140 New Hotels To Open In Dubai By 2016

The hotel development pipeline in the Middle East and Africa includes 573 rooms Hotels with 137.193 as of March This Year, According to the latest report by STR Global, a hotel research firm.
This year is expected to see the opening of 125 Hotels with 27,775 rooms, as per the report. The unaffiliated segment is likely to add 7,803 rooms in 30 hotels, followed by the upper upscale segment (6,559 rooms) and the luxury segment (5,980 rooms), as per the firm's Estimates.


STR Global forecasts 130 Hotels with 32,142 rooms to open by next year. The majority of the rooms is likely to be in the upper upscale segment (12,507 rooms), followed by the upscale segment (7,689 rooms) and the luxury segment (4,575 rooms).

As of February, there Were 16,627 rooms under construction in the UAE, According to STR Global's construction pipeline report for the month.

Dubai currently has a stock of 612 Hotels with 85,000 rooms, According to data by the Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing. By the end of 2016, the emirate is expected to see an additional 140 hotels and 30,000 rooms.

Hotels That opened in the emirate last year include The Oberoi, Sofitel Conrad Dubai and The Palm Dubai. By the end of this year, Warwick Hotel Sofitel Dubai and Downtown Dubai, Among other properties, are expected to be open.

The hotel development pipeline in the Middle East and Africa includes 573 rooms Hotels with 137.193 as of March This Year, According to the latest report by STR Global, a hotel research firm.
This year is expected to see the opening of 125 Hotels with 27,775 rooms, as per the report. The unaffiliated segment is likely to add 7,803 rooms in 30 hotels, followed by the upper upscale segment (6,559 rooms) and the luxury segment (5,980 rooms), as per the firm's Estimates.

STR Global forecasts 130 Hotels with 32,142 rooms to open by next year. The majority of the rooms is likely to be in the upper upscale segment (12,507 rooms), followed by the upscale segment (7,689 rooms) and the luxury segment (4,575 rooms).

As of February, there Were 16,627 rooms under construction in the UAE, According to STR Global's construction pipeline report for the month.

Dubai currently has a stock of 612 Hotels with 85,000 rooms, According to data by the Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing. By the end of 2016, the emirate is expected to see an additional 140 hotels and 30,000 rooms.

Hotels That opened in the emirate last year include The Oberoi, Sofitel Conrad Dubai and The Palm Dubai. By the end of this year, Warwick Hotel Sofitel Dubai and Downtown Dubai, Among other properties, are expected to be open.

IRENA Discusses Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) began on Tuesday the seventh meeting of the Council in Abu Dhabi, to discuss climate change, socio-economic benefits of renewable energy and ways to accelerate their implementation in developed economies.


The meeting in the capital of the United Arab Emirates attended by a record number of delegates from 96 countries, to evaluate progress of IRENA in its biennial programming cycle.
"The challenge is that renewable energy, along with energy efficiency, is seen as central to tackling climate change," said the Director General of IRENA, Adnan Z. Amin, installing the Council of Abu Dhabi.

The latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change UN warns of adverse consequences if action is not taken now. The report noted that triple or even quadruple the share of renewable energies in the Global 2050 Energy Plan is a central part of the solution to the problem of global warming.

"No country can tackle the challenges facing the world to meet growing energy needs, lifting people out of poverty and face the existential threat that climate change poses to us all," Amin said.

IRENA last month announced the expansion of permanent representatives accredited to the body. The ambassadors of the UAE from Turkey, Iraq and Iran presented his credentials to the Director General of the Agency. New permanent representatives in addition to the twelve other diplomats from countries that are already accredited in the Emirati capital.

The IRENA Council is composed of 21 members elected on a rotational basis of the growing membership of the Agency. In just over three years, the number of IRENA members has doubled to 131 members, reflecting a growing international interest in renewable energies and commitments of the country to participate in international cooperation in this matter.

During the inaugural session of the seventh session of the IRENA, spoke Massachusetts governor in the United States, Deval Patrick, who emphasized the role played in the economy of their state renewable energy and the creation offered an association with members of IRENA to combat climate change.Source : Emirati News Agency