Luxury hotel market in UAE booming, more growth coming on lower end


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The memories of Dubai boom-and-bust cycle is too recent, but will the UAE market bear this hyper-development this time?

Out of 69 upmarket and deluxe brands in the UAE pipeline, 25 are brand debuts within their host emirate, according to research by STR Global revealed by consultancy Christie + Co at the Hotelier Middle East Great GM Debate on September 24. The five-star to five-star-plus brands debuting in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah include W Hotels and Resorts, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Oetker Collection, Millennium Biltmore Hotel,