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Sneak Peek: Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel

I was lucky enough to get a private tour around the new Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel today and I have to say I loved the place. When you pass by it on the highway it looks like one giant building but once you’re inside its a completely different world. I really left the place impressed and I managed to take some pictures to share with everyone here. My favorite thing has to be the fact that they have a lot of Islamic design incorporated very beautifully into the design which you can see in some of the pictures below. The beach is a lot bigger than it used to be and they’ve built a very nice marina, not for boats but for swimmers which I think is cool. The place will have around 400 hotel rooms, 60 apartments and 12 private chalets. They’ll also have three pools outside, 2 large ones and 1 small one for kids. They’ll also have an indoor pool. Click continue below for all the pictures I took. Completion date is set for May 2010.


The picture above is outside the main lobby entrance. There will be a huge fountain in the middle and the cars drive up around it. The lobby entrance would be to the left in this picture.


If you stand in the lobby you can see the resort from the beginning till the end. There is a fountain in the middle of the lobby, the water from there flows across the lobby down a waterfall and continues to flow outside towards the see. There are a lot of water used all around the resort as part of the design.


All the rooms have these wooden panels which you can slide open and close for privacy and shade.



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Sep 12, 2009

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48 Comments, add your own...

  1. 1. Frankom | September 12th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Cool !

  2. 2. Weather&Noise | September 12th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Oh my god this looks amazing! I can’t wait, I used to love going to Messilah as a child :)

  3. 3. me | September 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    who is the owner?

  4. 4. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    same owners as before

  5. 5. faisal | September 12th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    That’s what i would call A RESORT

  6. 6. سالم ولد بوسالم | September 12th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    but where r the pools?

  7. 7. skyline | September 12th, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    Not bad at all .. i just have some clarification on the name .. Jumierah is the beach side area in Dubai similar to messiela so haveing two area names for a hotel wouldn’t be that cool i guess.

    although i think that Jumeirah Intenational Hotels is the company who’s gonna run it but its just a thought !!

  8. 8. SHOOSH | September 12th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    Looks so cool !

  9. 9. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Jumeirah Group will be managing the hotel
    http://www.jumeirah.com/en/Jumeirah-Group/About-Jumeirah-Group/The-Story-So-Far/Future-Plans/Middle-East/

  10. 10. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I added descriptions under some of the pictures.

  11. 11. skyline | September 12th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Thanks Mark .. i just visited thier web site and made it confirmed .. its gonna be an add to Kuwait Hotels scene.

  12. 12. Realist | September 12th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    What restaurants are going to open there ? A noodle house better than the crappy one near johnny carinos ?

  13. 13. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    I don’t remember exactly, I think there are 6 but all upscale so no noodle house.

  14. 14. Laila | September 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Thank you for posting this mark. I actually hated the place because I couldn’t go back home due to the construction (we live next to the hotel), and the Messila beach mania on weekends.

  15. 15. Wazza | September 12th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Frankly the place looks like a prison to me. I would say more disappointing than impressive considering the fact that its been taking them like a million years to build.

  16. 16. Patrick | September 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Wazza:

    Describe a prison? Open spaces, palm trees, buildings covered with windows? Because that’s what I see in those pictures.

  17. 17. Photon | September 12th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    This is simply amazing! Wow.
    I am really impressed, I gotta visit it once its done!
    HAVE TO! :P

  18. 18. wi-fi | September 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    mark have u spoted the gym ?

  19. 19. Abbas Khan | September 12th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Very impressive ceiling / shades. those inner cuts must have taken a long time to do & paint. The maintainance will be tough.

    But no doubt it is impressive. or i’d say worth the wait.

    Lets see wat the Hayat Regency comes up with, they r also planning to open too.

  20. 20. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    Its not longer Hyatt Regency, just The Regency
    http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/kuwait-regency/

  21. 21. laziale | September 12th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    I like it , but i hope they ban serving shisha inside the Hotel and ban starbucks , it will lose the privacy and attract unwanted people and its going to be like Hilton manqaf !

