Overview

The 248 room Sharjah Marriott Resort & Spa is a new resort under development by Marriott International in the UAE. The resort is likely to be launched by 2009.

Owned by His Highness, Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohamed Al-Thani, the resort will be situated on a 20,500-square meter beachfront site on the “corniche”, close to the border between Sharjah and the Emirate of Ajman. The resort will have three restaurants and a non-alcoholic lobby lounge, a cigar lounge and a pool café and grill. Its lobby will feature Marriott's new open-space “great room” concept. For social events and conferences, the resort will have 16,054 square feet of meeting space and six additional meeting rooms. Other amenities will include a full spa, a health and leisure club, an outdoor themed swimming pool for families with an adjacent kids' playground/crèche area, and a water sports/leisure center.

Mariott International is in different stages of development of 10 different hotel, resort and apartment properties in emirates of UAE. In 2009, the company will open and manage eight hotels in the UAE and will make its entry into the emirates of Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah. With the addition of these eight hotels in the UAE, the Marriott International lodging portfolio in the country will more than double in terms of properties and rooms.