Ritz Carlton awards extension contract in Dubai

* United Arab Emirates: 23 hours, 42 minutes ago

Dubai property developer Union Properties has awarded a local firm a $68m contract for the extension work at the Ritz Carlton hotel at Dubai Marina, Meed has reported. The extension will cover a total area of 36,000 square metres and increase the capacity of the hotel by 163 rooms to bring the total number of rooms to 301. The works will also add 10 private dining rooms to the complex. The extension project is estimated to be completed in two years.

http://www.ameinfo.com/244206.html

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It's already under construction - they started about 4 weeks ago.

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Is this all contained within the existing plot or is it on the plot that was designated as a beach club?

This shot i catch it within plot close to beach club plot (near by Le Méridien hotel ) opposite to opera shop at JBR...

it's like edge (NEW RITZ HOTEL) to edge (Beach Club1) location .

let's hope they will worked side by side :)

How many floors is this going to be now?

not more then 5 floors !

cool! where's the location?

Just don't know when to stop. :ohno:

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This is a low rise no higher than existing Ritz and on the same grounds as they are large. In my opinion the RC is long overdue a make over and this will do no harm to surrounding area.
It will look good when finished.

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Their 2 year completion date is going to be more like 4, any why you need 163 extra rooms when by the end of 2011 their is going to be hundreds of hotel rooms empty across Dubai?

And the Ritz is very very pricy, Ive heard is starts around 300 usd a night and goes to the thousands for presidential rooms

Early/Oct/2010

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thanks guys :)

I'm just glad that this space will be used for another low rise structure. I am wondering now if the 90 floor tower in front of Al Fattan will go ahead, hopefully not!

Their 2 year completion date is going to be more like 4, any why you need 163 extra rooms when by the end of 2011 their is going to be hundreds of hotel rooms empty across Dubai?

And the Ritz is very very pricy, Ive heard is starts around 300 usd a night and goes to the thousands for presidential rooms

I'm guessing you've never stayed at ANY of the beachfront hotels? Try and find any one of them for under $300USD per night and you will have been lucky.

not true at all,

I can go to a beachfront hotel in Dubai Marina starting at 180 a night ,
The Ritz has always been more expensive than other hotels and in my view also overpriced, especially in Dubai Marina where we have allot of luxury hotels now and upcoming.

You've done better than me then, which beachfront hotel can you get for 180 a night? The cheapest I've found recently is the Mina Seyahi but not at the rate you mentioned. In the past, ive only ever found this rate at the old oasis beach hotel. I've never found this rate at the Hilton, Sheraton, Royal Meridian, Mina Seyahi, Westin or Habtoor.

You must know the manager :lol:

^^dubai_gone is talking about DUBAI MARINA hotels at 180 per night, but they are NOT beach front. However they are CLOSE to the beach.

^^dubai_gone is talking about DUBAI MARINA hotels at 180 per night, but they are NOT beach front. However they are CLOSE to the beach.

That's a whole different ball game.

That's a whole different ball game.

Book a package and you get 1 week at Jumeirah Beach Hotel at 999 EUR incl. flight! It has never been cheaper as now in the never ending Dubai crisis... never ask directly at the hotel... they give you the lousiest prices even if the hotel is nearly empty.

Book a package and you get 1 week at Jumeirah Beach Hotel at 999 EUR incl. flight! It has never been cheaper as now in the never ending Dubai crisis... never ask directly at the hotel... they give you the lousiest prices even if the hotel is nearly empty.

I've never booked direct with the hotel, mostly on internet sights but you normally only see deals like this in the month of August for some reason.....:lol:

Book a package and you get 1 week at Jumeirah Beach Hotel at 999 EUR incl. flight! It has never been cheaper as now in the never ending Dubai crisis... never ask directly at the hotel... they give you the lousiest prices even if the hotel is nearly empty.

This hotel is old and past its best. it is for tourists that wear football tops and drink lager. quite expensive for loutish hotel.
what crisis are you referring to? the one where it is almost impossible to book a good room because all the good hotels are booked 100%.
when was the last time you were in dubai. i go there 2 wks of every month and don't see what you see.

Le Royal Meridien.... besides that its like half the price of the ritz its also rated number 1 hotel in dubai, in comparison the so called 7 star burj al arab is number 18, the price of a the hotel doesent mean anything when it comes to quality in dubai, much like the skyscrapers, tall but crappy finishing from inside to outside.

http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g295424-d301584-Reviews-Le_Royal_Meridien_Beach_Resort_Spa-Dubai.html


in August you can book the Le Royal Meriden for 150-160, probebly now its like 200-220

I use this hotel all the time and you are correct it is one of the best hotels. It is currently £280 for a seaview room with breakfast. You can get it for £125 in the summer. It us £400 at Christmas/new year.
There is no better all round hotel and I have stayed in all of them.

The addition to the Ritz doesn't have to be a high rise building to be unfavorable. Just the mere addition of another structure, in an already crowded area, is reason enough.

Construction Update

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C/U

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/65771/

not a very good picture, but it gives you an idea of what they are building!

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/966/img0337tu.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/i/img0337tu.jpg/)

04/February/2011

Ritz Carlton Extension

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nice composition, altin

catchy !!!

11/March/2011

Ritz Carlton extension

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03/May/2011

Ritz Carlton extension

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Courtesy of Timelapse Middle East (http://timelapse.ae/)

Md6LimlxVWY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md6LimlxVWY

Courtesy of Timelapse Middle East (http://timelapse.ae/)


Timelapse Company and they are using my pic on their website:)

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:cheers:

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Roof trusses going on

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T/O :eek:

T/O :eek:


I wouldn't say that just yet.... the middle section which is possibly the highest like the rest of the ritz has yet to recieve its roof trusses. Won't be too long now

any updates here ?

any pictures?

They started putting the roof tiles on last week so hopefully not that long until the exterior is complete.

Thanks Imre

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Crop from the original pic:

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Wow, you can see the construction on the beach club as well. And from the photo which is not cropped you can see the extension of the air field of Dubai Sky Dive.

Wow, you can see the construction on the beach club as well. And from the photo which is not cropped you can see the extension of the air field of Dubai Sky Dive.

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21/January/2012

Ritz Carlton extension

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As seen on the first photo: The beach Club is coming along, too.