Leading hotel company Deutsche Hospitality is continuing to expand its Middle East portfolio with the recent signing of an agreement for a third IntercityHotel in Oman, said a report.

The 120-room IntercityHotel is scheduled to open in Nizwa by 2019, said a report in Muscat Daily.

The hotel will be operated in partnership with Nizwa Integrated Real Estate Company (NIREC) and will offer event spaces, a spa complete with gym area, a swimming pool, a restaurant and a bar.

Nizwa is located about 180km from Muscat. Set in an oasis, the city is considered to be a cultural hub and is the historic trading centre of the sultanate. Featuring lush vegetation and an old fortress, Nizwa attracts tourists from all over the world throughout the year.

This is the second contract to be signed by Deutsche Hospitality in the sultanate within a short period of time. An InterCityHotel is currently under development in Muscat, and is scheduled to open in 2020, the report said.

Together with the IntercityHotel Salalah, which was launched in July 2016, the new hotel brings Deutsche Hospitality’s total representation in the sultanate to three hotels.

“The Arabian Peninsula is an important growth location for Deutsche Hospitality,” said CEO Puneet Chhatwal. “Being able to set the seal on a further project in Oman so shortly after signing the agreement for Muscat very much proves that our expansion strategy is moving in the right direction.”

The group has been represented in Dubai in the form of the Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay since 2015, and a second InterCityHotel will open in 2018. A Steigenberger Airport Hotel is also under construction in Doha (Qatar). All of this will increase Deutsche Hospitality’s overall presence in the Middle East to six hotels over the coming years.