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The First Group

Dubai-based developer and hospitality manager, founded 2005, offering private investors hotel room ownership across 18 towers, including Ciel, the world's tallest hotel.

The First Group is an integrated property developer and hospitality management company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Barsha Heights, Dubai. Its business combines two functions: developing upscale hotels, residences, food and beverage outlets and lifestyle venues, and managing the resulting assets through its hospitality division. The First Group Hospitality provides end-to-end hotel operations, asset management and F&B strategy.

The company pioneered a model of individual hotel room ownership, offering private investors stakes in prime Dubai real estate that were previously available only to institutional players. Its portfolio spans 18 towers in Dubai, including Dubai Marina. The flagship project is Ciel, described as the world's tallest hotel. Clients come from more than 70 countries, and the firm has strategic partnerships with IHG, Marriott and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

Technical work at the company covers hospitality real estate development, hotel operations management, asset management, F&B strategy and operations, property investment structuring, and the development of upscale hotels and residences. The workforce is a multinational team of industry veterans; headcount has not been disclosed. The company reports a track record of award-winning property deliveries over two decades of operation.

Geographic presence is concentrated in Dubai, with activity across the Middle East. Industry verticals served include hospitality, real estate development, hotels, luxury residences, food and beverage, lifestyle venues and real estate investment.

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