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Movenpick Hotels & Resorts is gaining another foothold in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as the company has signed a management contract for a first-class city resort in the heart of the city of Al Ain with the owning company Sorouh Real Estate PJSC. The Movenpick Resort Al Ain is scheduled to open at the end of 2010.
"The city of Al Ain is an important part of our expansion plans in the United Arab Emirates, where our intention is to complete a number of projects also outside Dubai," explains Andreas Mattmuller, Senior Vice President Movenpick Hotels & Resorts Middle East & Asia. "And we’re delighted to have found such a strong partner in Sorouh Real Estate PJSC for this exceptional hotel."
"Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has acquired an outstanding reputation as a leading hotel chain with high service and quality standards in the Middle East. We’re very pleased to have the opportunity of partnering with the international Swiss premium hotel group and to add a hotel development to our extensive portfolio", says Saeed Eid Al Ghafli, Chairman of Sorouh Real Estate PJSC.
"We see a great deal of potential in the United Arab Emirates and are looking to the future with confidence," says Jean Gabriel Peres, President & CEO Movenpick Hotels & Resorts. "With the Movenpick Hotel Bur Dubai now outstandingly well established, a total of twelve new properties are currently under construction in the United Arab Emirates, eight of them in Dubai alone."
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