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			<title>Philip Barnes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regional Vice President, Fairmont Hotels|Barnes has been in Dubai since 2007, when he was appointed regional vice president of Fairmont Hotels — he added the Fairmont Dubai to his portfolio in May this year, re-locating to the actual hotel where he is now based.]]></description>
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			<title>Being the best</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Philip Barnes is already making waves as the new boss of the flagship Fairmont Dubai hotel.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Fashion rocks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AV integration specialist and distributor Triangle Entertainment Services was tasked with supplying and installing a variety of pro audio technologies at Dubai’s recently opened Cavalli Club. Here, Sound & Stage profiles the installation process and the challenges that confronted the Triangle team.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Features</category>
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			<title>The heat is on</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UAE’s top executive chefs gathered at award-winning restaurant Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire at InterContinental Dubai Festival City to debate how hotel restaurants can maintain quality and generate profit when kitchens are running with less manpower in today’s tough marketplace.]]></description>
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			<title>Event horizon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Middle East has worked hard to build a reputation as a global events hub, catering to everything from conferences and awards ceremonies to sporting events. But is the market in good enough shape to survive the slowdown, asks Lucy Taylor?]]></description>
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			<title>Join the club</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Executive lounge and guest relations managers from some of Dubai's top hotels sat down with Hotelier Middle East to discuss services, upgrades and how best to deal with difficult guests.]]></description>
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			<title>What’s new in Abu Dhabi...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[All eyes are on tourism-related developments in Abu Dhabi as the UAE capital gears up to attract more than 2.7 million visitors a year by 2012.]]></description>
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			<title>Lights out for climate control</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of Earth Hour, Fairmont Dubai’s green guru, Alka Patel, provides some tips on energy-saving initiatives that will enlighten even the most environmentally-aware hoteliers.]]></description>
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			<title>Getting recycling into rooms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Waste from guest rooms is as much of a burden on the environment as any waste produced in your hotel or resort. Fairmont Hotel's Alka Patel discusses bringing recycling to the people.]]></description>
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			<title>When you care enough to spend the very best, now is the time</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just as you shouldn't ever judge a book by its cover, so too should you wait to see the contents before passing opinion on a hotel.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Avoid landing in hot water</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How hot does your water really need to be? Fairmont Dubai communications director Alka Patel discusses the best way to turn on the hotel's heat and when it's better to go cold turkey.]]></description>
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			<title>Bed head</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Khadija Ait-Raiss, hotel projects director at Fairmont Dubai, highlights the importance of a good bed in ensuring guest satisfaction.]]></description>
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			<title>Paper wastage: No pulp fiction</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Paper wastage has a negative impact on the environment as well as a hotel's bottom line. Fairmont Dubai's Alka Patel outlines some easy measures your hotel can enforce to lighten the load.]]></description>
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			<title>Getting the green word out</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you are doing your part for the environment, why not let your guests know? Fairmont Dubai's Alka Patel discusses communication strategies that will highlight your good work.]]></description>
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			<title>Bless the brands down in Africa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Africa was once seen as a once-in-a-lifetime experience — destination tourism at its best. However, the continent is shrugging off this label and its limitations, attracting repeat visitors, large corporate groups and international hotel brands. Laura Warne investigates the challenges and rewards of entering the first continent.]]></description>
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			<title>Embracing the alternatives</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Fairmont Dubai's Alka Patel discusses co-generation and green alternatives to conventionalelectricity in a bid to cut down on fossil fuel usage while slashing your property's bottom line.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Highlighting Hamburg</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hamburg is a popular tourism destination but remains relatively unknown to the Middle East market.]]></description>
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			<title>A growing demand for green grub</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Protecting the environment has become a key issue — not only for consumers, but also for businesses.]]></description>
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			<title>Offsets: The path to neutrality</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Fairmont Dubai's eco-champion Alka Patel takes a look at carbon offsets, considers how they can help hotels and suggests the best way for a property to set out on the route to neutrality.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Business brunch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two GCC-based hotels talk about how they have managed to build successful brunch concepts in increasingly competitive markets.]]></description>
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			<title>How green are your vegetables?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Fairmont Dubai's eco-champion Alka Patel discusses the merits for hotels of using organic produce and gives hoteliers food for thought with advice on how to turn their kitchens green.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Supporting roles</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing is all the rage in the world of events so it is vital for planners to understand event support services.]]></description>
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			<title>Fashion icon Cavalli in Dubai club design</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Italian designer Roberto Cavalli poised to follow Karl Lagerfeld with plans for city venture.]]></description>
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			<title>Hotels and hazardous waste</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Fairmont Dubai's eco-champion Alka Patel assesses the damage that hotel hazardous waste can cause, and offers hoteliers advice on how to dispose of risky rubbish safely and responsibly.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Cavalli Club</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Italian couturier Roberto Cavalli is set to open a brand new designer club in the Fairmont Hotel, Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Great green expectations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fairmont Dubai’s eco-champion Alka Patel explores the merits of hotels offering green meetings, and offers hoteliers some handy hints on how to go about implementing an eco-meetings strategy.]]></description>
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			<title>Assembling an ‘eco army’ </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fairmont Dubai's eco-champion Alka Patel offers tips on how to set up your own green team - and how to make it effective.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Non-US development spurs Fairmont growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fairmont Hotels and Resorts' portfolio growth is being driven largely by development outside the Americas, according to President Tom Storey.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Canada-based group, controlled by Prince Alwaleed, signs deal to be part of the Wave Muscat project.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom's African unit looks to increase marketshare to as much as 35% by 2011. ]]></description>
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