More budget and mid-market hotel brands will arrive in Dubai as the emirate looks for significant increases in tourists over the next few years, an industry expert has said.
Nearly 40 percent of the Dubai?s existing room supply are in luxury or upper-upscale hotels with only 10 percent in the upper-midscale and midscale segments.
John Podaras, partner at Hotel Development Resources, said Dubai?s hotel offering will also become increasingly more specialised.
Podaras said in comments published by Hotel News Now: ?The increasing numbers of visitors will definitely see a proliferation of new mid-market and budget arrivals, something that the market has been talking about for a long time now.
“What should be interesting to see is whether the European and US trend towards the trendy lifestyle element of the new batch of midmarket and budget brands such as Motel One, Moxy Hotels, Citizen M etc, manage to make the transition to the Middle East.?
Dubai?s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing recently pledged to scrap the 10 percent municipality fee for 3- and 4-star hotels built between now and 2017.
His comments come just days after Dubai successfully bid to host the World Expo in 2020.
The six-month Expo is expected to draw 25 million visitors with anywhere from 5,000 to 12,000 extra rooms needed to be developed.
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