"FAS Hotels and Real Estate, founded in 2013, is a division of the Fawaz Al Hokair Group, which owns businesses active in sectors such as retail, food and beverage, hospitality, entertainment, and renewable energy, operating in 16 countries around the world and representing a long list of well-established international brands. FAS Hotels’ first project was a hotel in Marbella, Spain, which notably was also the first halal hotel in its region. Later, the hotel was transformed into a family hotel in order to meet local market demands."