Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has signed an agreement with Mase Co LLC, a company managed by Brilliant Role Group, to open a new-build Sheraton hotel in Dohuk, in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in northern Iraq.
Situated in Dohuk on the border of Turkey, the 202-room Sheraton Dohuk Hotel will overlook the entire city and nearby mountains. The hotel will feature an all-day dining venue, a signature restaurant, and four lounges. 


“We are excited to work with Starwood to bring its world-class Sheraton brand to Dohuk,” says Zakaria Abdulla, chairman of Brilliant Role Group. “As Dohuk continues to grow as an emerging city in the Middle East, there will be a strong demand for an international hotel brand such as Sheraton. The signing of Sheraton Dohuk Hotel is in line with our vision to support the development of the Kurdistan region as a key business destination.”
Scheduled to debut early next year, the Sheraton Dohuk Hotel will be the first of four new Starwood hotels to open in Iraq after 20 years, and will also mark the first internationally-branded hotel in the city. The hotel will be followed by the Sheraton Erbil Hotel, Aloft Erbil, and Four Points by Sheraton Erbil in the capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in 2015.
