The Fairmont Abu Dhabi Resort located on the breakwater island development, overlooking the famed Abu Dhabi Corniche will feature 265 guestrooms including Fairmont Gold – the brand’s exclusive ‘hotel within a hotel’ product –  when it opens up in late 2006.

Modelled on a traditional Arabian palace, the resort will highlight the warmth and diversity of local culture. The development will have a full complement of event facilities, with combined indoor and outdoor function space totalling 5,450 sq m.
Extensive dining options will include seven restaurants and bars, and twelve restaurants and cafés in the adjacent Fairmont Restaurant Promenade, which will cater to a wide variety of international tastes.
Plans are afoot to build 50, one-, two- and three-bedroom villas as part of the resort. A network of seawater canals will connect the various facilities and guests will travel among them in specially designed Arabic boats known as ‘shashas’.
The 1,950 sq m spa will have 15 treatment rooms. The resort’s beach club will contain a fitness centre, sauna, lap pool and café.
Additional outdoor facilities will enhance an island recreation area featuring a 930 sq m swimming pool complex with a special children’s section, a regulation FIFA football pitch and a private sand beach in a secluded cove.