  22. 22. Mohi | September 12th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    looks good, but without booze all hotels and resorts suck

  23. 23. ^B | September 12th, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    For those interested, the resort’s architects are Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; they’ve also designed the Al Hamra Tower under construction in downtown Kuwait [the one next to Arraya].

    I’m glad this place is finally shaping up. The details are intricate, the programs are efficient and the overall design is very appropriate to the regional vernacular.

    Here’s hoping it actually opens on time, though…

  24. 24. ohyeah | September 12th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    the place where the meselah resort located is very dangerous as you know guys…swimming …fishing in this area is not allowed…and at least they need 3 years to clean it…..any way from the pictures I think they can use it as university lol it dose not look like a hotel at all!!!…its more like a university….ya salam private beach….pools…heheheh cool university….they can call it Resort University of Kuwait…lol RUK

  25. 25. Bu Yousef | September 12th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Nice.

  26. 26. a | September 12th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    Did you mean “Sneak Peek”

  27. 27. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    ohyeah: I am surprised no one has come up with that idea before, a Resort University, I would sign up.

  28. 28. Mark | September 13th, 2009 at 12:35 am

    wow don’t know what happened but I accidentally deleted my post while fixing peak to peek. glad wordpress keeps copies of all my changes!

  29. 29. Qortuba | September 13th, 2009 at 1:33 am

    The owner of this hotel is Mubarak Al-Hasawi, His house is next to the Hotel and Massila Aqua Park

  30. 30. Lexicon | September 13th, 2009 at 5:31 am

    it actually does look like a modern university…or a hotel from the 1990s

  31. 31. Jai Ho! to JM beach resort | September 13th, 2009 at 5:42 am

    A cabin crew friend of mine who used to be put up at the Messilah Beach during their Kuwait layovers in the 70s and 80s can vouch that the hotel accomodation was haunted, and I can vouch that she was not the one to get high ever. Let’s hope things shape up differently this time around. What they need is to hire the services of a good feng shui/ vastu consultant and be done with the haunting spirit.

  32. 32. dotsNpink | September 13th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    aaawww its gonna be pretty!!!

  33. 33. ynoon | September 13th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    mark could u find out why the ‘Jumeirah’ name appear in such a project?!

  34. 34. Mark | September 13th, 2009 at 10:48 am

    ynoon because Jumeirah will be managing the hotel.

  35. 35. Shli7f | September 13th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    If its Jumeirah, then i think this is gonna turn out to be the best Hotel in Kuwait….Mashallah, laih hnee wsalaw…:)

    Can’t wait to experience Jumeirah in Kuwait….

  36. 36. zaydoun | September 13th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    You said the magic word “Jumeirah”

  37. 37. zaydoun | September 13th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Btw… the Regency is open for business. I hear it looks nice too

  38. 38. Zen on Zain | September 13th, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    On a different note why is it the case that projection execution in Kuwait always seems to take on an elephantine gestation??
    The Missoni, Salmiya and the Symphony Mall are a case in point.

  39. 39. ell;* | September 13th, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    i have a feeling that some year, Kcamp will be there…

  40. 40. wi-fi | September 14th, 2009 at 4:18 am

    I repeat ..

    any gym ?

  41. 41. suspic | September 14th, 2009 at 4:54 am

    The design looks out-dated even though it’s brand new.

    It looks like a 90’s resort.

  42. 42. katukoa | September 14th, 2009 at 5:18 am

    The design looks appropriate for Kuwait’s climate and culture. Better than the lush&posh of Dubai’s hotels.

  43. 43. Mark | September 14th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    Yes there will be a gym

  44. 44. K5 | September 14th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    do they have the subscribtion packages out yet?

  45. 45. wi-fi | September 15th, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    thanks ..

    I was expecting adding some pictures for the gym

    maybe next time ..

  46. 46. Mark | September 15th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    Its not completed yet, the project is set to finish May 2010.

  47. 47. homoud | September 15th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    thank mark but im sorry i dont like it looks so mmmmmm dubai projects!

  48. 48. fahad | September 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    they were working on this for ages i still remember going to school everyday and watch them still building it

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