A deal between MGM Mirage Hospitality and RMAL Hospitality—the hotel and restaurant arm of Abu Dhabi-based Al Fahim Group—will bring the Bellagio, MGM Grand and Skylofts hotels to Dubai Pearl.

“We feel that the model we are creating has a perfect fit for Dubai, and we feel that the timing for the launch of those brands is right as well,” said RMAL Hospitality CEO Anthony Liddiard. “We actually started pouring the concrete on May 15 and these hotels will come to fruition around 2013, and we feel by then that we will be on the back of the recession and on the upward curve.”

By GGB Staff

Staff writers for Global Gaming Business magazine. Las Vegas, Nevada.