World's biggest hotel to be built in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

By Natalie Paris
Updated May 26 2015 - 2:37pm, first published 2:30pm
The Abraj Kuda will become the biggest hotel in the world once building is completed in 2017. It will have 10,000 rooms, helicopter pads and five floors exclusively for Saudi royals. Picture: DAR AL-HANDASAH ARCHITECTS
The Abraj Kuda will become the biggest hotel in the world once building is completed in 2017. It will have 10,000 rooms, helicopter pads and five floors exclusively for Saudi royals. Picture: DAR AL-HANDASAH ARCHITECTS

The world's largest hotel is being planned for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a remarkable structure that will rise out of the desert and apparently contain 10,000 rooms for worshippers.

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