The Ritz is coming to west Cairo: Real estate developer Palm Hills and hotel brand Marriott will set up an EGP 4 bn luxury hotel in west Cairo — Ritz-Carlton Palm Hills — under an agreement inked between the two sides yesterday.

In detail: The hotel will be located in PHD’s Palm Hills October development, and include 150 rooms and 50 apartments as well as a number of amenities including restaurants, gyms, and swimming pools. It will create 45k jobs during the construction period and 600 when it’s up and running. The hotel should be fully operational in 2027.

Marriott in Egypt: The company has 17 hotels across the country, including a single Ritz-Carlton hotel located in downtown overlooking the Nile.

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