Minor Hotels has announced plans to bring its premium hotel brand Avani to Bahrain in 2024.

Avani Bilaj Al Jazayer Bahrain Resort will form part ofBilaj Al Jazayer, a new mixed-use leisure complex on the south-west coast of Bahrain.

The project is owned by Edamah, the real estate arm of Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, and encompasses 1.3 million square metres of land with a three-kilometre beachfront. The new development will offer resorts, residential villas and apartments, food and beverage outlets, retail, offices and entertainment.

Minor Hotels also plans to open a Tivoli hotel, Tivoli Bilaj Al Jazayer Bahrain Resort, in the same complex. Both properties will have 110 keys and will be located on the waterfront along the main boulevard of Bilaj Al Jazayer.

A statement from Minor Hotels said both properties will offer a selection of guest rooms and suites, multiple food and beverage outlets, swimming pools, meeting space and leisure facilities including gyms and spas. The hotels will also share a beach club within the Bilaj Al Jazayer development.

Minor Hotels currently has 29 hotels and resorts in operation and in the pipeline in the Middle East region across its Anantara, Avani, Tivoli, Oaks and NH Hotels brands.