Arabtec wins Syria hotel project

Dubai: Arabtec has been awarded the contract for the construction of the Yasmeen Rotana Hotel, owned by Al Fajr SA of Syria.

Yasmeen Rotana is a 5-star hotel valued at over $120 million (Dh440.4 million) with a construction value of approximately $67 million.

The 5-star hotel is the first of many projects to be developed by Bena Properties, a member of Cham Holding and the parent company of Al Fajr SA of Syria.

Yasmeen Rotana is loc-ated in Mazzeh on the Damascus-Beirut highway, 15 minutes from the heart of Damascus and only 35 minutes from Damascus International Airport.

The hotel will feature 338 rooms including three executive floors and three restaurants offering some of the world's most popular cuisine, as well as an executive lounge, a 600-seat banquet hall, six meeting rooms, a spa, a fitness centre with swimming pool, a sky bar and a cigar lounge.

Riad Kamal, CEO of Arabtec Holding said, 'We are very excited about our new project in Syria. Our first project, the 8th Gate for Emaar-Syria Invest Group Overseas (IGO) is almost complete, and we are targeting this market aggressively.'