I wonder if this isn’t a case of “inaugurated” meaning “opened” but rather the GCC phenomenon of having a group of men walking about somewhere in official clothing and with a press crew to give themselves a sense of occasion, take some pictures and throw a fancy gilded plaque up.

There isn’t even an official website up on Hyatt’s directory or the Alila website, which is odd - even considering that the hotel said they were planning to open on October 15th... but perhaps we’ll see something soon as Oman is reopening its airports on the first.

khabah