Minor Hotels targets Egypt with 50-property joint venture

Minor Hotels and Sunrise Resorts & Cruises have partnered in a joint venture which aims to open and manage 50 properties across Egypt in the next 10 years.

 

The new hotels will include the debut in Egypt of flagship luxury brand Anantara Hotels & Resorts with developments planned in Cairo, Azha Ras El Hekma on the north Mediterranean coast and Azha Ain Al Sokhna on the Red Sea.

 

Minor will also draw on its experience in river cruises in Asia to deliver River Nile cruises, a speciality of Sunrise which operates seven Nile cruise ships in addition to 27 resorts.

 

The joint venture aims to take advantage of Egypt’s growing tourism sector, with hotspots such as Cairo, Giza and Sharm El Sheikh being joined by a new generation of destinations.

 

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Online travel marketplace Wego recently reported a 12% rise in bookings to Egypt from the GCC over the past year, led by travellers from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, with emerging destinations including Al Alamein and El Gouna.

 

Egypt also hopes that the long-delayed, and anticipated, billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) which is scheduled to fully open this year will attract five million visitors a year.

 

Minor Hotels has more than 560 hotels, resorts and branded residences across 57 countries, with brands including Anantara, The Wolseley Hotels, Tivoli, Minor Reserve Collection, NH Collection, nhow, Avani, NH and Oaks.

 

Minor Hotels has 18 properties in the UAE, including three on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, five in Qatar and two in Oman.

 

With more than 9,000 rooms and five million guests each year, the Sunrise portfolio is predominantly in Egypt but also extends to Greece, Zanzibar and Morocco.

 

For more information, visit minorhotels.com