Spanish hotel group Sol Melia has announced plans to open its first hotel in Dubai and the UAE, the Melia Dubai, in January 2011.
The new-build luxury hotel in Dubai will be located in Al Raffa, Bur Dubai, opposite Port Rashid and near the financial and cultural centre of Dubai.
It will offer 167 rooms, 300sq metres of event space, a fine-dining restaurant, the Tapas Gastro Bar, a Euro-Asian fusion restaurant, several bars, a business centre and spa.