Millennium & Copthorne set up its Middle East and North Africa division in 2002, and since then it has continued to expand in the region by securing management contracts for 30 properties.
1As part of this expansion, Millennium & Copthorne is to become the first international hotel chain to operate in Iraq.
The Singapore-based company has signed management contracts with Iraq-based Faruk Group Holding (FGH) for the development of three hotels in Sulemania, northern Iraq: a 100-room Tara hotel, a 140-room Copthorne hotel and a 254-room Grand Millennium property.
FGH are reported to be investing US$120 million in the Grand Millennium project.
1 Nine of which are operation and another 21 are under construction
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