Wyndham Hotel Group has announced its entrance into Iraq with the opening of the newly-built Ramada Sulaymaniyah Salim Street in Kurdistan.

The 71-room hotel features a host of leisure facilities including a 26,372sq ft (2,450sq m) spa with seven treatment room.

City Club Spa offers a mind and body experience designed to provide physical challenges and mental relaxation.

The spa has seven private treatment rooms including two massage rooms with spa pools.

Spa facilities include indoor heated pools, Turkish bath, saunas, steam baths, VIP Bath, Snow Room, tepiderium/relaxation area, grand spa pool, skin care area and vitamin bars.

A VIP hammam can also be enjoyed, alone or with a loved one and features its own private lounge area.

Other hotel features include a theatre-style ballroom catering for up to 700 people as well as various dining options ranging from the Panorama A La Carte Restaurant on the top floor to the Boulevard Café and Aquarium Lobby Bar.

In addition to launching the Ramada brand in Iraq, the Wyndham group also opened the Ramada Plaza Beirut Raouche on the same day.

The 144-room hotel in the Lebanese capital of Beirut spans 18-storeys and overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.

With a mix of 119 standard, deluxe and executive guest rooms alongside 25 suites, the hotel occupies a city centre location, opposite the famous Raouche Rock and features a mix of meetings and events space including a 391sq m (4,208sq ft) ballroom and a pool and fitness club.

Dining options include Views, an exclusive restaurant on the eighteenth floor offering international cuisine; El Fornayo, serving Italian cuisine; Umsiyat, offering all day dining and traditional Lebanese fare; and The Lobby Lounge. Other facilities at the hotel include a fully equipped business centre, a boardroom and an additional six meeting rooms.