Set to Open in Early 2014, the\u00a0Sheraton Dohuk Hotel\u00a0will be the First of Four New Starwood Hotels to Open in\u00a0Iraq\u00a0under the Company\u2019s Sheraton and Aloft Brands<\/i><\/p>\n
DOHUK,\u00a0Iraq—\u00a0Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.\u00a0(NYSE:HOT) has signed an agreement with\u00a0Mase Co LLC, a company managed by\u00a0Brilliant Role Group, to open a new-build Sheraton hotel in Dohuk, in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in northern\u00a0Iraq. Scheduled to debut early next year, the\u00a0Sheraton Dohuk Hotel\u00a0<\/b>will be the first of four new Starwood hotels to open in\u00a0Iraq after 20 years, and will be the first internationally-branded hotel in the emerging city of Dohuk.<\/p>\n
Situated in Dohuk on the border of\u00a0Turkey, the 202-room\u00a0Sheraton Dohuk Hotel\u00a0will be ideally located at the top of a hill with stunning views overlooking the entire city and nearby mountains. The hotel will feature an all-day dining venue, a signature restaurant, and four lounges.Sheraton Dohuk Hotel\u00a0is set to become the choice gathering place for business travellers, offering extensive meeting and event space, including three ballrooms for special events.<\/p>\n
The hotel will feature the brand\u2019s signature Link@Sheraton\u00ae experienced with Microsoft\u00ae,\u00a0Sheraton Club Lounge\u00a0and Sheraton Fitness\u00ae by Core Performance\u2122, designed exclusively for Sheraton guests through its partner Core Performance. All guest rooms will feature the all-white Sheraton Sweet Sleeper\u00ae bed, designed to meet AAA\u2019s Five Diamond Award\u00ae criteria. Guests can also pamper themselves in Sheraton Shine Spa.<\/p>\n
Starwood in\u00a0Iraq<\/b><\/p>\n
Sheraton Dohuk will mark Starwood\u2019s re-entry into\u00a0Iraq, which will be followed by the opening of\u00a0Sheraton Erbil Hotel, Aloft Erbil and Four Points by Sheraton Erbil in the capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in 2015.<\/p>\n
Starwood currently operates nearly 50 hotels in the\u00a0Middle East\u00a0and continues to strengthen its long-established position as one of the leading luxury hotel operators in the region, with plans to open over 30 hotels in the next few years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Set to Open in Early 2014, the\u00a0Sheraton Dohuk Hotel\u00a0will be the First of Four New Starwood Hotels to Open in\u00a0Iraq\u00a0under the Company\u2019s Sheraton and Aloft Brands DOHUK,\u00a0Iraq—\u00a0Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.\u00a0(NYSE:HOT) has signed an agreement with\u00a0Mase Co LLC, a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,742],"tags":[457,751,745],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n