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			<title>Juggling jobs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hotelier Middle East investigates the pros and cons of cross-training your workforce.]]></description>
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			<title>Fujairah flying high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Plummeting rates and expectations of a quiet summer for Gulf tourism have raised concerns about the knock-on effect for smaller emirates such as Fujairah. But with a new tourism authority, upcoming hotels taking shape and a ‘can-do' attitude from existing resorts, the destination is quietly wooing a range of markets.]]></description>
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			<title>Clean sweep</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cleaning a hotel is a round-the-clock job, but what can hoteliers do to make the task more manageable? The region's hands-on housekeeping experts tell Hotelier Middle East about cost management, design challenges and environmental pressures.]]></description>
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			<title>Whose brand is it anyway?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The lawsuit filed by Starwood against Hilton has certainly got the industry talking, says Louise Oakley.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Brand Eva-lution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Branding guru Eva Ziegler has completely transformed the face of Le Méridien.]]></description>
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			<title>Experts cite food education trend as key tool in driving F&amp;amp;B business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The growing consumer trend for learning to cook doesn't necessarily spell the end for regular restaurant visits - in fact the trend could help increase business and customer loyalty, say chefs. ]]></description>
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			<title>Restaurants offer food for thought in global downturn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Top eateries slash prices, ramp up promotional offers amid crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Smooth operations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hotelier Middle East meets members of the engineering department to discover the nuts and bolts of the role, including advances in technology and a push to develop green operations.]]></description>
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			<title>When spending is saving</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The industry's training experts explain why cutting back on staff development to save costs in difficult times could be an expensive mistake.]]></description>
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			<title>Hell's kitchen</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It took years for Gary Rhodes to become a leading chef. Like many others, he started at the bottom.]]></description>
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			<title>Reeling them in</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After a lifetime of fishing and hunting in some of the world’s most exotic hot spots, Martin James is passing on the ways of the rod to keen amateurs at Fujairah’s Le Meridien Al Aqah resort.]]></description>
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			<title>A sense of adventure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Making the most of the region's natural assets and adding a few man-made ones, the Middle East is an adventure tourism destination in the making. Lucy Taylor considers if the region can hold its own in this lucrative globally-established market.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Price freeze</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Increases in food costs are biting, but caterers are hitting back by adding value to their culinary offerings for meetings and events.]]></description>
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			<title>Fujairah hotels team up for big events</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UAE east coast’s beach stalwart Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort & Spa and its new neighbour, Fujairah Rotana Resort & Spa, have been co-hosting big bashes — sharing the rooms while Le Meridien staged the actual conference — the former’s general manager, Patrick Antaki, told MIME.]]></description>
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			<title>Business banter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From staff recruitment to retention and product retail to spa revenue, no issue was left untouched when Spa Manager united some of the UAE's leading spa experts.]]></description>
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			<title>Ocean deep, mountain high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Fujairah is quietly establishing itself as a tourism hotspot as a  steady stream of hotel names plant their flags in the sand and the combination of mountains, beach and sea prove alluring.]]></description>
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			<title>Fujairah hotels welcome competition</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hoteliers say new kids on the block good for business.]]></description>
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			<title>Meeting expectations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This month, F&B insiders discuss the growth of the region's meetings market and the challenges and rewards of catering corporate events.]]></description>
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			<title>Fujairah struggles against the tide</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oil pollution on Fujairah's beaches is a threat to the emirate’s tourism industry, hoteliers claim.]]></description>
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			<title>Pure inspiration</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Breathing life into the UAE’s heritage, the Sir Bu Naair Dhow race is more than an event: it's an inspiration.]]></description>
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			<title>Spider bite victim 'couldn't walk'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Photographer tells how he got more than he bargained for during night out in Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Le Meridien turns to green energy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based firm Save Energy General Trading has won a US $27.2 million (AED100 million) build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract to update the cooling system at Le Meridien Dubai hotel.]]></description>
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			<title>Nature’s liquid gold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Olive oil consumption is growing as the region's restaurants respond to the increased demands of health-conscious consumers.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Clicking beyond the rooms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mina Seyahi Complex e-commerce manager Jittendra Jain looks at methods hoteliers can employ to increase online revenue drivers such as F&B bookings, spa treatments and other services.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Differentiation through design</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Developing the perfect restaurant takes a long time, a lot of planning and detailed research. Here key industry professionals reveal how to create winning F&B concepts.    ]]></description>
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			<title>An environment for business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Le Méridien Al Aqah general manager Patrick Antaki talks to Hotelier Middle East about redeveloping the property, staying friendly with neighbours and Fujairah's status as a destination.]]></description>
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			<title>Fast lane to Fujairah</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Just 90 minutes from Dubai, Fujairah offers a world of opportunities for planners.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Barasti is the busiest bar in Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Le Meridien Mina Seyahi's outlet breaks all records for on trade business according to beverage supplier Sirocco.  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The chef de cuisine at Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort & Spa's Maya restaurant enjoys educating guests about the authentic flavours of Mexican food.]]></description>
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			<title>Le Méridien Mina Seyahi spa to close</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  New Westin Heavenly Spa to be shared by neighbouring properties to form a complex offering.    ]]></description>
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