Global hotel operator InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced on Monday it has signed a management agreement with Kingston Holdings International Limited to develop a new Holiday Inn & Suites in Business Bay in Dubai.

The 350-room Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Business Bay will form part of a mixed-use development that includes 400 residences and a small boutique shopping arcade, the company said in a press statement.

The hotel is expected to start operations in 2021, the statement added.

IHG’s hotel pipeline in the Business Bay area includes a Hotel Indigo, a Crowne Plaza and an InterContinental Residences.

The company currently has 80 hotels operating across five of the company’s brands in the Middle East region with a further 27 in the development pipeline, according to the statement.

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