Hilton Worldwide has signed a management agreement with Dead Sea Resorts PSC for the new-build Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa in Jordan.

The 285-room waterfront resort - scheduled to open in Q4 2013 - is located on the east coast of Jordan overlooking the Dead Sea. It is adjacent and linked to the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, which Hilton Worldwide will start operating shortly. The Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa is part of Emaar International Jordan's Samarah Dead Sea Resort, an integrated community which - in addition to the hotel - will be home to 1,000 residences, retail and leisure facilities.

The resort will feature seven food and beverage outlets - including three restaurants, one of them all-day dining and the other two specialty outlets - and four bars. Leisure provision is to include a health club, spa, outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a kids club. Elsewhere will be two meeting rooms, a business centre and a Hilton Executive Lounge.

Further developments at Hilton Worldwide include the completion, after nearly three years, of a US$150m (£104m, €123m) renovation of the Washington Hilton in DC, USA. The restoration included a makeover of all 1,070 guestrooms, meeting rooms and function spaces, the lobby, restaurants and all public areas. The hotel's renewed 110,000sq ft (10,219sq m) function space now features a new 30,000sq ft (2,787sq m) multi-purpose addition, called Columbia Hall.

A new Heights Executive Meeting Center includes nine meeting rooms, with an adjacent courtyard offering views across the capital.__Extensive modifications have also been made to the hotel's 36,000sq ft (3,344sq m) International Ballroom complex, which has been reconfigured to handle multiple groups and events simultaneously.