Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announces plans to debut the first St Regis hotel in Jordan. Owned by Al Maabar Abdoun Real Estate Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Maabar International Investments Abu Dhabi, The St. Regis Amman and The Residences at St. Regis Amman will become a landmark attraction in the city’s affluent Abdoun district. Scheduled to open in 2014, the new St. Regis Amman will provide guests an entrance into a captivating world of opulence offering a unique expression of its location.
According to Roeland Vos, President of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, EAME, Jordan represents a key strategic growth market with diverse offerings that complement Starwood’s range of brands, “We are honoured to be working with Al Maabar as we debut our St. Regis brand in Jordan, underlining our confidence in the market as a luxury tourism destination and a regional corporate hub.”
With design concepts by New York-based Perkins Eastman Architects, The St. Regis Amman will feature 270 luxuriously appointed guest rooms, including 91 suites, four restaurants, a café, destination bar, pool and pool bar, fitness centre and signature spa. The hotel will also comprise more than 2,800 square metres of ultra-modern meeting and event space, a business centre. The Residences at St. Regis Amman will include approximately 80 branded luxurious residences featuring two-, three-, four- and five-bedrooms as well as a dedicated lobby, pool, fitness centre and lounge.
This mixed-use development project will also include exclusive boutiques that will feature some of the most prominent international brands. They will be located on the podium level of the development, comprising approximately 25 high-end shops.
This project will extend the Starwood portfolio in Jordan, where the company currently operates Sheraton and Le Méridien hotels and has three additional properties in the pipeline. Starwood is scheduled to open four additional St. Regis hotels in the region in the next three years in Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
