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Westin Golf Resort Will Bring "Wellness" to Abu Dhabi

While Westin's Dubai property, the Mina Seyahi Resort. cleans up after their possible outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, Westin has spun on its heels to focus some positive press on its upcoming Abu Dhabi Golf Course Hotel and Spa.

Due by the end of this year, the 146-room complex will be the backbone of an entire community built to give Abu Dhabi residents and business travelers a fresh alternative to the glass-and-steel behemoths going up in the city proper. Focused on recreation, the hotel itself is being designed in a "contemporary wellness style" by Chicago's GREC Architects, and will have its own tennis and squash courts, training studios and a climbing wall, as well as views of the National Golf Course.

We're not used to seeing projects like this planned for the Middle East, as usually the UAE gets stuck with more skyscrapers or some modern building outfitted like a sheikh's palace. In direct contrast, this lower-rise resort puts the focus back onto the outdoors and natural treatments. It could very well become a hit as a desperately needed urban retreat for jaded UAE businessmen.

[Rendering via Starwood]