NEOM (Saudi Arabia)
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Saudi Arabia’s NEOM is planning to launch its first hotel by the end of 2022, and it will open up to 15 hotels between 2023 and 2025, before ramping up the pace to reach 30 hotels annually.

Head of Tourism at NEOM Andrew McEvoy said that talks were held with big five brands, IHG, Hilton, Accor, and others.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market 2021 held in Dubai, McEvoy added that the expected initial number of visitors next year ranges between 20,000 and 50,000, indicating that Neom is targeting about one million visitors by 2025, and 5 million by 2030. He revealed that ten of NEOM's 39 islands are being developed and will be delivered on time.

Source: https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2984846/neom-launch-first-hotel-2022

A ground floor walk around of the NEOM construction camp where the project is being run from. The views from up in the mountains later in the video are more interesting though. You can see "the line" moving out from the construction camp.

Video showing the amazing natural landscape that NEOM will sit amongst.

Dr. Paul Marshall, Chief Environment Officer, explains how #NEOM? will be a model for sustainability and conservation. A commitment to continuous research and learning will ensure its many unique natural assets are conserved for future generations, with lessons learned being shared with the rest of the world.

Huge wind turbines delivered to NEOM construction site.

There press videos were put out in early 2020, it looks like they should have continued the series but stopped in April. Some good shots of some of the buildings I haven't seen before.