Four Seasons Hotel, Damascus

Four Seasons' seventh Middle Eastern business. Interiors are inspired by the city's multicultural history, with influences from the Ottomans, Persians and Syrians. The 18-storey property is in the city's commercial district.

• Opened: 3 January

• Management: Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

• General manager: Marcus Iseli

• Designer: Pierre Yves Rochon

• Executive chef: Christopher Stevens

• Facilities: Three restaurants include Syrian fine dining and Italian cuisine. First spa of its kind in the city, and meeting space is bggest in Damascus.

• Bedrooms: 231 rooms; 66 suites and residential apartments

• Room rate: From £87

• Address: Shukri Al Quatli Street, PO Box 631, Damascus, Syria

• Telephone: 00 963 11 339 1000

• Website: www.fourseasons.com