BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--U.A.E.'s Aldar Properties will develop four hotels in Abu Dhabi that will be operated by Rotana Hotel Management Corp.

The two firms also plan to develop a range of new properties in Abu Dhabi "spanning the hospitality segments from luxury hotels to serviced apartments," the companies said in a statement on the Abu Dhabi bourse website Wednesday.

It didn't give a value of the deal.

"The collaboration will see Rotana branded hotels developed on a number of Aldar's prominent developments," it said.

-By Shikrallah Nakhoul, Zawya Dow Jones, +961 1 985757, shikrallah@zawya.com

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November 07, 2007 02:17 ET (07:17 GMT)