JW Marriott Hotel Deira Dubai [CLOSED 12 May 2019]
Apr 29, 2019, 7:34 am
#1
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JW Marriott Hotel Deira Dubai [CLOSED 12 May 2019]
JW Marriott Hotel Dubai in Deira to close down (not the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel)
https://thepointshabibi.com/2019/04/...ose-on-may-12/
https://thepointshabibi.com/2019/04/...ose-on-may-12/
Apr 30, 2019, 10:09 pm
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JW Marriott Hotel Dubai in Deira to close down (not the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel)
https://thepointshabibi.com/2019/04/...ose-on-may-12/
https://thepointshabibi.com/2019/04/...ose-on-may-12/
My guess to many Marriotts. I wonder what chain, it resurfaces as (Hilton???).
I am back at hotel on Thursday.
Apr 30, 2019, 10:12 pm
#4
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Previously in Dubai last year we saw the W hotel close and reopen via Hilton as V hotel brand. Maybe this one will reopen by Hilton as a new "J" brand 😂
Apr 30, 2019, 10:19 pm
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May 4, 2019, 7:37 am
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According to staff, 380 people will lose employment at this hotel. Real shame that the two UAE owners could not agree. This is the only ME Marriott ever to close.
My very last stay here and I have coming here since 2000.
My very last stay here and I have coming here since 2000.
May 12, 2019, 10:19 pm
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I called the hotel yesterday to get some information about the closure and if the hotel would be rebranded, but the phone agent told me that plans were for the hotel to completely cease operations and no longer be operated as a hotel. He said he was unaware of what the future plans were for the property, and whether or not it involves demolition remains to be seen.
I was in Dubai just after 9/11 and some relatives of mine stayed at the hotel, and I remember it being quite nice back then but it clearly hasn't had much work done to it since. The mall the hotel was a part of, the Hamarain Centre, has been a dead mall for years, being for all intents and purposes vacant bar a Baskin Robbins that somehow lumbered to stay open. I wouldn't be surprised if the owners planned to convert the hotel and mall into offices, or just rip the entire complex down for a fresh start. I'm sure we'll see or hear something soon enough.
khabah
I was in Dubai just after 9/11 and some relatives of mine stayed at the hotel, and I remember it being quite nice back then but it clearly hasn't had much work done to it since. The mall the hotel was a part of, the Hamarain Centre, has been a dead mall for years, being for all intents and purposes vacant bar a Baskin Robbins that somehow lumbered to stay open. I wouldn't be surprised if the owners planned to convert the hotel and mall into offices, or just rip the entire complex down for a fresh start. I'm sure we'll see or hear something soon enough.
khabah
May 16, 2019, 12:08 pm
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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I called the hotel yesterday to get some information about the closure and if the hotel would be rebranded, but the phone agent told me that plans were for the hotel to completely cease operations and no longer be operated as a hotel. He said he was unaware of what the future plans were for the property, and whether or not it involves demolition remains to be seen.
I was in Dubai just after 9/11 and some relatives of mine stayed at the hotel, and I remember it being quite nice back then but it clearly hasn't had much work done to it since. The mall the hotel was a part of, the Hamarain Centre, has been a dead mall for years, being for all intents and purposes vacant bar a Baskin Robbins that somehow lumbered to stay open. I wouldn't be surprised if the owners planned to convert the hotel and mall into offices, or just rip the entire complex down for a fresh start. I'm sure we'll see or hear something soon enough.
khabah
I was in Dubai just after 9/11 and some relatives of mine stayed at the hotel, and I remember it being quite nice back then but it clearly hasn't had much work done to it since. The mall the hotel was a part of, the Hamarain Centre, has been a dead mall for years, being for all intents and purposes vacant bar a Baskin Robbins that somehow lumbered to stay open. I wouldn't be surprised if the owners planned to convert the hotel and mall into offices, or just rip the entire complex down for a fresh start. I'm sure we'll see or hear something soon enough.
khabah