United Arab Emirates-based Time Hotels will reveal its plans to open eight new properties across the Middle East and the Indian Ocean over the next 18 months.

Time Hotels is set to announce plans to open five new properties across the Middle East during 2019 – as it targets 35 properties by 2025. The properties, which will see the growth and launch of existing as well as new Time Hotel brands to key territories throughout the region, will be unveiled during Arabian Travel Market.

Time Hotels Management has announced the signing of a new agreement to operate Dunes Hotel Apartments’ three properties located in Dubai. Time Dunes Hotel Apartment Al Barsha comprises 83 rooms, while Time Dunes Hotel Apartments Al Qusais features 108 rooms and Time Dunes Hotel Apartments Oud Metha has 80 rooms in total.

UAE-headquartered Time Hotels Management is set to launch its first beach resort hotel in Egypt, Time Nozha Aqua Park Hotel & Resort, a four-star property located in Ras Sudr, on Egypt’s Red Sea coast.

Breaking Travel News editor Chris O’Toole speaks to Mohamed Awadalla, chief executive of Time Hotels. Speaking at the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference in Ras al Khaimah, he tells us about his plans for the northern most emirate and the need for a sharp increase in mid-market accommodation in the Middle East more generally.

Time Hotels, the UAE-headquartered hospitality company and hotel operator, is set to announce plans to open ten new properties across the Middle East by quarter four of 2018.