ROCCO Forte Hotel Abu Dhabi, the first hotel in the Middle East from Europe’s leading luxury hotel brand Rocco Forte Hotels, is now open for bookings. The visually striking wave-shaped glass building, set to become a new urban landmark, will open its doors on November 7, 2011. The hotel has 281 bedrooms as well as four restaurants, two bars, a large spa, stunning ballroom and meeting rooms. A third bar will open in December.
With interiors designed by Olga Polizzi and KCA International, and architecture by WS Atkins and Partners, the spectacular eleven-storey curved glass structure with green and blue glass panels, reflecting the colours of the Arabian Sea, delivers unrivalled European design style to the city. The 28,000 sq m project, developed by UAE’s Al Farida Investments Company in conjunction with Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), is located close to the downtown area, the exhibition centre and Yas Island.
Sir Rocco Forte, chairman and CEO of Rocco Forte Hotels comments: “This is the first Rocco Forte Hotel to open in the Middle East and represents our most architecturally bold property to date.
“Our service quality will match the exceptional design, delivered by a team who aim to bring a new type of luxury experience to customers, with discreet and efficient service as well as a personalised and authentic approach. We expect the hotel to set a new benchmark for luxury in Abu Dhabi ahead of our next four scheduled openings in the region over the next three years.
The generously proportioned guest bedrooms all have large curved glass windows, beautifully designed furniture and contemporary Arab artwork, including framed poetry by Maqam at Adonis. The luxurious 235 sq m Royal Suite offers a large living room, library and office, butler kitchen and two private terraces.
One of the hotel highlights is the Blue Bar, sitting in the suspended sixth floor of an eleven-storey glass atrium, set to become one of the city’s hotspots, boasting unrivalled views of the city and skyline below.
Hotel guests will have the choice of seven elegant restaurants and bars to choose from including the Martin Brudnizki-designed Oro Italian restaurant; the Oceana Grill, a speciality seafood restaurant; Rouge, serving contemporary Japanese and Chinese cuisine and Brown’s Tea Lounge. There will also be a Latin-American-inspired bar, Noche, complete with South–American music and international DJ sets.
For relaxation, guests will have access to a 2,000 sq m spa with separate male and female facilities, indoor swimming pool, traditional wet and dry Hammam, fully-equipped gymnasium, 15 treatment rooms and a yoga/pilates studio.
In addition the hotel has a 25 m outdoor swimming pool, Pool Bar and extensive pool terrace for basking in the desert sun.
opening offer from Dh1,200 ($330) per room, per night including breakfast and a 15 per cent discount on all bars and restaurants in the hotel, valid until December 31, 2011.
“We have strong advance bookings for the hotel including guests from key corporate accounts within the Emirates, VIP visitors for the forthcoming F1, and even our first wedding,” said Hagop Doghramadjian, general manager of Rocco Forte Hotel Abu Dhabi.