Establishes Doha office and seeks further opportunities

Dubai, 6 March, 2012: Dewan Architects & Engineers, one of the region's leading architectural and engineering consulting firms, has been awarded the consultancy contract to design and supervise the construction of the Doha Premier Inn Hotel at Education City, Doha, Qatar. The 4-storey, 200-key, 3-star hotel, is set to open in 2013 at a strategic location within the prestigious Education City master development.

According to Mohamed Al Assam, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Dewan, the hotel's design offers a carefully selected mix of facilities to cater to the expected business and leisure traveller market, which is captured in a contemporary linear architectural form, and which responds perfectly to the context as envisaged by both the master-planners of Education City and Premier Inn Hotels.

Al Assam said: "The project is more than just an inspired architectural expression of a comfortable and friendly hotel environment; it is a practical approach towards providing high standard services to guests through a careful selection of self-sustained venues within the hotel. The project is also Dewan's first project in Qatar as it ventures into this lucrative market and we are excited to enter this market together with a reputed client and group that we have successfully worked together with on two hotels in Abu Dhabi; at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and Abu Dhabi International Airport."

Another feature of the project is sustainable design says Al Assam: "The building will be designed, detailed and built with a careful view of being environmentally-sensitive and sustainable, and as per the environmentally-conscious vision of Premier Inn Hotels as a developer striving to achieve sustainable development across all its projects."

As a natural progression of Dewan's carefully studied plan to grow regionally, the firm has recently established its Qatar offices in partnership with Peninsular Venture Group, a leading holding company in Qatar that has investments in construction, real-estate, manufacturing, and that represents a large portfolio of businesses in various sectors and supports them in their growth and development in Qatar.

Dewan Architects & Engineers is a regional architectural and engineering design firm with offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, India, and the Philippines and with over 26 years of industry successes across GCC countries, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The firm was recently ranked the 48th  largest architectural firm globally, and the 3rd  largest in the region, according to prestigious industry publication Building Design Magazine in its January 2012 issue, which featured the magazine's annual 'World Architecture Top 100' - a unique, definitive listing of the world's largest architecture practices. The firm was also ranked 7th globally for its Hospitality Design work.

Premier Inn

Premier Inn is the UK's largest and fastest-growing hotel brand with over 600 hotels and in excess of 46,000 rooms across the UK and Ireland. Premier Inn opened its first international hotel in Dubai in April 2008, a 308-key property in Dubai Investments Park, and has subsequently opened hotels in Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai International Airport and Abu Dhabi Capital Centre. A further property is under construction at Abu Dhabi International Airport, which is expected to be ready by early 2013.  Premier Inn was confirmed as the World's leading budget hotel brand in World Travel Awards in 2011.

Premier Inn bedrooms in the GCC are 24 m² and feature en-suite bathroom with bath, shower and bidet, 32 inch flat screen TV and free internet access. Each room can comfortably sleep up to two adults and two children at no additional cost. All Premier Inn properties have a restaurant, swimming pool and gymnasium.

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