Mecca Super-Hotel to offer Spa, Butler and a Chocolate Room
So much hardship and sacrifice, I thought we were supposed to get away from the dunya when we go to Mecca.
I better hurry up and go to hajj, haha. Well I guess it depends how you look at it.
Anyways the hotel will be owned by Raffles Hotels and Resorts, the luxury hotel in Mecca will offer pilgrims a coffee sommelier, a chocolate room where chefs will prepare bespoke pralines and truffles, and a 24-hour butler service.
The hotel will also have segregated gyms, beauty parlors, grooming salons and a spa.
Hmm…sounds like a nice honeymoon.
Mohammed Arkobi, the general manager of the new hotel, did not explain how a chocolate room and spa would help pilgrims achieve spiritual fulfillment. Nor was he able to comment on how the amenities complied with the ethos of the hajj, which is about simplicity and humility.
But he did say that the “comprehensive range of services” were designed to meet the needs of the “discerning” travelers they were targeting.
An artist’s impression of the proposed super-hotel in Mecca
Quick Facts:
- The hotel is a three-minute walk away from the Grand Mosque, the Masjid al-Haram, and will have “spacious outdoor dining terrace” would provide direct views of it
- It’s being build by Saudi Bin ladin Company, one of the largest construction firms in the Arab world
- One development that will dominate the skyline and the Grand Mosque is the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, The tower will be among the tallest in the world, 577 meters, In addition to 1,005 guest rooms, the tower will also house a lunar observation center and Islamic museum
- Raffles Mecca is due to open in April 2010.
So do you want to go Hajj now?