Renaissance Doha Hotel
Doha, Qatar

The 257-room Renaissance Doha Hotel (2008) is a new hotel under development by Marriott International in Doha. The Renaissance Doha hotel is likely to be launched by 2008.

About Marriott in Middle East

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

About Doha

Doha is the capital of Qatar and country's largest city, with over 80% of the nation's population residing in Doha or its suburbs. The economic center of the country, Doha is home to the Education City, an area devoted to research and education. Doha's demographics are unusual as the majority of residents in the city are expatriates, the largest portion being from South Asian countries.

Doha is home to the headquarters of the country's largest oil and gas companies, including Qatar Petroleum, Qatar as and RasGas. Doha's economy is built on the revenue the country has made from its oil & natural gas industries, and the Qatari government is rapidly trying to diversify the Qatari economy in order to move away from this dependence on oil. As a result, Doha is currently experiencing a very large boom, with the city developing very rapidly - this is mostly the result of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa's modernization program.