Bangkok, 08 April 2015: After more than a decade operating hotels in the Middle East, leading Asian hospitality group Dusit International further solidifies its presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) by entering into a joint venture hotel management agreement with a local partner in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dusit International and regional hoteliers Dyar Hotels and Resorts recently held a signing ceremony to formally establish a joint venture hospitality management company. Dyar has over 30 years of experience owning and operating hotels throughout the GCC and their local knowledge and expertise, coupled with Dusit's international experience accumulated over 65 years, will offer truly distinctive products managed in a Shariah compliant manner to the growing Middle Eastern hospitality market.

The new company is already off to a solid start, with three projects confirmed in the pipeline. One will be located in Jeddah under the Dusit Thani label, the company's original hotel brand most well known for providing gracious hospitality to guests worldwide. The other two projects, to be located in both Jeddah and Doha, will come under the company's chic and contemporary "next generation" dusitD2 brand, whose newest hotel recently celebrated its Grand Opening in Nairobi, Kenya.

A further five properties are currently under negotiation in the Holy Cities of Makkah and Madinah, which together form the largest tourism market within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2014 alone, the Holy Cities collectively welcomed 18 million visitors and this number is expected to surge to 23 million by 2020. This exceptional market is amply catered for by Dyar's sister company Nebras for Tourism Development, an established, full-package inbound travel operator, affiliated with over 60 agents from the Far East, Africa, Australia, Europe and the Middle East It is also one of only 48 companies authorised by the Ministry of Hajj to issue Religious Tourism visas.

Outbound tourism from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also significant. Nearly 30% of yearly arrivals to Dubai, where Dusit has been operating for over 14 years, hail from Saudi Arabia--over 1.5 million travellers.

Dusit International has over 65 years of experience in the hotel and hospitality field. Founded in 1949 by Honorary Chairperson Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui, whose first hotel was the Princess on Bangkok's New Road, Dusit International has since acquired a unique portfolio of distinctive hotels , building upon Thai culture and tradition to create a personalized welcome for all guests made distinctive under the Dusit International brand promise; the delivery of an 'experience that enlivens the individual spirit, no matter the journey'. Dusit International comprises four hotel brands: Dusit Thani, dusitD2, Dusit Princess and Dusit Devarana. It also operates Dusit Residences and its own signature Devarana Spa.

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WORLDWIDE PROPERTIES

Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Thani Bangkok, Thailand

Dusit Thani Hua Hin, Thailand

Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand

Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket, Thailand

Dusit Thani Manila, Philippines

Dusit Thani Dubai, U.A.E.

Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo, Egypt

Dusit Thani Maldives

Dusit Island Resort Chiang Rai, Thailand

Dusit Devarana Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Devarana New Delhi, India

Dusit Devarana Hot Springs & SPA Conghua,

Guangzhou, China

dusitD2 Hotels & Resorts:

dusitD2 Chiang Mai, Thailand

dusitD2 Phuket Resort, Thailand 

dusitD2 Fudu Binhu, Changzhou, China

dusitD2 Constance Pasadena, U.S.A.

dusitD2 Nairobi, Kenya

Dusit Princess Hotels and Resorts:

Dusit Princess Srinakarin, Bangkok, Thailand

Dusit Princess Korat, Thailand

Royal Princess Chiang Mai, Thailand

Dusit Residence Serviced Apartments:

Dusit Residence Dubai Marina, U.A.E.

Pearl Coast Premier Hotel Apartments, Dubai, U.A.E.

AFFILIATE PROPERTIES

Royal Princess Larn Luang, Bangkok, Thailand

Pathumwan Princess, MBK Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

UPCOMING PROPERTIES

Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Thani Brookwater Golf & Spa Resort, Australia

Dusit Thani Cam Rahn, Vietnam

Dusit Thani Castle Fushun, Liaoning, China

Dusit Thani Dongtai, Jiangsu, China

Dusit Thani Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China

Dusit Thani Fudu Qingfeng, Changzhou, China

Dusit Thani Guam Resort, U.S.A.

Dusit Thani Huangdao, Qingdao, China

Dusit Thani Hot Springs, Qingyuan, China

Dusit Thani Krabi Beach Resort, Thailand

Dusit Thani Laguna, Singapore

Dusit Thani Resort Panzhihua, Sichuan, China

Dusit Thani Residence Davao, Philippines

Dusit Thani Shaoxing, China

Dusit Thani Samara Sousse, Tunisia

Dusit Thani Sichuan Suining, China

Dusit Devarana Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Devarana Baoting Hainan, China

Dusit Devarana Dianchi Lake, Kunming, China

Dusit Devarana Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China

Dusit Devarana Maldives

dusitD2 Hotels & Resorts:

dusitD2 Davao, Philippines

dusitD2 Fudu Hongmei, Changzhou, China

dusitD2 Khao Yai, Thailand

dusitD2 New Delhi, India

dusitD2 Residence Yangon, Myanmar

dusitD2 Tianjin, China

dusitD2 Sichuan Suining, China

dusitD2 Urbana Gurgaon, India

dusitD2 Thimpu, Bhutan

Dusit Princess Hotels and Resorts:

Dusit Princess NAIA Gardens Manila, Philippines

Dusit Residence Serviced Apartments:

Dusit Residence & Suites Doha, Qatar

HOTELS UNDER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts:

Dusit Thani Bagan, Myanmar

Dusit Thani Guizhou, China

Dusit Thani Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Dusit Thani Katmandu, Nepal

Dusit Thani Nairobi, Kenya

Dusit Thani Ping'gu, Beijing, China

Dusit Thani Residence Yunnan, China

Dusit Thani Shanghai, China

Dusit Thani Tianmushan, Hangzhou, China

Dusit Thani Zaozhuang, Shandong, China

dusitD2 Hotels & Resorts:

dusitD2 Doha, Qatar

dusitD2 Lubi Island, Philippines

dusitD2 Manila, Philippines

dusitD2 Ping'gu, Beijing, China

dusitD2 Residence Qingdao, China

dusitD2 Yongtai Fuzhou, China

Dusit Princess Hotels and Resorts:

Dusit Princess Cebu, Philippines

Dusit Princess Jingxi, Fuzhou, China

Dusit Princess Lodges, Kenya

Dusit Princess Lodges, Tanzania

Dusit Princess Liaoning, China

Dusit Princess Nairobi, Kenya

Dusit Princess Shanghai, China  

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