The largest hotel in the Middle East, Anjum Hotel, opened in the Holy City of Mecca to host Hajj and Umrah visitors. Anjum Hotel is considered the largest hotel in the Middle East with 1743 rooms and suites.
Number of Anjum Hotel Rooms
Developing the Jabal Al Kaaba area opened as part of the first phase of the project. Within the scope of the second and third phases of the project, it is planned to add 7,000 more rooms to the hotel in a few years.
Anjum Hotel offers its guests international cuisine with its 2 restaurants with a capacity of 3,500 people, as well as 1,743 rooms and suites. It offers exquisite cuisine.
The interior design of Anjum Hotel reflects the Hejazi Saudi noble tradition, while providing international and luxury standards for pilgrims.. It is easy to walk from the hotel to the new Haram Area, and the specially constructed tunnel that connects directly to the new King Abdullah gate allows guests to easily reach the Masjid al-Haram.
Anjum Hotel’s Abdul Latif Jameel Real Estate Investments Co., one of the leading real estate companies in Saudi Arabia,. Ltd.. (ALJREIC) conducted. According to the news of Tophotelprojects.com, ALJREIC spent 570 million dollars for this hotel.. When the rest of the project is completed, the targeted investment amount will reach 2.1 billion dollars.
Number of Rooms in Mecca
The increase in the city’s tourist expectations has a large share in the fact that there is such an investment in Mecca.. According to 2012 data, 37 percent of the 12 million tourists who came to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, that is, 5.2 million, came for pilgrimage or Umrah.. However, it is a fact that the city has reduced demand by applying quotas in hajj and umrah applications due to the construction activities that have been going on since 2011.. International Real Estate Consultancy Company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) stated that while the number of rooms in 3 to 5 star hotels in Mecca center was 8150 at the end of 2013, there will be 12 thousand 350 rooms by the end of 2017, an increase of over 50 percent.
Saudi Arabia It is enough to look at the hotel distribution to see the importance of religious tourism in Turkey.. 905 of the 1098 hotels registered in Saudi Arabia in 2012 are located in Mecca and Medina.