Nakheel has opened the first of two new hotels at Ibn Battuta Mall which is currently undergoing a AED 700mn ($190.5mn) expansion.
The 372-room Premier Inn, which is directly connected to both the mall and the Ibn Battuta Metro station, is the second of 14 Dubai hotels that Nakheel has in its AED3bn hospitality portfolio following the opening of the first at Dragon Mart earlier this year.
Premier Inn is also the operating partner for Nakheels second hotel at Dragon Mart, due to open in 2018.
Nakheel chairman Ali Rashid Lootah said: Our huge hotel expansion is rapidly gathering pace, and I am delighted to declare Premier Inn Dubai Ibn Battuta officially open and ready for business.
This is one of 14 projects in our hotel pipeline that will bring more than 5,200 new hotel rooms to Dubai by 2020, which in turn will contribute significantly to realising the Governments tourism vision.
Ibn Battuta Mall welcomes more than 20 million visitors a year and boasts over 400 shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. Another 500 stores, a second cinema complex, a further hotel and a new multi-storey car park are on the way as part of the malls expansion.
Nakheels hospitality portfolio features a diverse range of accommodation, including luxury projects on Palm Jumeirah, all-inclusive beach resorts at Deira Islands and mid-range hotels attached to the developers major shopping malls.