Australia based La Vie Hotels & Resorts has announced its foray in the Middle East with the signing of La Vie Garden Hotel & Apartments in Dubai. It also marks the launch of the group’s strategy to expand in the region.

The 253-keys new build hotel offers an exceptional choice of luxuriously furnished studios and one-bedroom apartments and is scheduled to open by January 2020. Mohamed Hassan, regional director of business development for MENA and Europe at La Vie Hotels & Resorts said: “Our first hotel in Dubai will be operated under our latest upscale brand La Vie Garden. This fabulous property, combined with its premium location in Al Sufouh, provides us with an excellent opportunity to enter the region’s hotel market at an exciting time when the emirates is getting ready to host the world for Dubai Expo 2020.”

The group is a third-party hotel management company and works with various hotel brands. La Vie has its own 5-star brand, Tolarno and 4-star brand, La Vie Garden. The group currently operates hotels across Australia, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Maldives Myanmar, Thailand, UAE and Ukraine.