Al Ghurair Contracting and Engineering Works has broken ground on a AED176mn ($48mn) hotel at Dragon City
The ground-breaking ceremony, led by Nakheel Chairman Ali Rashid Lootah, comes less than two weeks after Nakheel awarded a contract worth AED 136mn to build the 304-room Premier Inn.
It will be Nakheels second hotel at Dragon City. The first, a 251-room ibis Styles hotel, opened in February 2016.
Set for delivery in 2019, Premier Inn Dragon City is the latest project in Nakheels AED 5bn hospitality expansion.
Last week, the company confirmed new hotels at Jumeirah Village Circle and Discovery Gardens, bringing its number of hospitality projects to 18.