Habtoor Palace on Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road will add 1612 rooms to Dubai's inventory when it opens in 2015
“We’re confident that the plans and strategies which have seen Dubai accomplish great success with occupancy and RevPar over the past years will be further enhanced moving forward. There is excellent synergy between the tourism and commerce marketing team, various government departments, airlines, incoming agencies, destination-management companies and the hotels which gives us confidence that Dubai has every intention to keep proving the doubters wrong,” asserted Strachan.
With the 407-room Crowne Plaza IMPZ Dubai opening in 2014, IHG’s VP operations – Gulf Ignace Bauwens, VP Operations highlighted room for growth in the meetings and conference market, adding that the number and scale of new hotels would benefit Dubai’s international status as a hotel hub.
“The size and scale of these facilities would reinforce, and enhance, Dubai’s position, helping the emirate to compete for business alongside the more established MICE destinations such as New York, London and Las Vegas.
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“Dubai is buzzing and over the past year we’ve seen more and more visitors enjoying everything the Emirate has to offer, from the beaches to the cultural sites, and the shopping to the never ending sunshine. The growth of Emirates, FlyDubai and other local airlines is certainly contributing to this – not only is the UAE a place to visit in its own right, but it’s also now a hub for global air travel,” added Bauwens.
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Feb 8, 2012 , USA
Dear Hotelier, Over 50 million pax through Dubai airport in 2011, Arab airlines forecast to have over 1000 planes, over 135 cruise ships docking at the Cruise terminal and growing, a bulging youth population which when they grow up will needs jobs, will travel, will go to training courses, meeti...
Feb 8, 2012 , United Arab Emirates
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