The local office of KEO International Consultants has been selected as the lead consultant for the W Hotel at Dubai Festival City (DFC). The 350-room low-rise hotel will be built on the banks of the Creek at the heart of DFC's 245,000-square-metre Marsa al-Khor district. France's Jean Nouvel had prepared the original concept design. Three more hotels offering more than 2,500 rooms are under development at DFC.