Dubai: Auris Group of Hotels, a UAE hospitality brand, on Saturday announced the opening of four new hotels and hotel apartments with 1,472 keys in 2015.

Auris Group of Hotels, which has a portfolio of five properties including a five-star hotel, a three-star hotel and three hotel apartments with 807 keys, is in the process of employing 775 hospitality professionals to manage its new hotels, the company said in a statement.

The Dubai-based hospitality chain’s announcement comes ahead of the Arabian Travel Market, the Middle East’s largest travel and tourism exhibition that takes place from May 4-7 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

“The four new hotels join our existing portfolio of five hotels — taking the total number of hotels to nine with 2,279 keys in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and marks a new beginning in our ambitious journey to consolidate Auris as a regional hospitality brand,” Hatem Gasmi, Managing Director of Auris Group of Hotels, says.