Hotel101 to open hotel in Egypt

MANILA — Hotel101 is set to open a hotel in Egypt.

In a statement, Hotel101’s parent company, DoubleDragon, said the hotel has signed definitive, binding agreements to open Hotel101-Cairo West. Hotel101-Cairo West will be located in Hay Al Ashgar along Ahmed Zewail Road, making it about ten minutes from the Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum.

The hotel, with around 750 rooms, is expected to generate $102.09 million in project value.

DoubleDragon also said Hotel101-Cairo West will be among the largest hotels in the Egyptian capital in terms of room count.

The hotel is expected to be completed by 2029.

DoubleDragon Corporation owns Hotel101, which has branches in Pasay City and The Fort in Taguig. It will also soon open hotels in Cebu, Davao, Bohol, Boracay, and Libis in Quezon City.

Hotel101 opened its hotel in Madrid, Spain in March. It will also open soon in Hokkaido, Japan; Los Angeles, California; 4 locations in Saudi Arabia; 2 locations in Cambodia; Milan, Italy; Melbourne, Australia; and Bangkok, Thailand.

DoubleDragon Corporation, the parent company of Hotel101, hopes the chain will have 1 million rooms in over 100 countries worldwide. 

DoubleDragon said 2026 is its biggest year so far in terms of hotel room openings, with 2,229 hotel rooms slated to be operational this year–680 from Spain, 519 from Davao, 548 from Cebu, and 482 from Hokkaido.

The company has identified 25 priority markets, including the Philippines, Spain, US, UK, Japan, and several countries across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Hotel101 is the first Filipino-owned company to be listed and traded in the Nasdaq.