Millennium Hotels Plans Expansion in Middle East and North Africa

Millennium Hotels & Resorts has opened regional headquarters in Abu Dhabi and announced plans to add 35 hotels in the Middle East and North Africa region in the next five years. The company plans to expand through management contracts for its three brands: Millennium in the five-star category, Copthorne in the four-star segment and Kingsgate as the upper three-star brand. The Kingsgate brand is currently found throughout Australia and New Zealand and in the next few months will be introduced in Abu Dhabi. Millennium also signed a management contract for a new 218-room hotel in Doha, slated to open in September.