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Anantara to unveil Palm Jumeirah resort New five-star hotel and spa aims to lure large incentive groups
The eagerly anticipated Anantara Dubai Palm Jumeirah Resort & Spa is one step closer to completion, having been awarded the Building Completion Certificate (BCC) by Trakhees in February, prompting real estate devel- oper Seven Tides to hand over the development to Anantara Hotel Resorts & Spa. With an official opening
date pegged for Q3 2013, the new property located on the beachfront of Palm Jumeirah’s east crescent, will feature 293 hotel rooms and 456 con- dominium apartments. In a first for the UAE’s diverse hospitality sector, the resort will offer 18 stilted ‘over water’ villas and 15 beach- front suites including three 206-square-metre royal beach pool villas, where half of the rooms boast direct water access from their balconies.
Anantara's over-water villas
on the beach and pool par- ties. We are linking up with our other properties it the UAE, including the Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa by Anantara, Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara and Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara to offer large incentive groups a desert and beach tour package, with team- building if required.” The resort will also fea-
“We expect between 10 and
20 percent of our overall busi- ness to come from the meet- ings, events and incentives sector,” said David Garner, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing, Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas. “Corporate groups will be able to make use of outdoor incentive options such as barbeques
Site celebrates
The global association for the motivational events and incentive travel industry, Site, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Boasting one of the long-
est standing partnerships in the industry, with Reed Travel Exhibitions, The IBTM Global Meetings and Events Portfolio, Site is looking to strengthen its commitment to education and global networking. David Sand, Site president 2013 and CEO of Uwin Iwin Incentives said: “It is evident through Reed’s generous con- tributions to Site that it under- stands the responsible role it plays in giving back to the associations and professionals in the industry. "Each IBTM event offers a unique value proposition for conducting business. Site
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members strongly partici- pate as either hosted buyers or with investment in trade- show stands. The IBTM Global Meetings and Events Portfolio has a global footprint just like our membership base and this synergy helps both organisa- tions visions for growth tre- mendously. We are proud that the Site India Chapter is involved with IBTM in the launch of its new IBTM India event this year.” Craig Moyes, Portfolio
Director for Meetings and Events at Reed Travel exhibi- tions added, “We have always valued the commitment Site has made to our global portfo- lio of events through education programmes and look forward to continuing to build upon this relationship in future.”
11,000
square metres of lagoon pools at the resort
ture a 282 square metre ballroom with capacity for up to 300 with a num- ber of breakout rooms mak- ing it ideal for small- to medium-sized meetings. “As well as targeting our
traditional source markets through our international sales offices, we expect a high level of interest from those within the GCC looking for meetings with a point of dif- ference,” he concluded.
Sharjah highlights strength at MICE Arabia
Sharjah underlined its grow- ing importance in the regional meetings, incentives, confer- ences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry at MICE Arabia Congress, Doha, recently. Saif Mohammed Al Midfa,
Director General, Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) spoke about his venue, and the importance of international associations and federations, what asso- ciations look for and how to attract associations to host events in a destination. MICE Arabia Congress
brought together executives and specialists involved in creating and hosting corporate events. ECS recently added 10,000
square metres of space to its offering, complementing the
existing 32,000 square metres of total exhibition space, which includes 16,000 square metres of indoor exhibition space in four halls and 16,000 square metres of outdoor space.
Sharjah
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