Dubai property developer Nakheel has signed a second management agreement with the UK-based Premier Inn, with the latest deal involving a 250-room hotel at its Dragon City development.
The new hotel, scheduled to open in 2018, is part of a master plan to transform the area into a retail, residential and recreational complex spanning more than 11 million square feet.
The Premier Inn property is set to be one of two hotels in the area. The first, to be managed by Accor under the Ibis Styles brand, is complete and due to open this year.
The new Dragon City includes an extra 2.2 million square feet of retail space and a twin-tower residential complex with 1,120 apartments.
Over the next five years Nakheel is planning nine hotels across Dubai. It previously struck an agreement with Premier Inn for a 372-room hotel, currently under construction at Dubai’s Ibn Battuta Mall.