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Dubai: The St Regis brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide will enter the UAE to manage a new Dh2.2 billion ($600 million) property on Saadiyat Island, the 27-square kilometre island 500 metres off Abu Dhabi.
The five-star St Regis Hotel and Residences Saadiyat Island, to be built and owned by Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) - which is transforming the island into a leisure, residential and cultural destination - will be in the up-scale Saadiyat Beach district.
It will be just a five minutes' drive from the island's planned Cultural District with its Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum and Louvre Abu Dhabi museum.
The St Regis Hotel and Residences Saadiyat Island, which will open in the final quarter of 2009, will flank the 72-par, championship standard Saadiyat Beach Golf Course, which has been designed by golfing legend Gary Player and is the Arabian Gulf's only 'ocean' course having several beach-front holes.
Premier features
The hotel will have 380 guest rooms and suites, all with balconies and either Gulf or golf course views. It will have contemporary interiors making extensive use of natural products, an impressive range of food and beverage outlets, including all-day dining, eight themed restaurants, three lounges and more than 2,800 square metres of meeting and conference space.
Adjoining the hotel, will be a separate St. Regis-branded residence with 280 one-, two- and three- bedroom apartments.
"St. Regis, and its global reputation for personalised service, is a welcome addition to Abu Dhabi's and TDIC's expanding hospitality portfolio."
"Once again, TDIC has demonstrated its ability to partner with world-class brands to deliver on its corporate ethos of best-of-breed practices," said Mubarak Al Muhairi, director-general of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and managing director of TDIC.
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