UAE hotel group, TIME Hotels Management, plans to build a new five-star hotel located just a few minutes from Dubai Healthcare City. The 277-room TIME Royal Hotel will occupy a prime position with a 10-minute drive from Dubai International Airport. The hotel is set to open in 2016 and will offer guests a choice of two restaurants, a coffee shop, fully equipped gymnasium, swimming pool, and spa. While there are many modern hotels in Dubai, there are few near to Dubai Healthcare City. Dubai has some of the most expensive room rates in the world. Mohamed Awadalla of TIME Hotels comments, "Dubai plans to position the emirate as a global medical tourism destination. To support this ambitious strategy it is imperative that in the nearby Oud Metha area where we are building the new hotel, that there are many more hotel rooms. We will add more value to the market with two rooms per floor designed to be handicap-accessible; which is a first for the city. The hotel will also be wheelchair friendly with ramps sited throughout its major public areas and with adapted elevator access." DHCC’s medical tourism agency Salamatak is expanding its focus across Africa, Middle East and East Europe. Ibrahim Abu Gharbieh of Salamatak says, “Not all medical tourists want to stay close to the hospitals. Some want to stay next to shopping and stations, some prefer to stay in beach hotels, and some are price conscious.”