Dubai: Hilton Worldwide, a US-based hotel chain, said on Monday that it has signed a management agreement with the hospitality division of the Mohammad Omar Bin Haider Holding Group to open a hotel in Dubai World Central (DWC).
The upscale 535-room Hilton Dubai World Central is set to open in 2019.
“Across the Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide expects to open an average of one hotel per month over the course of the next few years and plans to more than double our portfolio here in Dubai,” Rudi Jagersbacher, president for the Middle East and Africa at Hilton, said in a statement.
The Expo 2020, an event that is expected to attract 25 million visitors, will be located in DWC.
Other hotel chains that have signed properties in the area include Starwood Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental Hotels Group and Millennium and Copthorne Hotels.
“This partnership feeds into DWC’s wider vision to develop a robust hospitality offering that supports Dubai’s ambition to become a global tourism hub and welcome 20 million tourists into the emirate by 2020,” Mohammed Al Awadhi, vice president of real estate at DWC, said in the statement.
”We anticipate considerable demand for hotel accommodation not only from passenger flows at the Al Maktoum International Airport and the Expo 2020, but also from business travellers associated with the wider DWC community,” he added.
