AMAALA
is a year-round integrated wellness haven being developed by Red Sea Global on
the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia, around 700km north of Jeddah with a
total area of 4,155km2 including 68km of coastline.
AMAALA
will go beyond sustainability to have a regenerative impact on the environment,
delivering a 30% net conservation benefit to local ecosystems by 2040. This
will be achieved by enhancing biologically diverse habitats including
mangroves, seagrass, corals, and land vegetation.
Phase
One of AMAALA is focused on the Triple Bay masterplan and will be ready to
welcome first guests in 2025. It consists of eight resorts offering upwards of
1,200 hotel keys. Once complete, AMAALA will be home to more than 3,900 hotel
rooms across 29 hotels, and approximately 1,200 luxury residential villas,
apartments, and estate homes, alongside high-end retail establishments, fine
dining, wellness, and recreational facilities.
The
entire destination will be powered by 100% renewable energy, for which the
resulting saving in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere equivalent to nearly half a
million tons each year and will operate with a zero-carbon footprint once fully
operational.
Current
hotel brands are:
Clinique
La Prairie Health Resort (66 ultra-luxury suites and 13 branded residences).
Jayasom
Wellness Resort, AMAALA (153 keys and 24 branded residences).
Rosewood
AMAALA (110 guest rooms and suites and 25 branded residences).
Six
Senses AMAALA (64 rooms, six suites, 30 villas, and 25 branded residences).
Equinox
Resort AMAALA (128 keys, including two luxury penthouses).
AMAALA
will elevate the Kingdom’s tourism sector, placing the country firmly on the
world tourism map. It is expected to contribute as much as SAR 11 billion (USD
3 billion) and nearly 1% to Saudi Arabia’s GDP upon completion in 2030.
Expected
to create up to 50,000 new direct, indirect, and induced jobs and to contribute
as much as SAR 11 billion (USD 3 billion) to the nation’s GDP on project
completion.
Construction
contracts worth SAR 46.7 billion (USD 12.5 billion) have been awarded by Red
Sea Global to date. AMAALA has awarded construction contracts worth SAR 13.4
billion (USD 3.57 billion) to date.