Royal Commission for AlUla partners with luxury hotel operator GHM

Royal Commission for AlUla partners with luxury hotel operator GHM

- The luxury boutique hotel will open by Q4 2023 with 35 guest rooms

- RCU names GHM to operate the hotel under The Chedi brand

- RCU is carefully uplifting several existing heritage buildings, including an old railway station, Hegra Fort, and surrounding structures, restoring them to their original grandeur

ALULA, Saudi Arabia/PRNewswire/ -- Surrounded by awe-inspiring human and natural heritage, The Chedi Hegra will be the first hotel to welcome guests to a uniquely authentic luxury experience deep in the ancient Nabataean site in north-west Saudi Arabia. RCU has selected luxury hotel management company GHM to operate the hotel as The Chedi Hegra.

Situated within Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site and opening by Q4 2023, The Chedi Hegra will offer 35 bespoke guest rooms, each with its own distinct connection to the Hegra landscape, a breathtaking testimony of human expression within the natural environment.

RCU is building the hotel directly into several existing structures, including an old railway station and surrounding buildings, Hegra Fort, and others. Structural and exterior walls, some with historical mud-brick construction, are being preserved and integrated with modern architecture. The vast majority of the UNESCO World Heritage Site will remain untouched by construction and carefully preserved by