Movenpick hotels to corner all markets

Swiss hotel group’s new Dubai properties to cater to every customer type: Epsom

Movenpick Hotels & Resorts’ four new Dubai properties will cater to “every segment of the travel market”, the company’s new business development director, Guy Epsom, has claimed.

“We are extremely fortunate to have four hotels that match the requirements of the market that are all five-star and well positioned,” he told ATN.

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The four new properties, all set to open in 2010: are Movenpick Deira situated in ‘historic Dubai’ — a property Epsom said had already gained interest from leisure and corporate groups; Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel, a property with 31 destination-themed suites based on the adventures of explorer Ibn Battuta, attractive to the GCC shopping market and corporates doing business in the Jebel Ali area; The Royal Amwaj Resort and Spa, an Asian-themed resort on the Palm Jumeirah boasting the first over water villas in Dubai, 2km of temperature-controlled swimable lagoons and pool villas — attractive to high-end leisure plus incentive market (six meeting rooms, ballroom and seafront outdoor spaces; and Oceana Hotel and Spa, also on The Palm, which Movenpick says is the first “contemporary art-style” hotel in Dubai boasting a nautical theme, large rooms, some with floor-to-ceiling windows and a suspended swimming pool between two buildings — a property catering to the hip 25- to 45-year-olds, according to Epsom.

Although the opening of these four properties has been delayed, Epsom said the properties would “definitely” open in 2010 but could not give exact dates.

“Two will be open very early next year,” he said.

The reasons for delays, he said, did not come down to the funding by investors, but rather the “changing pace of construction due to delays in the delivery of materials”.

New Movenpick properties’ USPs

Movenpick Deira: in historic Dubai, close to airport and near Gold Souk and creek.
Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel: attached to the mall with 31 themed suites.
The Royal Amwaj Resort and Spa: has Dubai’s first over-water villas.
Oceana Hotel and Spa: the first “contemporary art-style” hotel in Dubai with a nautical theme and suspended pool.