Located in the Dammam Business Park, the 159-room hotel has direct access to the Alkhobar-Dammam highway and is only 25 minutes drive from King Fahd International Airport and 20 minutes to downtown Alkhobar.
The hotel expects to cover all markets with appeal to business travelers, groups and families traveling to Dammam for shopping or short city breaks.
“The Novotel Dammam hotel is the newest addition to Accor’s current network of 11 properties in the Kingdom and aims to serve both business and leisure travelers; offering a simple, well-designed, modern hotel as well as superior facilities and services,” said Christophe Landais, managing director of Accor Middle East.
“The opening of our new property, Novotel Dammam Business Park, is an important milestone for us. It signals our initial partnership with Accor, one of the world’s most respected hotel operators,” said Sami bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Hokair of the Al-Hokair Group for Tourism and Development.
“We trust in their extensive experience in managing world-class hotels and we believe that this new hotel will perform successfully. It represents an exciting opportunity for Al-Hokair Group to introduce its distinctive portfolio of world-class hotels.”
According to Novotel Dammam Hotel General Manager Najib Erraiss, among the hotel’s 159 rooms are 22 suites and 29 superior rooms along with two special-needs rooms.
“Many of the rooms are interconnected and suitable for families with young children. All rooms feature IDD telephones, satellite flat screen TV, high-speed Internet and WiFi connections, as well as 24-hour laundry service and all-day snack service,” he said.
The opening follows Accor’s recent agreements for two new hotels in Jeddah and two properties under construction in Riyadh and Yanbu.
The new hotel is part of a planned network of 15 Novotel hotels in the region, including nine hotels with 2,030 rooms in operation, and six hotels with an additional 1,590 rooms in development in Syria and the UAE.
At the end of its current expansion plans Accor Middle East will have a total of 76 hotels throughout the region.
