Mövenpick Jeddah City Star

Jeddah's Al Bawadi district has grown up around Madinah Road, and this hotel sits inside that commercial belt, close enough to the exhibition centre to walk. It is a business address first. King Abdulaziz International Airport is 15 minutes away, and the Mall of Arabia sits just up the road. The hotel carries the Mövenpick name into a market built on transit and trade, with 228 rooms and suites arranged behind soundproofed windows and blackout blinds against the traffic outside. Marble bathrooms run throughout, from the smallest Superior King at 35 m² to the two-bedroom Royal Suite with its own dining area and office. Executive rooms and suites include entry to the Al Zulfi lounge, a detail aimed squarely at travellers passing through for meetings rather than sightseeing. Eight meeting rooms and a ballroom seating up to 600 handle conferences and weddings, lit by natural daylight and wired for video and high-speed WiFi. Guests can eat at Al Deira Restaurant or take coffee at Al Moltaqa Café, and there is a daily hour set aside for chocolate, a Mövenpick signature. The rooftop terrace at Al Zohoor Garden looks over the city and doubles as the pool deck. A spa and fitness centre round out the ground-floor facilities. Check-in guests arrive for work; the rooftop is where they unwind.