The coastal resort of Sharm El Sheikh on the Red Sea. Hoteliers report that due to the drop in tourist numbers the amazing underwater life in the Red
Sample hotel packages:
Marriott
Marriott has launched a summer promotion across its six Egyptian hotels capitalising on the emotional pull of the 25 January Revolution by stressing the ‘2’ and ‘5’ in a variety of guises. The promotions target both leisure, corporate and business travellers. Deals include: book seven days in advance and save 25% on any room or suite rates; stay for five nights in any Diplomatic or Executive suite and get two nights free; book 25 rooms and get two free rooms or five upgrades to a higher room type.
Contact: www.marriott.com
Movenpick El Gouna
Receive a 25% discount on rates through the summer with rooms from US$90 per night inclusive of breakfast and taxes. The resort is nestled on a peninsula with an exclusive beachfront presenting a spectacular view of the Red Sea. The 554 spacious rooms and suites are distributed in eight clusters, all enjoying views over the lush gardens, the lagoons or the sea. The hotel also offers family rooms and four-bedroom villas which are perfectly suited to the GCC market.
Contact.resort.elgouna@moevenpick.com
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Fairmont Nile City
Book three nights stay and get a fourth free at the Fairmont Nile City, with a free upgrade thrown in too — subject to availability. This is a great time to stay at the Fairmont Nile as the hotel has recently opened a 20,000 sq ft Willow Stream Spa offering private hammam for both men
and women, as well as nine single and two couples’ treatment suites. Plus travel agents
are offered a US$10 bonus
payment for bookings made at
the hotel.
Contact: www.fairmont.com/NileCity
Dusit Thani Lakeview Cairo
Dusit Suites are available until September 15 at an exclusive rate of US$220, plus service and taxes. Included is breakfast and all-day refreshments for two at the Club Lounge, welcome drink, free local land-line calls, laundry and pressing up to $10 per stay, use of the meeting room for two hours and entry to the fitness centre. The resort has 30 new apartment units this summer aimed at the GCC market, offering discounts on food and beverages, laundry and kids’ activities.
Contact: +20 2 2614 0000
Intercontinental hotel group (ihg)
IHG has a range of promotions on offer across its nine properties in Egypt, including 25% on advance purchase bookings, double points for business club members, special honeymoon packages, bespoke leisure packages for corporate clients and added value corporate rates. There are four different brands to choose from in Cairo —
the Cairo Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Cairo, the luxury Cairo Semiramis and the
Citystars Cairo.
Contact.www.ichotelsgroup.com
KEMPINKSI nile & kempinski soma bay, red sea
Kempinski Nile Hotel has a ‘Stay four and pay three nights’ offer valid until the end of September. It includes complimentary butler service, internet, video on demand, in-room soft bar and access to the spa.
The Kempinski Soma Bay, Red Sea has a “We are a family” package including two rooms for parents and children under 12 for three nights, daily breakfast, airport transfers from Hurghada Airport, and free access to kids’club and kids’ pool.
Contact: www.kempinksi.com
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How to get there:
Airlines in the region are upping flights to Egypt this summer following
increased demand
Jazeera is offering a full schedule of services to Egypt this summer via Kuwait with daily flights to Alexandria and Cairo; five times weekly to Luxor and two services a week on Thursday and Saturday to Sharm-El-Sheikh between June 1 and July 31, and again from September 1 to September 24. Return fares are from KD80 ($290) with hotel rooms offering on its website from US$39 a night.
Emirates has added three additional flights between Dubai and Cairo, and now flies 12 times a week.
FlyDubai has put on more flights to Alexandria, offering two services daily from Dubai. CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said the airline is looking to add more routes in Egypt.
Nile Air has launched services between Alexandria and Jeddah, operating three times a week.
Royal Jordanian is offering special rates from Amman to Sharm-El-Sheikh in conjunction with Jordanian tour operators.
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The Ministry of Antiquities has announced a number of new archaeological and tourist sites will be opened up this summer in order to help with the revival of Egypt’s tourism sector.
Among these attractions are the restored Hanging Church
in Cairo, the Serapeum and New Kingdom Cemetary at Saqqara, plus the new Suez National Museum and the Crocodile Museum in Kom Ombo on the Upper Nile.
With the fall of the old government, new attractions in Egypt focus on the recent Revolution and places of interest associated with it — such as Tahrir Square.
Both the old and the new are featured in new tours around Cairo which combine the Pyramids of Giza, and Egyptian Museum, with a visit to Tahrir Square, taking in protest sites and even meeting with people who experienced the events of the January Revolution first-hand. Prices are around US$50 per person depending on the size of the group.
Contact:
www.ramsestours.com
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