IHG Signs Deal for InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort in Oman

InterContinental Hotels Group and Muscat Golf Course Project LLC have signed a 20-year management agreement for the InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort in Oman.

Signed during the 2012 Arabian Hotel Investment Conference in Dubai, the hotel will form part of the Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club – a 1.2 million square metre development set in a unique hillside location with spectacular panoramic mountain and sea views over the Gulf of Oman.

Muscat Hills is a mixed use development with upscale residential villas and apartments, an 18-hole championship golf course, country club and hotel.

InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort will have a total of 250-rooms and four food and beverage outlets, a fitness centre, spa and swimming pool.

The InterContinental team will also manage the golf Club House located next door to the hotel. The hotel and Club House are due to open in 2015 and the project is projected to be worth a total of $90 Million (35 million Omani Riyals).

Jan Smits, IHG’s Chief Executive for Asia, Middle East and Africa, said, “The Muscat Hills development is already proving a great success and we were eager to become a part of it. InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort will be a new type of resort for Muscat, offering guests a range of sporting facilities in a spectacular setting. This hotel will be a fantastic addition to our growing portfolio in Oman and we look forward to its opening in 2015.”

IHG currently has four hotels in Oman: InterContinental Muscat, Crowne Plaza Muscat, Crowne Plaza Sohar and Crowne Plaza Salalah. The company has three further hotels in the development pipeline, which when opened will nearly double the number of rooms in the country under IHG’s brands.

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