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18 March 2025

UAE: 15,000 direct jobs to be created as Dubai to add 11,300 new hotel rooms by 2027

More than 11,300 new hotel rooms are to open across Dubai by 2027, with almost 4,620 coming to the market this year, according to a new study by Cavendish Maxwell. These new rooms are estimated to create thousands of new direct and indirect jobs across Dubai’s hospitality, retail, transport, F&B and other sectors over the next two years. “The addition of 11,300 […]
18 March 2025

Dubai to add over 11,300 new hotel rooms by 2027

More than 11,300 new hotel rooms are set to open across Dubai by 2027, with almost 4,620 coming to the market this year, according to Cavendish Maxwell. Dubai added 4,255 rooms across 19 hotels to its inventory in 2024, representing year-on-year growth of almost 3 per cent. As of December, the city boasted 724 hospitality establishments, with 151,245 keys between them, according […]
18 March 2025

Dubai’s luxury hotel boom: Over 11,000 new rooms to open by 2027, high-end stays dominate

Dubai: Dubai’s hotel sector is experiencing an impressive expansion, with over 11,300 new rooms expected to enter the market by 2027. Nearly 4,620 rooms are set to open in 2024 alone as the city continues to attract global attention, especially for a large group of high net-worth individuals (HNIs). Property consultant Cavendish Maxwell said the city added 4,255 rooms across […]
18 March 2025

Dubai to deliver over 11,300 new hotel rooms by 2027, with nearly 4,620 in 2025

Dubai – More than 11,300 new hotel rooms are set to open across Dubai by 2027, with almost 4,620 coming to the market this year, says leading real estate advisory group, Cavendish Maxwell. Dubai added 4,255 rooms across 19 hotels to its inventory in 2024, representing year-on-year growth of almost 3%. As of December, the city boasted 724 hospitality establishments, with […]
7 March 2025

Dubai real estate: Biggest price rises revealed as neighbourhood sees 33% increase and one area sees 10% rent returns

A Dubai real estate report has identified the neighbourhoods with the largest price and rent increases, the fastest growing areas and which districts have the best rental returns for investors. Dubai’s residential property market soared to new heights in 2024, with a record-breaking 169,000 sales – an increase of 42 per cent on 2023, according to Cavendish Maxwell. Prices saw […]
7 March 2025

Dubai’s residential market to stabilise; prices, rents to ease with 243,000 new properties to come

Dubai’s residential property market supply looks strong, with 243,000 new units in the pipeline for delivery. This will stabilise prices and rents and ease pressure on tenants. According to real estate advisory and property consultancy Cavendish Maxwell, these units will be delivered by the end of 2027, with apartments accounting for 80 per cent of the future inventory. It noted […]
6 March 2025

Dubai’s residential property market secures record-breaking 169,000 transactions in 2024

Dubai – Dubai’s residential property market soared to new heights in 2024, with a record-breaking 169,000 sales – an increase of 42% on 2023, says leading real estate advisory and property consultant, Cavendish Maxwell. Prices saw sustained increases during the year, ending 0.9% up month-on-month in December, and 3.1% higher than the previous quarter. Year-on-year, prices rose 16.5%, with the cost […]
19 February 2025

Kuwait eases property laws around foreign ownership

Kuwait is gradually opening its real estate market to foreign ownership. It has now updated its law to allow entities licensed by the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA), companies listed on the Kuwaiti stock exchange and licensed real estate funds and investment companies to own property in the country for their operations or for employee housing. While limited in […]
26 January 2025

These new UAE policies are making it easier to enter the property market

A series of recent initiativesunveiled by the UAE are set to improve the country’s property sector and attract more investment to a market that has already seen major growth last year. Earlier this month, the Dubai Land Department launched a smart rental index with a classification and a rating system from one to five stars for residential buildings, while the UAE Central […]
10 December 2024

Why Dubai’s 5-star hotels are so good the hospitality industry needs a new rating system

Hotels in Dubai and Saudi Arabia are so good they deserve more than a five-star rating and are superior to properties in the US and Europe, according to new research.   Hotel ratings across the globe are at risk of becoming outdated and no longer fit for purpose, according to Dubai-based real estate advisory group Cavendish Maxwell. The company is calling for […]
25 October 2024

Are hotel rating systems obsolete?

Dubai currently has around 720 hotels with nearly 150,000 rooms between them. In H1 this year, 2,700 new rooms came to the market – and another 10,000 are set to delivered by the end of 2025. Our latest research shows that hotels in the 4-star category saw the biggest growth this year compared to 2023. There’s also been a surge […]
25 October 2024

Vidhi Shah MRICS returns to Cavendish Maxwell as Partner and Head of Commercial Valuation

Dubai– Leading real estate advisory and property consultants Cavendish Maxwell announces the appointment of Vidhi Shah MRICS as Partner and Head of Commercial Valuation. With more than 15 years’ experience and a robust track record in property valuations and financial modelling across the UAE, Vidhi specialises in advising financial institutions, corporations and government entities on valuations for a diverse range […]

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