Rezidor reports 5.2% growth in ME properties

Belguim-based hotel group, Rezidor has said its properties in the Middle East have recorded a 5.2% in business growth, Emirates Business has reported. 'Despite last year's recession, the group compensated by having a record year for hotel openings in the Middle East,' Rezidor's chief development officer, Puneet Chatwal told the newspaper. Of the 40 hotels confirmed by the company for the region, 25 have been opened while 15 have been finalized, he added.