KAFD Welcomes Atheel Hotel to Its Luxury Hospitality Offering

Atheel Hotel opens in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District as KAFD’s first Saudi-operated hotel, offering 214 rooms, dining, wellness and business facilities while showcasing a distinctly Saudi hospitality experience.

Atheel, KAFD Hotel begins operations in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) with an addition to the Kingdom’s portfolio of hotels in the luxury business segment that is run by Saudi nationals. This 214-key hotel offers accommodation, restaurants, wellness centers, and facilities for doing business along with Saudi hospitality.

The Atheel hotel is established and managed by King Abdullah Financial District Development and Management Company (KAFD DMC) and Adeera Hospitality Company respectively to become the first locally run hotel in the King Abdullah Financial District in Saudi Arabia. This development becomes the first hotel run by Adeera Hospitality Company.

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The hotel aims to accommodate business travelers, local customers, and foreign tourists. Being situated at the center of the KAFD, guests will be closer to all the business, shopping, and lifestyle facilities in the area, as well as having two links to the climate-controlled KAFD skywalk system.

There are 214 rooms and suites at Atheel, which vary from simple rooms to multi-bedroom suites. The Presidential Suite is about 230 square meters, and the accommodation idea in general includes workspace as well as technology intended for business and leisure purposes.

The restaurant and bar offer is an integral part of the resort, which includes the contemporary Saudi restaurant, as well as Riya Maison, which is the French Mediterranean concept. There are also wellness amenities and meetings facilities in the hotel, thus making it not only an accommodation center, but also a meeting point in the KAFD.

Foster + Partners has designed the property, with the building having a geometric façade and an interior layout centred on an atrium, which acts as a source of natural lighting for the interiors. The guest areas offer panoramic views of the KAFD and the expanding skyline of Riyadh.

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This is set against the backdrop of continued development of Saudi Arabia’s tourism and hospitality industry in line with the Vision 2030 initiative. The Saudi Arabian-run Atheel concept injects a local element into the burgeoning market of Riyadh luxury hotels.

Atheel enhances the holistic living experience that KAFD offers due to the incorporation of the business-related amenities, restaurant, wellness center, and events center. This establishment will cater to the needs of the growing business clientele in the district while providing guests with an authentic Saudi hospitality experience.