FEATURE DUBAI
Jumeirah Beach hotel is to sponsor
English golfer Melissa Reid – one of Europe’s top three lady professionals – at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters tournament in December this year.
TOURISM TALK IAN SCOTT DIRECTOR, UK AND IRELAND, DTCM “The number of UK visitors to Dubai rose in 2010, compared to 2009, showing that our strategy
and activities are paying off. We are involved in a variety of initiatives, from supporting promotions to a busy calendar of trade engagements. This includes a series of agent fam trips, partnership dinners with key industry partners – who are providing training to some 600 agents this year – a new series of forums for roundtable discussions to obtain feedback from the trade, and an in-depth online training programme. “And we have announced a £1 million marketing campaign, on TV, media advertising, and with our trade partners.”
WHE R E TO BOOK IT W&O TRAVEL
0845 277 3310
www.wandotravel.com Reflecting Dubai’s growing importance as a family destination, the operator has cut prices significantly at the Banyan Tree Al Wadi. Six nights cost from £2,825 per family, a saving of up to £2,800 on the normal rate. This is based on two adults and two children under 12 sharing a Deluxe Pool Villa, and includes flights with Emirates and private transfers. The offer is valid until March 31.
30 February 2011 •
www.sellinglonghaul.com
HAYES AND JARVIS
0871 200 2211
www.hayesandjarvis.com/agents A five-night lead-in price of £629 includes the three-star Ibis Deira City Centre, or £659 at the four-star Arabian Courtyard Hotel. Flights are with Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow in mid-June.
TRAVEL 2
0800 0224 182
www.travel2.com Five nights at the five-star Amwaj Rotana Jumeirah Beach are £589 with accommodation in a Classic sea-view room, and flights with Gulf Air from Heathrow. (June 2 to June 30).
ROOM R E PORT Despite its recent problems, Dubai’s hotel sector is continuing to grow apace, with confidence still high over a healthy growth in tourism. Refurbishment has been completed at
the five-star Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa (
www.jebelali-international.com). The resort is ideal for families and claims to be the only resort in the emirate to offer all-inclusive packages including a year-round ‘kids go free’ policy. Development is also underway on the
Palm Jumeirah, where the boutique One&Only The Palm (
www.thepalm.
oneandonlyresorts.com) was unveiled in October 2010. Also on the Palm Jumeirah is Jumeirah’s Zabeel Saray, inspired by the palaces of the Ottoman period, one of the group’s six Dubai properties along with the iconic Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and the
World Trade Centre Residence. All Jumeirah properties feature
Sinbad’s Kids Clubs and the group also operates the Wild Wadi Waterpark. For city break couples the 45 restaurants, bars and cafes, 75 shops and private beach, among many other attractions, make the Madinat Jumeirah an ideal option. (
www.jumeirah.com/Dubai). With 100 rooms and villas, the Palm
Jumeirah will be joined later this year by the Asian-themed, 293-room Royal Amwaj Resort & Spa (www.
moevenpickhotels.com). But perhaps the most awaited opening in 2011 is that of the Palazzo
Versace (gdosm@palazzoversace. com).
WHO F LIES THERE BIMAN BANGLADESH
020 7629 0252;
www.bimanair.com BRITISH AIRWAYS
0844 493 0787;
www.ba.com EMIRATES
0870 243 2222;
www.emirates.com/uk ROYAL BRUNEI
020 7584 6660;
www.bruneiair.com VIRGIN ATLANTIC
08448 747 747
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Up Close and Personal by Colin Ellson
“Site inspections need a good deal of imagination. So as I looked up from the 30th floor of the Burj Dubai – later renamed Burj Khalifa - in autumn 2005, it was difficult to visualise the tower would rise a further 130 storeys above me. But, capable of building one floor a week, the American architects and engineers and South Korean contractors, achieved their goal. The tallest man-made structure on earth, a staggering 828 metres (2,717 feet) tall, at the heart of the Downtown Dubai development, opened on schedule. After a dizzying trip to the At the Top observation deck on level 124, the views stretch 50 miles over the Arabian Gulf and desert. Cost: £18 for adults, £13 for children. Get tickets in the nearby Dubai Mall.”
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