A New York based architectural firm has unveiled plans for a
1000 room stunning hotel rising out of sea and ready for the 2022 FIFA World
Cup.
The Silver Pearl Hotel will be developed by Katara
Hospitality and will have more than 1000 rooms. It will be located 1.5 km off
the coast of Doha and the project is set to cost $1.6 Billion.
The Hotel has been designed by the Architectural firm M
Castedo architects and the unique look of the hotel is meant to showcase the
culture of seafaring and pearl diving history.
The design, still pending approval, will envision a building
consisting of two 30-story semicircle towers connected by a vaulted climate
controlled atrium over the gardens with an ocean view. All rooms will face outwards
onto the ocean with the common areas furnished and decorated in the spirit of
Arabian Tradition. A conference and exhibition center will be contained
adjacent to the main building, while a recreational roof deck will be located
above a multi-storey parking facility.
The Silver Pearl Hotel will be one of several “icons”
constructed in the country for the upcoming international football tournament.
The visitors to the hotel would access the hotel through a four lane elevated causeway,
by private yacht or helicopter.
The number of hotels planned and under construction in Qatar
is growing rapidly as hospitality operators prepare for the spike in demand
driven by the World Cup.
Official figures show the volume of visitors to the Gulf
country is also quickly increasing. The country attracted a record 1.5 million
guests in the first half of the year, a 7-percent jump.
Qatar’s hospitality industry is currently dominated by
high-end, luxury offerings. The country’s hotel room inventory has grown by an
average of 13.4 percent annually and reached approximately 13,600 rooms by the
middle of the year, according to professional services Deloitte.