The ziggurat snakes its way to the sky.

MEED Middle East Economic Digest | October 15, 1999| | Copyright

AT 110 metres above ground it will be the tallest building in Amman, and Jerusalem will be visible from the upper terrace. Le Royal Hotel complex has been designed to make a mark on Amman and there is little chance it will fail.

Construction of the 31-storey, 118,000-square-metre structure began in 1998. It will cost an estimated $160 million-170 million and is due for completion by the end of 2000. Amman will then have a major addition to its luxury hotel stock and a building that the owner, Luxembourg-based General Mediterranean Holdings (GMH), and group chairman ...

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