Hotel management company, Rotana, is to open a number of hotels before the end of 2018, Invest-Gate reports.

The company will launch 17 new hotels, encompassing 3,877 rooms, adding to its portfolio of 15,195 rooms.

Celebrating 25 years of operations in the region, the company operates 56 properties in 21 cities across 13 countries in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Rotana currently operates a total of 15,195 rooms across all regions, hosting more than 225 million guests at its hotels around the world till date.