As well as its new signings in Europe, Hilton Worldwide, in partnership with Al Habtoor Group, has also announced three new hotels for the Middle East this week.
Two existing hotels in Beirut, Lebanon – the Habtoor Grand and the Metropolitan Palace – are to be rebranded as the 195-room Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand and the 183-room Hilton Beirut Metropolitan Palace, respectively, at the beginning of 2012.
Once open, these will be the first Hilton properties in Lebanon.
The two companies have also signed an agreement to bring the Waldorf Astoria brand to Dubai – the 324-room Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah is expected to open at the end of 2013.
The AED1 billion (US$272 million) hotel is already under construction on the emirate's Palm Jumeirah development. It will be the second of its brand in the UAE, following the opening of the Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah at the end of 2012.
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