{"id":45788,"date":"2025-11-05T15:57:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=45788"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:57:54","slug":"the-largest-sofitel-in-the-world-will-open-in-mecca-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/the-largest-sofitel-in-the-world-will-open-in-mecca-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Largest Sofitel in the World Will Open in Mecca in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Big news for travellers and pilgrims: Sofitel is going grand in Mecca. The brand is set to open its most ambitious project yet, <strong>Sofitel Jabal Omar Makkah, in 2026<\/strong>. The hotel will be just a short walk from Masjid Al Haram (the Great Mosque of Mecca), offering guests luxury and convenience right at the city\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property will include <strong>two towers with 1,141 rooms and suites<\/strong>, many facing the Great Mosque. The interiors will blend Parisian elegance with Saudi craftsmanship, creating a peaceful space that feels both sophisticated and rooted in its surroundings. It will be <strong>the biggest Sofitel hotel in the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2589332945.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2589332945.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2589332945-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2589332945-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_2589332945-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests will be able to enjoy <strong>six dining venues<\/strong>, Club Millesime for private breakfasts and refreshments, plus <strong>wellness areas inspired by both French and local traditions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This future opening will cement Sofitel\u2019s presence in Saudi Arabia, joining other hotels under this brand in Al Khobar and the soon-to-open Sofitel Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there\u2019s even more happening in Mecca! Check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/king-salman-gate-new-project-in-mecca-to-add-900000-praying-spaces-near-grand-mosque\">King Salman Gate project<\/a> <\/strong>that will add <strong>900,000 new praying spaces<\/strong> <strong>near the Great Mosque<\/strong>. It\u2019s a great time to keep an eye on the city\u2019s transformation, so stay tuned for more news and openings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news for travellers and pilgrims: Sofitel is going grand in Mecca. The brand is set to open its most ambitious project yet, Sofitel Jabal Omar Makkah, in 2026. The hotel will be just a short walk from Masjid Al Haram (the Great Mosque of Mecca), offering guests luxury and convenience right at the city\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":45796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":15509,"slug":"jeddah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/jeddah\/","api_id":296,"title":{"rendered":"Jeddah"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}