Emaar to manage new Armani hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah development

Emaar to manage new Armani hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah development

Armani Hotels & Resorts and Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) have announced plans to open a Armani Hotel in the city of Diriyah, which is located within the province of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. The property in Diriyah will be managed by the Dubai’s Emaar Hospitality Group. It will be only the third Armani hotel worldwide after Dubai and Milan. Armani Hotels & Resorts was founded in 2005 by way of an agreement signed between Giorgio Armani and Emaar Properties for the development, ownership and management of an exclusive series of hotels, resorts and residences across the world. The first hotel Armani hotel opened inside the Burj Khalifa in 2010. Armani Hotel Dubai spans more than 40,000 square metres and comprises 160 rooms and suites, nine restaurants and a spa. Armani Hotel Milano, the second hotel opened by Giorgio Armani in collaboration with Emaar Properties, is located in the rationalist-style building originally designed in 1937 by Enrico A. Griffini on Via Manzoni, in the Quadrilatero della Moda, Milan’s fashion district. Diriyah, the location for the third Armani hotel, is a 300 year-old site located 15 minutes from Riyadh is regarded as the birthplace of the kingdom and the capital of