Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, the Marriott group's lifestyle brand, has decided to set up five properties in the Middle East over the coming three fiscals.

The sources informed that the division is having global development pipeline of 24 hotels due to appear between now and 2012.

The sources further informed that 257-room Renaissance Doha will be established later this fiscal and will be followed in 2010 by three more properties out of which two in Dubai and one in Bahrain.

At present, Renaissance is re-introducing its logo and hotel owners and franchisees are investing more than $2 billion (Dh7.3bn) on renovations.