New hotel management firm, First & Foremost Hotels and Resorts has announced the launch of the region's first family resort concept in Dubai, in partnership with Leading Family Hotels & Resorts. The company said it is currently looking at suitable properties to manage with the aim of signing 12 deals within five years. An initiative by Michael Scully, Managing Director of hospitality at Dubai-based holding company Seven Tides, the firm will assemble a portfolio of luxury resorts and hotels, budget hotels, and hotel apartments in some of the regions' key holiday spots, beginning with Dubai.