World’s largest hotel to be built in Mecca
The largest hotel is being built in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, offering 10,000 rooms, helicopter pads and accessibility to the Masjid al-Haram.
As reported by Telegraph UK the world’s largest hotel is being made in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, an amazing structure that will ascend out of the desert and contain 10,000 rooms for the pilgrims of The Holy Mosque, Masjid Al-Haram.
The lodging will be a piece of a combined utilization at Abraj Kudai, a $3.5bn (£2.25bn) venture planned to resemble a desert fort, that will include a ring of towers.
It is entitled to be completed by 2017, and will be located in the central zone of Mecca, Manafia just 2.2 kms aways from the Masijd Al-Haram.
The hotel will have 10,000 rooms in 12 different towers, which are 44 stories high, that will likewise incorporate 70 eateries, rooftop helipads, royal floors and a full size convention center. Two of the towers will offer five-star facilities, as indicated by the project’s architect Dar Al-Handasah. The other ten will give four-star facilities.
The site, which will also include private offices, a shopping center and a parking spaces for those visiting the Holy Mosque, has an estimated aggregate site zone of 60,000 msq and an aggregate constructed up territory of 1.4million msq.
The world’s largest hotels up till now, have been in Las Vegas. The Venetian and The Palazzo, which work as a single hotel, offer 7,117 rooms. The MGM Grand in Las Vegas is not far behind in number of room keys, with 6,852 rooms.