The new additions will bring the group’s total properties in the Kingdom to 16 DUBAI: French group Louvre Hotels has announced plans to open 31 new properties across the Kingdom by 2025, as the global hospitality sector slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The new hotels will open by the end of 2025, the group announced, adding 6,552 rooms to its current inventory in the Kingdom. Five of the new properties will be launched this year, with investment from private sector partners, in key destinations across Saudi Arabia: Golden Tulip Riyadh (Phase 1: 94 rooms) and Golden Tulip Unaizah (84 rooms) were scheduled to open during Q1, and will be joined by the Tulip Inn Dammam Corniche (70 rooms), the Tulip Inn Al Balaad Madinah (150 rooms) in Q3, whil the Golden Tulip Umm Al Qurah (454 rooms) will open in Makkah during Q4. “Saudi Arabia is a key market for our international expansion, particularly as the country places more importance on travel and tourism with such a vast array of spectacular destinations within the Kingdom,” Pierre-Frédéric Roulot, CEO of Louvre Hotels Group, said in a statement. The new additions will bring the group’s total properties in the Kingdom to 16.