There’s been talk of the new Dubai Hard Rock Cafe opening this year, and the latest news has revealed it is well and truly making a triumphant return.
While there is a Hard Rock Cafe in Dubai Festival City, a new venue has been in the pipeline for a years to replace the popular Media City branch, which was demolished in 2013. The new and much anticipated Hard Cafe is set to open in the Marina 101 tower in Dubai Marina. What’s so exciting about this tower? At a whopping 427 metres high, when completed it will be the world’s tallest residential tower; taking pride of place on the 101st floor will be the Hard Cafe.
The new Marina 101 tower will house the Hard Rock Cafe in Dubai Marina
But that’s not all, as well as opening the Hard Cafe, there will also be Hard Rock Hotel Dubai Marina located in the building’s first 33 floors. This will be the company’s first hotel in the United Arab Emirates. “We are making our mark in Dubai’s second tallest building [the tallest is Burj Khalifa], the Marina 101 development.” said a spokesperson. “Rock stars finally have a place to call home in the UAE, with 281 decked out rooms in the first 33 floors of this 101-storey masterpiece.”
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View from the top of Hard Rock Cafe Hotel Dubai Marina , Marina 101
Fitting in with the region’s health and wellbeing obsession, the hotel will include an indoor pool, a Body Rock fitness centre, and a Rock Spa which will include the brand’s new music-centric Rhythm and Motion spa treatments.
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Marina 101 will be perfectly located within walking distance from The Walk at Jumeriah Beach Residences, and the beach. It will also be just 1 km from live music venue, Dubai Media City Amphitheatre – making the hotel an ideal resting place between gigs.
While the tower didn’t meet its original completion date of mid-2015, the tower is now built and at the interior fittings stages.
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An example of a room at the Hard Rock Hotel In Chicago
“As an on-going effort to continue expanding the Hard Rock Hotels portfolio, we are thrilled to announce Hard Rock Hotel Dubai Marina with experienced partners like the Abu Dhabi Financial Group,” said Hamish Dodds, chief executive officer of Hard Rock International. “We look forward to launching our hotel product to a region already familiar with and embracing of our cafe brand.”
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