Premier Inn to manage Ibn Battuta Hotel

Nakheel, a Dubai-based master developer, has signed a management agreement with UK-based Premier Inn for its new, 372-room hotel at Ibn Battuta Mall.

The hotel will form part of Nakheel’s 28,000 square metre expansion of the Ibn Battuta complex. Premier Inn at Ibn Battuta Mall will have a restaurant, bar, Costa coffee shop, rooftop swimming pool and gym, and will be directly linked by a pedestrian bridge to the Dubai Metro station and to the mall. It is scheduled to open in 2016.

Set on a 521,000 square metre site, Ibn Battuta Mall currently has 270 shops, 50 restaurants and a 21-screen cinema.  The expansion will add another 150 shops to the existing complex.
Nakheel is planning nine hotels across Dubai over the next five years.

In April, the developer confirmed that Accor will manage its 250-room Dragon Mart Hotel, currently under construction and due to open this year.

Nakheel is also planning hotels at Deira Islands and International City.

With over 660 hotels, Premier Inn expects to have 85,000 rooms by 2018. There are currently five Premier Inns in the UAE Middle East and three in India, with more under construction and a target for 50 hotels outside the UK by 2018.

Premier Inn Hotels is a joint venture between Whitbread and Emirates Group.

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