The Westin Doha Hotel and Spa

Ideally located the heart of Doha’s residential district on Salwa Road, set in the Bin Mahmoud neighbourhood of a vivacious, upcoming skyscraper city, The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa is the first-ever Westin Hotel to grace Qatar.

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

Manoeuvrability
  • All corridors are wide enough to enable wheelchair users and people using mobility equipment to manoeuvre easily. Circulation routes are generally good.
  • The majority of corridors are free from obstructions which would hamper a wheelchair user’s ability to manoeuvre. This would also assist people using mobility equipment.
  • Floor surfaces are slippery which is problem for people using mobility equipment.
  • Seating is provided to enable wheelchair users to sit with their friends/family
  • Tables and chairs are moveable so can accommodate different user requirements.
  • The hotel has a number of designated accessible bedrooms
  • Doors are wider than standard to enable wheelchair users or guests using mobility equipment to manoeuvre easily
  • The accessible bedrooms have sufficient space to move for guests using wheelchairs or mobility equipment. Adequate space is provided next to the bed.
  • The fixtures and fittings such as light switches, spy hole, and clothes rails are positioned so they can be used by someone in a seated position.
  • The route to the swimming pool area is level, or has well designed ramps to enable access. Guests can access the seating/sunloungers with relative ease.
  • Treatment rooms are suitable for wheelchair users and mobility equipment users
  • Restaurants/bars/cafés have level access or well designed ramped access.

1 comment

  1. car parking

    while there are adequate disabled parking spaces in the shade there are no ramps to get down from the curb to the hotel side after you have parked.

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