Upcoming Projects and New Places Opening in Lebanon
Ski resort and hotel in Ehden
Europtima the French consulting firm will re-launch its ski-resort project. Covering 15 million m2, the 60 million dollar project will include hotels and chalets to accommodate 800 beds.
Kempinski Hotels in Raouche
A $100 million 270-room 5-star hotel by the Lebanese United Real Estate Company and Horizon for Real Estate Development and to be managed by Kempinski, will be built in the Raouche area of the country’s capital Beirut.
www.kempinski.com
Ski resort and hotel in Ehden
Europtima the French consulting firm will re-launch its ski-resort project. Covering 15 million m2, the 60 million dollar project will include hotels and chalets to accommodate 800 beds.
286 villas for Bhamdoun
A $280 million development project on a one million m2 land plot in Bhamdoun has been announced by Gulf Glory Holding Co., a Kuwaiti company and will take five years to be completed. The three-phase project entails developing 286 villas and a five-star hotel.
Tel: +961 3 617610
Royal Hotels & Resort’s Hotel de Charme’s
Hotel De Charme is scheduled to open in Wadi Abou Jmil. The project will include 150 rooms and suites, an auditorium, bar, health club and banquet room
Tel: +961 1 445170
Majid Al Futtaim’s expansion
Majid Al-Futtaim Group is to open a commercial and tourist project in Lebanon. The $800 million project will include a five-star hotel and Carrefour commercial center. The group is expanding its business after the Wave project in the Sultanate of Oman.
www.majidalfuttaim.com
Alabadiyah Hills, Resort & Villas
Management Co.: Kempinski Hotels & Resorts
Operator: IFA Hotels & Resorts
The project will have 12 private villas, 33 townhouses and 220 luxury apartments, swimming pool, tennis court, spa and beauty clinic.
www.abadiyahhills.com
Rodin, Hotel, Ain Al Mreisseh
Owner: Fawaz Al Hessawi
Architect: Mohamed Al Wattar
Contractor: United Cont & Eng
Contact Person: Nagi Maalouf
75 rooms
Tel: +961 3 775677
The Land Mark, Hotel
Owner: Land Mark and ACA
Architect: Ets. Khatib and Alami
Contact: Ziad El Chaar
The project will consist of 288 rooms over 21 floors, furnished apartments, swimming pool, health club & cinema
Investment: $200 million
Opening: to be determined
www.landmarklb.com
Natour Development
Owner: Jacques Sarraf, Maurice Fadel & Mohammad Safadi
Architect: Samir Khairallah & Partners
Resort & hotel, golf course, spa, bungalows and marina
Opening: to be determined
Tel: +961 1 885820
Beirut Palace Resort
Choueifat, Main road, old Saida Street
Owner: Faysal Awad
Opening: to be determined
Tel: +961 1 319419
Grand Hyatt, Hotel
Hyatt International (management)
Opening: to be determined
www.hyatt.com
Business Hotel, Hamra
Owner: Sheikh Walid Assaf
Cons. & Cont.: Antoine Yammine
84 rooms
Investment: $3.6 million
Green Paradise Hotel, Baalbeck
Owner: Mustapha Osman
Consultant: Ali Kanso
350 rooms
Investment: US $ 2.5 million
Tel: +961 8 375000
Al Nour Hotel, Tannourine
Owner: Wissam Harb
Civil Engineer: Fadi Harb
11 rooms
Specifications: restaurant and night club
Investment: $500,000
Tel: +961 3 865455
Hotel
Batroun
Owner & Architect: Maroun Chaccour
34 rooms
Tel: +961 9 945791
New Beach Resort, Jieh
Owner: Samir & Kido Nakhle
Project Engineer: Naef Maalouf
Consultant & Architect: Ahmad Issa
160 cabanas
Specifications: three swimming pools
Investment: US $ 1 million
Tel: +961 3 995600
Hilton Hotel, BCD
Owner: Siwa
250 rooms
Tel: +961 1 510110
Opening: 2010
www.hilton.com
New Hotel, Baalbeck
Owner: Abdallah Chucur
Consultant & Architect: Ali Hoteit
20 rooms
Tel: +961 3 221406
Sun Hill Hotel, Adma
Owner: Sun House Vacation (Albert Hadchity)
Contact Person: Fares Haddad
120 rooms, three restaurants, health club, night club and coffee shop
Tel: +961 3 815616
Boutique Hotel, BCD
Owner: Tony Salame
100 rooms
Tel: +961 1 994994
Ruby Tuesday to open 25 restaurants
Ruby Tuesday announced plans for the development of 25 restaurants in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and the UAE. The restaurants will be developed and operated by the National Arabic Co. for Restaurant Management of Kuwait City (NAC) and will open over the next seven years. Ruby Tuesday has been expanding its franchise presence in the Middle East for the past six years.
www.rubytuesday.com