TI’ME announces regional expansion

TI’ME Hotels Management has added another three locations to its expanding portfolio of local and regional properties. New openings are planned over the next 18 months in Luxor, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Ajman.

In total the growing mid-scale TI’ME group, now consists of 11 properties in three countries, totalling 1,245 rooms.

“Demand for modern, well managed and competitively priced accommodation is rising in all of the major resorts and cities throughout the region. We have a grassroots understanding of the regional markets,” said Mohamed Awadalla, CEO, TI’ME Hotels.

In Luxor TI’ME is to manage the 154 bedroom TI’ME Tut Hotel, comprising of 116 standard rooms and 38 suites. The hotel has four dining outlets, gym, swimming pool and meeting facilities The hotel is due to be handed over later this year. In the UAE, TI’ME is opening a further two properties in Abu Dhabi and Ajman. The 42-storey Al Jawhara TI’ME furnished apartments is scheduled to open in 2015. The new-build property will feature 265 studio and one-bedroom furnished apartments with facilities including a health club with swimming pool, all-day dining restaurant, retail space and basement car park.

The TI’ME Capital Hotel Apartments situated in downtown Ajman is due to be handed over in March 2014. It has 120 apartments and will feature a restaurant, coffee shop and gym. The nine-storey TI’ME Rako Hotel is set to open in mid-2015. The 114-room property will feature a grand lobby, two restaurants including one all-day dining outlet, banquet space with capacity for 500 guests, a gym, rooftop swimming pool and several retail outlets including a 460-square metre penthouse suite.