The 300-room JW Marriott Aqaba Resort in Jordan is a new hotel under development by Marriott International in the UAE. The hotel is likely to be launched by 2009.

The Marriott International Middle East lodging portfolio will increase by 54 per cent over the next 36 months as the company adds 16 hotels offering 3,515 rooms through 2010. The Middle East growth is part of Marriott International’s global strategy to increase its hotel portfolio by 85,000 to 100,000 rooms over the next three years with nearly a third of this growth coming from outside the US and Canada. Half of Marriott International’s new Middle Eastern hotel openings will be in the UAE