Following in the great Makkah tradition of receiving visitors to the holy city, the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, a Fairmont Hotel, gears up to provide the highest levels of service to guests and ...

Incredible moment lightning strikes spire of 1,900ft-tall hotel in Mecca A spectacular natural spectacle at the Mecca Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Saudi Arabia: lightning struck the 1,972-foot-high ...

By AFP Published July 16, 2021 Countdown begins: the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, atop the Abraj al-Bait skyscraper complex in the Muslim holy city of Meccca, pictured on the eve of this year's hajj ...

In its place, the £11.3 billion complex was built and opened in 2012, with the clock tower itself becoming the tallest building in Saudi Arabia at a height of 601 metres.

25 October 2010 Tour includes four KHC-managed hotels: Fairmont, Raffles, Swissôtel & Mövenpick RIYADH: Kingdom Holding Chairman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal visited and toured the Makkah Clock Royal ...

Its four faces, each 151 feet in diameter, will be lit with two million LED lights. It will sit on top of a tower that stretches 1,983 feet in the air. By comparison, Big Ben's faces are merely 23 ...