The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has officially launched the Crowne Plaza Jordan Dead Sea Resort & Spa.

The resort, nestled at the lowest point on earth on the banks of the Dead Sea, boasts a 6,000sq m (6,4500sq ft) Thalgo Spa with 30 treatment rooms.

Thalgo Spa Management, the operations arm of the France-based product house, will manage the spa, and all treatments will be provided exclusively by Thalgo.

Guests can also enjoy a health and fitness club, a swimming pool, three indoor heated hydrotherapy pools, a Dead Sea salt-water pool and gym and Jordan's longest stretch of private beach at 408m below sea level.

The Hotel has 420 rooms with eight bars and restaurants including Burj Al Hamam serving traditional Lebanese dishes, a Latin American restaurant and an Aqua pool bar.

Guests can also use the Promenade where there is an amphitheater, Kid's Club and café.

The hotel's meeting and event facilities include the Obadas ballroom, which can hold up to 600 people, as well as two smaller meeting rooms which cater for up to 50 people.

Situated 30 minutes from the capital Amman and 45 minutes from the Queen Alia International Airport, this resort is the third Crowne Plaza in Jordan, joining Crowne Plaza Petra and Crowne Plaza Amman.

IHG have seven hotels in Jordan including Holiday Inn Dead Sea Resort and InterContinental Jordan.