Steigenberger signs InterCityHotel in Salalah
Steigenberger Hotel Group vice president Middle East Siegfried Nierhaus has said “the future is mid-market” after signing a deal for a mid-market property in Salalah.
The deal was signed at Arabian Travel Market 2016, and Nierhaus told Hotelier Middle East that the firm’s mid-market brand, InterCityHotel, will open its first hotel in the region with a 70-room Salalah property in July 2016.
Nierhaus said: “We just signed InterCityHotel in Oman, which will open in July. We will open the first InterCityHotel in the region in Salalah.”
The property, owned by Al Sidra Company, will have two F&B outlets and a rooftop pool. Nierhaus added: “This is the first international mid-market branded hotel in the south of Oman.”