MHG announces resort in Dubai
Minor Hotel Group (MHG) has announced a strategic partnership with Nakheel to co-invest and develop a 500-key Avani hotel in Dubai, to open in 2018.
Avani Deira Dubai Hotel will be located in Deira Islands, a waterfront entertainment, tourist and residential destination being developed in alignment with Dubai Vision 2020. Comprising four islands situated adjacent to Dubai’s Deira district, with a total area of over 15.km2, Deira Islands, master developed by Nakheel, will feature a variety of beachfront resorts, hotels and residential communities, a shopping mall, a waterfront night market and an amphitheatre able to accommodate up to 30,000 people. MHG’s new hotel will be close to Dubai International Airport, with views of the Dubai skyline and across the Arabian Gulf.
The newbuild hotel is the first of the Avani brand to be announced in the UAE. This offering from MHG looks to blend hospitality and comfort with a passion for design, contemporary style and modern lifestyle essentials. Avani was launched by MHG in 2011 in response to an increasing demand for good design and excellent service whilst maintaining great value. The brand currently has 13 properties in operation in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Seychelles, Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Zambia, with a pipeline of further openings.
Dillip Rajakarier, CEO Minor Hotel Group, comments: “We are really excited to announce the launch of our Avani brand in the UAE and also to be entering into a new strategic partnership with Nakheel, such a well respected partner in the region, and one that we plan to enjoy a fruitful ongoing relationship with going forward. Deira Islands is an impressive project and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce Avani into the Dubai market in this new development.”
