InterContinental Muscat Hills

With work underway the opening on the new InterContinental Muscat Hills Hotel Resort and Spa

Building Works InterContinental Muscat Hills
Building Works InterContinental Muscat Hills

will add to Oman’s growing number of 5 star properties.

InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort & Spa
InterContinental Muscat Hills – artist’s impression

The hotel is to be managed by InterContinental (IHG) under an agreement with part owners Pacrim Hospitality of Nova Scotia Canada whose directors have long been associated with the IHG group of hotels. Glenn Squires the CEO of Pacrim said in 2015 “We are pleased to be one of the partners in the InterContinental Muscat Hills and Spa at Muscat Hills, and we believe this project will be the first of several we will undertake in Oman”.

H.H.Sayyid Rawy Kais al-Said of Muscat Hills
H.H.Sayyid Rawy Kais al-Said

Muscat Hills director H. H. Rawy Kais al Said, owner of the Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club, commented, “When choosing a hotel partner we were looking for a top international brand that would add real value to the development and help us to compete with the best golf resorts in the world.”

Muscat Guide Book
Muscat Guide Book

If you will just visit Muscat in Oman – there is nothing better than to download the Bradt Guide to Muscat to explore in more depth.

InterContinental Muscat Hills
InterContinental Muscat Hills at Muscat Hills Golf – artist’s impression

The InterContinental Muscat Hills Golf Resort & Spa will cover over 56,000sqm land and will abut the greens of Muscat Hills Golf, whose new club house it will also manage. The hotel which will offer 250rooms with four food and beverage outlets along with business and leisure facilities will add to the existing Intercontinental Hotel in Muscat. With 2 Crowne Plazas in the city (there are other Crowne Plazas in Suhar, Ad Duqm and Salalah) and a Holiday Inn its clear that the IHG group look to cement their success in the country.

Muscat Hills Golf
Muscat Hills Golf

Expected to open by the end of 2019 the hotel will mean that  tourists will now direct access to the 18-hole Muscat Hills Golf Course

Author: Tony Walsh

Book author including the current Bradt guide to Oman