Rotana to open second five-star hotel in Egypt

The UAE’s Rotana Hotel Management Corporation is launching a new 200-room five-star hotel in New Cairo, 4 Hoteliers reports. According to the announcement, made at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai, the new management agreement will raise the company’s total rooms in Egypt to 726. “The announcement of our second five-star hotel in Egypt rightly reflects the rising market demand in the country and the wider region,” says President and CEO Omer Kaddouri. Chairman Nasser Al Nowais had said in February that the company would operate a new hotel in New Cairo’s Fifth Settlement without naming the hotel or its owner, but said it was under construction and would take one to three years to complete.