Hotel room boom:
Gearing up for tourist season Formula One week starts next Monday and to capitalise on the event several new properties are set to open their doors. Learn More
Rocco Forte
Stars: *****
The Dh600m wave-shaped property near Zayed Sports City is the first hotel under the Rocco Forte brand in the Middle East. The hotel is scheduled to open on Monday. The 281-room property will have seven restaurants and bars, including Chinese and Japanese restaurants and South American-themed bar. It also has "a cocktail bar that appears, from the outside, to be suspended mid-air". The hotel has 400 employees. Promotional rates on the website are about Dh1,200 per room.
Return to the main story here.