This roundup features the latest hotel deals and developments in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. The Palm Qassim Handwritten Collection Accor and Riyadh-based owner and management firm Amsa Hospitality have signed the 142-room The Palm Qassim Handwritten Collection, the first Handwritten soft-brand hotel in Saudi Arabia. Scheduled to open in the last quarter of the year, the hotel in Buraidah, Qassim Province, is to be the first of several partnerships.