Le Méridien Hotels Middle East In $200m Upgrade

Starwood Hotels and Resorts has announced plans for a $200 million renovation strategy for all its Le Méridien hotels in the Middle East and Africa.

The U.S. hotel operator – whose global headquarters relocated to its Grosvenor House hotel in Dubai for the whole of March after the group’s president and CEO, Frits van Paasschenwill, said it was impossible to run a global business “from a boardroom in Connecticut” – will upgrade 13 of its resorts in the region over the next three years.

Brian Povinelli, global brand leader of the group’s Le Méridien and Westin brands, said: “Since acquiring Le Méridien in 2005, Starwood and its hotel ownership groups have made a tremendous effort to enhance and create a consistent portfolio around the world.

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