Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa will open in Kuwait on 7 May - the first Jumeirah hotel in the Gulf region outside the United Arab Emirates.

Designed by New York's Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the luxury beachfront development includes 316 rooms and suites, 80 residential suites and 12 villas with views of the hotel gardens.

The 3,500sq m (37,674sq ft) Talise Spa includes 17 treatment rooms and two private suites, as well as a salt room - a Middle Eastern treatment that uses Himalayan salt blocks to rejuvenate and relax guests.

Health and wellness restaurant Club Executive is adjacent to the spa and provides healthy snacks and views of the Arabian Gulf.

Water is a central theme in the resort's design with water features flowing from the central lobby and connecting with streams, channels and fountains in the gardens.

Additional features at the owned hotel include: six restaurants; a floodlit tennis court; two swimming pools; 200m (656ft) of private beach, a kids' club; and a 1,950sq m (20,990sq ft) ballroom - the largest-ever in Kuwait.