DUBAI, UAE Accor SA will open six hotels in the Arabian Gulf monarchies, in an effort to cash in on the region s expanding tourist industry, according to a recent Bloomberg report. Accor will open three hotels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), two of them in Dubai. A third luxury Sofitel hotel will be in al-Ain, 95 minutes east of Abu Dhabi city. Two more will open in Saudi Arabia one in Mecca and the other in the capital, Riyadh. The sixth will be in Bahrain. (5/1/01)
SOURCE:Bloomberg