Dubai Hotel Travel

The Atrium Style lobby of the Movenpick Hotel Bur Dubai is to become home to a larger than life Christmas stocking this December. The stocking, which will stand at 4.5 metres tall with a diameter of 1.5 metres, is part of an initiative to collect toys and hampers for the children’s wards of various hospitals in the UAE and for those less fortunate.

The stocking is aiming to bring the community together throughout the festive month, with everyone invited to make their donations which will be dropped into the gigantic stocking every Friday at the advent brunch by one of Santa’s little helpers. It will be launched on the 3rd December at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony with the donations being distributed throughout the UAE on the 24th December.

Fortune Hotel Dubai, Step into a world of glamour and feel the distinction. At Fortune Hotel, your comfort and satisfaction are the foremost concern. A world we lay under your feet the moment you step through the door.

Fortune Hotel - A three Star Deluxe property is located just 10 minutes away from the Dubai International Airport offering 98 well-equipped deluxe rooms in unmatched opulent and magnificent luxury. The interior furnishing is conceptual hence bringing in a pleasant and amusing ambience. (more…)

Flora Grand Hotel Dubai is conveniently located just 10 minutes from the Dubai International Airport and on the famous Al Rigga Street - the most exiting part of town all year round. Here you are always in the middle of the action. All the best restaurants and leisure spots are a short stroll away, while there is no dearth of shopping malls and bustling souks nearby. When you stay at Flora Grand Hotel you enjoy the best of what Dubai has to offer. Inside or outside!

The Flora Grand Hotel creates a favorable impression from the moment you arrive. Warm hospitality is everywhere and our friendly and courteous staff’s only business is to make your stay as comfortable and rewarding as possible. (more…)

The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has bagged two awards at the World Travel Market (WTM-2007) in London, where it is having a big presence for the 18th successive year.

Selling Long Haul magazine awards have been given after the travel agents voted the DTCM UK and Ireland representation office for offering the best overall service to the trade and also for providing the best all-round range of training initiatives to the travel agents.

Ian Scott, new director of the DTCM’s UK and Ireland Representation Office, was presented with a brace of Selling Long Haul awards by Martin Steady, managing director of BMI Publications which produces Selling Long Haul Magazine.

The awards are tribute to the effort that the DTCM puts into ensuring that tour operators are properly educated about the emirate, using such tools as the Dubai Expert online training programme, familiarization trips and the Destination Dubai Tourism Manual, the 2008 edition of which was unveiled at the world’s biggest tourism trade show. (more…)

The Fairmont Hotel DubaiA unique blend of contemporary design and urban chic, The Fairmont Dubai is an icon in the financial heart of the city. Designed with business in mind, this multi-use complex is just minutes from Dubai’s key attractions, shopping facilities, golf clubs and beaches and is directly linked to the Dubai International Convention Centre by a dedicated covered walkway.

Modeled after an Arabic wind tunnel (barajeel), this 34 storey property features 394 guestrooms (including 128 suites and penthouses), residential apartments and offices, as well as its premier Fairmont Gold ‘hotel within a hotel’ product. (more…)

Eureka Hotel Dubai, A luxury hotel strategically located in the heart of Dubai with impeccable quality and superb facilities is just a short drive away from the Dubai international airport,prime business and entertainment centers,important landmarks and yet within easy reach to Dubai’s main government and corporate offices. (more…)

The total revenues of Dubai hotels and hotel apartments during the first nine months of 2007 touched AED8.7 billion on the back of a 7% increase in guests and 17.6% rise in guest nights compared with the corresponding period last year, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) reported on the concluding day of the World Travel Market in London. (more…)

Dubai World Central Aviation City, which will be home to one of the world’s largest maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centres in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, has signed a land lease agreement with a Dubai company to set up the Middle East’s first independent aviation safety training academy.

Spatial Aviation Safety Training Academy (SASTA), a specialist provider of aircrew training solutions, will build the US$ 37 million (AED 136 million), 14,000 square metre facility to cater to commercial airlines, private and corporate jet operators, helicopter and light fixed wing crew.

The academy will also provide customised training for airport ground staff and management. (more…)

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has confirmed that Dubai will be the host state of the Global Travel & Tourism Summit taking place on April 20-22, 2008.

At the official launch last week, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group and Geoffrey Kent, Chairman of WTTC and Chairman & CEO of Abercrombie & Kent signed an accord establishing a public-private partnership.

This partnership, comprising the Government of Dubai, Emirates, Jumeirah, Nakheel and WTTC, will guide the development of the Summit; an event which will bring industry and government leaders together in Dubai to discuss the priorities for the world’s largest generator of jobs and prosperity - Travel & Tourism. (more…)

Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Soaring high above the central business and commercial district, Jumeirah Emirates Towers is a dramatic backdrop to Dubai’s skyline and a visible statement of the region’s growing corporate success.

Set among landscaped gardens, ornamental lakes and waterfalls, Jumeirah Emirates Towers is the ideal environment for the discerning corporate traveller. Yet with its stunning architecture, stylish accommodation and thoughtful innovation, the hotel’s appeal reaches far beyond the business world. (more…)