World's largest hotel to be built in Mecca

Saudi Arabia will be home to the world’s largest hotel come 2017. The Abraj Kudai hotel will reportedly have 10,000 rooms and suites in 686,000 square feet of space, and will cost $3.5 billion to build.

According to DesignMENA , the giant complex of buildings will feature 12 towers and the buildings will sit on 1.4 million square meters, and they will feature 70 restaurants, rooftop helipads, entire floors dedicated to royalty, and a full-size convention center.

Two of the towers will offer five-star facilities, according to the hotel’s architects Dar Al-Handasah. The other ten will provide four-star accommodation.

There are no estimated room rates yet, but expect them to be on the higher end, especially since each of those 12 towers will have a helipad on top for guests who arrive via chopper.

urrently, Las Vegas is home to the world's largest hotel in terms of the number of guest rooms.

The MGM Grand has a record 6,198 rooms, according to hotel industry research firm STR Inc.

Here are the top five hotels in the world by room count, according to STR:

1. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas: 6,198 rooms

2. First World Hotel, Malaysia: 6,118 rooms

3. Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas: 4,400 rooms

4. Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas: 4,332 rooms

5. The Venetian, Las Vegas: 4,049 rooms