Nakheel, AccorHotels sign agreement for ibis hotel at Jumeirah Village Circle

Nakheel and AccorHotels have signed a management agreement for ibis Dubai Jumeirah Village Circle, further strengthening their strategic partnership for Dubai hospitality projects.
The agreement was signed by Nakheel chairman, Ali Rashid Lootah, and Olivier Granet, MD and chief operating officer for AccorHotels Middle East & Africa, and is the third collaboration between the two companies. A month ago, Raffles was announced as the brand for the luxury hotel and residences at Palm 360 on Palm Jumeirah, and Nakheel's 251-room hotel at Dragon Mart, which opened in 2016, is also managed by AccorHotels, under the ibis Styles brand.
Located inside the eastern edge of the sprawling Jumeirah Village Circle community, the 252-room ibis hotel will provide an economy hospitality offering, with an all-day restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, café, fitness centre, meeting room and car park. The hotel will span 126,000 square feet across 16 floors, and is expected to open in 2021.
"Our hospitality business continues to go from strength to strength, as we design and deliver a diverse range of hotels, resorts and serviced residences at key locations across Dubai, and partner with world-leading hotel brands to bring new hospitality concepts to the emirate. I am delighted to further reinforce our partnership with AccorHotels for the ibis hotel at Jumeirah Village Circle," Ali Rashid Lootah said.
Olivier Granet added: "Following the recent announcement of the Raffles brand on the iconic Palm Jumeirah with Palm 360, as well as our operation of ibis Styles Dragon Mart, we value this successful relationship and recognise Nakheel's far-reaching vision of further enhancing Dubai as a world-class destination.
The JVC hotel is one of 17 projects in Nakheel's Dh5 billion hospitality expansion programme, under which some 6,000 new rooms and hotel apartments will be delivered across Dubai in line with the Government of Dubai's tourism vision. Two are already operational, with the rest at various stages of construction and development.
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