The three hotels are among the 30 planned by Shaza along the Silk Route from Morocco to Malaysia.
Addressing media persons in Doha on Tuesday, Shaza Hotels Executive Vice President Sanjiv Malhotra said Shaza Doha will be located near the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and will have 171 rooms.
Malhotra said the company is eying West Bay, The Pearl-Qatar and Lusail for new locations."Our aim is to complete all hotels in Doha before the start of 2022 FIFA World Cup," he added.
"Next year will also see the opening of Shaza Makkah, Shaza Salalah and Shaza Al Mouj in Muscat," Malhotra said.
The company plans to open at least three hotels each year between now and 2020, and has signed management agreements with 30 hotels.
While as many as 20 Shaza brand of hotels will be operational by 2020, Malhotra said, the completion date for rest of the 10 hotels will be announced later.
Of the 20 hotels, six will be under Shaza's recently launched four-star brand 'Mysk by Shaza', he said.
Malhotra said 22 hotels will be located in MENA region and the remaining eight will be in the rest of the world.
Work is under way at 13 locations with 2,417 rooms. On an average each five-star hotel will cost around $250 million, excluding the land price, he added.
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