Rotana will showcase its key upcoming properties at Arabian Travel Market, the region’s premier travel and tourism event which starts today. Rotana is preparing to open 17 new properties before the end of 2018, adding more than 4,500 keys to the company’s existing room count.

Omar Kaddouri, chief executive of Rotana Hotels, talks to Breaking Travel News about the group’s first hotel in sub-Saharan Africa, the target of operating 100 hotels by 2020, and its continued growth in the United Arab Emirates.

The Rotana group features numerous brands in their portfolio, including the ‘value for money’ and some might say the business focused Centro hotels. Phil Blizzard, in Dubai, takes look at what the multi-award winning group has to offer with this category of hotels by visiting the Centro Barsha.

Breaking Travel News talks to Omer Kaddouri, president, Rotana at World Travel Market 2016. Rotana is making strong headway with its ambitious vision of operating 100 hotels by 2020. Here Kaddouri discusses the group’s robust development pipeline in 2017 and shares details regarding a number of new openings in the year to come.

Rotana has officially announced the opening of Centro Shaheen Jeddah, the group’s first property under the “Centro by Rotana” brand to open in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. SHUAA Capital is the Fund Manager and Developer of this joint project.Located on Madinah Road, just 20 minutes away from King Abdulaziz International Airport, Centro Shaheen offers 252 contemporary designed rooms and studios with stylish bathrooms, the latest technology and in-room entertainment options.

Christian Baudat, area general manager, Rotana, speaks to Breaking Travel News about the growth of the brand over its near two decade existence.